The New Orleans crime family, also known as the Marcello crime family or the New Orleans Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The family had a history of criminal activity dating back to the late nineteenth century.

New Orleans crime family succession of mob bosses, 1860-1981 – underworld leaders of the Louisiana and Gulf Coast mob known as the Marcello family.

Apr 21, 2024 · A powerful Italian American crime boss, Carlos Marcello reigned as the leader of the New Orleans mob from the 1940s to the 1980s. The committee on JFK's assassination concluded that Carlos Marcello "had the motive, means, and …

By this time, Marcello had been selected as "The Godfather" of the New Orleans Mafia, by the family's capos and with the approval of The Commission after the deportation of his predecessor, Sylvestro Carolla, to Sicily. He held this position for the next thirty years.

May 5, 2021 · Many historians believe that New Orleans was the original center of America’s network of mafia families. Check out our story on the local origins of the mafia in New Orleans. Matt Haines is often called “the Keith Richards of the New Orleans writing scene.”

Dec 30, 2020 · New Orleans is considered the first place in the United States where the traditional Mafia formed into an organized criminal element. Mafia violence in the city dates back to the late 1800s. In 1890, a young police chief caught in a conflict between Mafia factions was …

Feb 4, 2020 · New Orleans was called “the liquor capital of America” and Carolla supplied Mafia families around the country with booze during Prohibition. Capone arrived at New Orleans Union Station to demand Silver Dollar supply him rather than a rival Chicago family.

Carlos Marcello rose to the top of the venerable New Orleans criminal underground and became an ally of mobsters from across the United States – and not a few politicians along the way. Marcello, born to a Sicilian family in Tunisia as Calogero Minacori or Minacore, immigrated to Louisiana in 1911.

Mar 29, 2020 · There are legitimate disagreements over when, exactly, the New Orleans Mafia was founded. Some contend it was first established in 1861, as a way to protect Italians from the breakdown of law and order during the Civil War.

Silvestro Carollo [a] (/ k ɑː ˈ r ɔː l oʊ /, Italian: [silˈvɛstro kaˈrɔllo]; June 17, 1896 – June 26, 1970), nicknamed "Silver Dollar Sam", was an Italian-American mob boss, and boss of the New Orleans crime family.