I personally know guys from the rust belt crews who occasionally deal. In a press conference on wednesday, the department of justice announced 18 people are accused of numerous federal crimes, including racketeer influenced and corrupt. The big five mafia families in new york — the gambinos, the genovese, the bonannos, the colombos and the luccheses — are still very much around but their wings.
Joseph Iacobacci "Joe Loose" of the Cleveland Mob American Mafia
We definitely have a mafia here in cleveland.
Strong ties to the genovese family.
The mafia hasn't been a force in cleveland organized crime since the 1970s and hasn't made news since the 1980s and early '90s, when its last bosses and fringe characters. They have since become one of the most widespread criminal syndicates in the united states and canada, with cities like boston, philadelphia, chicago, cleveland, and montreal linked to mob.
