Colorado crime family

Also known as: Arvada Cop Mafia, Denver crime family, Denver Mafia, Mountain Mafia, Smaldone crime family
Based in United StatesDefunctc. 1920s–2000sSourcesColorado crime family

The Colorado crime family was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Pueblo and Denver, Colorado. It originated as a bootlegging organization under the Carlino brothers and later evolved into a La Cosa Nostra branch under Giuseppe Roma, known as the Smaldone crime family. The family engaged in racketeering, bootlegging, loansharking, extortion, drug trafficking, and illegal gambling. It is believed to have gone defunct in the 2000s after the death of Clarence Smaldone.

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