Italian American Mafia crime family based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formed in the late 1880s under Salvatore Catanzaro. It rose to prominence during Prohibition and was led for decades by Sebastian LaRocca. The family engaged in racketeering, drug trafficking, and labor union corruption. It became defunct after the death of its last known made member in 2021.
CRIMENET has extracted 87 linkages for this organization, including 83 cooperative ties across 13 organizations, 2 conflicts across 1 organization, 2 other connections and footprints in 1 country.
LaRocca also brought the Pittsburgh Mafia into an agreement with the Trafficante crime family of Tampa to manage the Sans Souci casino in Havana.