Is there still Mob in New Jersey?

Is there still Mob in New Jersey?

The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia organized crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, Newark, West New York, and various other North Jersey cities and the surrounding areas in North Jersey.

Who runs the DeCavalcante family?

Simone DeCavalcante was the boss of the crime family that bore his name and a FBI bug recorded his every word to his secretary when he arrived at his office one morning in 1964. “I had a terrible dream… about a bunch of cops!” he exclaimed, adding that the secretary had featured in it.

Is the DiMeo crime family real?

The DiMeo family is the fictional counterpart of the real-life DeCavalcante crime family of New Jersey. They are also a reference to the New Jersey based family from The Sopranos.

Are 5 families still active?

The legendary “five families” still exist, experts said, and still operate in the same realms of organized crime: extortion, loan-sharking, racketeering, gambling.