The family is notorious for its violence, due in particular to its succession of violent bosses and multiple mob wars.Īs the Bruno crime family under the 21-year reign of boss Angelo Bruno (1959–1980), the family enjoyed an era of peace and prosperity. the Delaware Valley) and New Jersey, especially South Jersey.
Formed and based in South Philadelphia, the criminal organization primarily operates in various areas and neighborhoods in Philadelphia, the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (i.e. The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Philadelphia Mafia, the Philly Mob or Philly Mafia, the Philadelphia-South Jersey Mafia, or Bruno-Scarfo family is an Italian-American Mafia family based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hells Angels MC and various other gangs throughout the Philadelphia area, occasionally including allies the 10th & Oregon Crew Racketeering, extortion, bookmaking, loan-sharking gambling, sports betting fraud, drug trafficking, money laundering, labor racketeering and corruption, fencing, illicit cigarette trade, smuggling, prostitution, armed robbery, gunrunning, and murder Italians as ' made men' and other ethnicities as associatesĥ0 made members and 100 associates (2004 estimate) Primarily the Philadelphia metropolitan area and New Jersey, especially South Jersey and Atlantic City Baltimore, Wilmington and northern Delaware Boston and South Florida
