Italian American Mafia crime family based in Chicago, Illinois, originating in the early 1910s. Rose to power under Johnny Torrio and Al Capone during Prohibition, engaging in bootlegging, gambling, loansharking, extortion, and murder. Considered one of the most violent Mafia families in the US, with over 1,000 murders since the 1920s. Still active but declined due to law enforcement and attrition.
CRIMENET has extracted 193 linkages for this organization, including 166 cooperative ties across 38 organizations, 8 conflicts across 2 organizations, 19 other connections and footprints in 1 country.
Frontier had pleaded guilty in the case and admitted that he had run a team of at least five agents, recruiting gamblers and placing wagers on games through an online company based in Costa Rica.