Italian American Mafia crime family based in Cleveland, Ohio, formed around 1920 by Joseph Lonardo. It peaked with 60 made members in the 1950s and exerted influence over the Teamsters and Las Vegas casinos. After a gang war in the late 1970s and subsequent convictions, the family declined but remains active in illegal gambling and loansharking.
CRIMENET has extracted 77 linkages for this organization, including 67 cooperative ties across 18 organizations, 6 conflicts across 4 organizations, 4 other connections and footprints in 1 country.
many small, organized gangs emerged to illicitly import liquor from Canada