Gambino crime family
New York-based organized crime group
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| January 2025 | Louis Vallario was identified as acting consigliere for the Gambino family. |
| 2024 | Louis 'Big Lou' Vallario becomes acting consigliere. |
| June 5 2024 | 17 Gambino family members and associates were charged in an 84-count indictment related to an illegal sports gambling operation and loansharking, including soldiers John J. LaForte, Anthony J. Cinque, Jr., and John Matera. |
| November 8 2023 | 16 Gambino family members and associates were indicted on charges of racketeering conspiracy, extortion, witness retaliation, and union corruption, including Joseph Lanni, Angelo 'Fifi' Gradilone, James LaForte, and Diego 'Danny' Tantillo. |
| October 2023 | Joseph Lanni was arrested and charged with assaulting the owners of a New Jersey restaurant. |
| January 18 2023 | Gambino family capo Frank 'Calypso' Camuso, soldier Louis Astuto, and associate Robert 'Rusty' Baselice were indicted along with 20 other defendants for a kickback scheme operated by Baselice from April 2013 to July 2021. |
| October 6 2022 | Anthony Pandrella was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the murder of Vincent Zito. |
| June 14 2022 | Anthony Pandrella was found guilty of robbery, murder, and unlawful use of a firearm. |
| March 2 2022 |
Peter Tuccio was sentenced to ten years in federal prison and ordered to pay $75,000 in restitution.
Gambino family mobster Peter Tuccio will do 10 years in prison for torching Mercedes Benz for Mafia capo
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Eastern District of New York | Associate of Gambino Organized Crime Family Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Arson in Queens | United States Department of Justice
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| January 14 2022 | Joseph 'Joe the German' Watts was released from prison after being convicted in 2011 for a 1989 murder conspiracy ordered by John Gotti. |
| 2021 | Pasquale Marsala died. |
| January 2021 | Andrew Campos pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 37 months in prison with a $15,000 fine. |
| January 13 2021 | Peter Tuccio pleaded guilty to using fire to commit extortion. |
| June 23 2020 | Paul Semplice was released from prison. |
| June 5 2020 | Andrew Merola's projected prison release date after being sentenced to 11 years for racketeering conspiracy. |
| 2019 | Lorenzo Mannino became acting boss of the Gambino crime family. |
| 2019 | Michael Paradiso became consigliere of the Gambino family. |
| 2019 | Anthony Gurino died. |
| December 5 2019 | Gambino family capo Andrew Campos and nine other gangsters were arrested in a federal mob crackdown in the Bronx and Westchester County for alleged extortion threats. |
| August 4 2019 | Joseph Sclafani was released from prison. |
| July 2019 | Police investigation confirmed strong links between the Palermo area Cosa Nostra and the Gambino crime family in New York, as reported by Italian newspaper La Repubblica. |
| July 2019 | Thomas Gambino and Rosario Gambino were arrested in coordinated raids in Sicily and the United States, targeting suspected members of the Inzerillo crime family. |
| May 2019 | News reports revealed a Cosa Nostra insider's account of the Gambino crime family's collaboration with the Corleonesi Mafia clan, specifically detailing John Gotti sending an explosives expert to Sicily to assist in planning the Capaci bombing targeting prosecuting judge Giovanni Falcone. |
| March 2019 | Paul Semplice was given a 28-month prison term for running a loan-sharking operation. |
| March 16 2019 | Anthony Comello, 24 years old, was arrested and charged with Frank Cali's murder, with authorities believing the crime was related to a personal dispute rather than organized crime activity. |
| March 14 2019 | Anthony Pandrella was indicted for the murder of Vincent Zito. |
| March 13 2019 | Anthony Pandrella was arrested for the robbery and murder of Vincent Zito. |
| March 13 2019 | Frank Cali was assassinated outside his Staten Island home, marking a significant shift in the family's leadership. |
| January 2019 | Nicholas 'Little Nick' Corozzo was released from prison. |
| January 18 2019 | Louis Astuto was indicted by Manhattan District Attorney's Office for a $4.2 million kickback scheme involving 21 other defendants and 26 companies. |
| 2018 | Anthony 'Tony Pepsi' Vitta died. |
| 2018 | Michael 'Mickey Boy' Paradiso becomes acting consigliere. |
| 2018 | Film 'Gotti' released, starring John Travolta as John Gotti, which was a commercial and critical failure. |
| October 26 2018 | Gambino family associate Anthony Pandrella murdered 77-year-old loan shark Vincent Zito over an unpaid $750,000 debt, shooting him at point-blank range in the back of the head at his home in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. |
| 2017 | Bartolomeo 'Bobby Glasses' Vernace dies in prison. |
| December 12 2017 | Six associates of the Gambino crime family, including captain John 'Johnny Boy' Ambrosio, were arrested for operating an illegal racketeering enterprise involving extortion, drug trafficking, loansharking, and illegal gambling from January 2014 to December 2017. |
| December 12 2017 | Six associates of the Gambino and Bonanno crime families were arrested for operating an illegal racketeering enterprise from 2014 to 2017, involving drug trafficking, extortion, loansharking, and illegal gambling. |
| November 16 2017 | Giovanni 'John' Gambino dies of natural causes. |
| May 2017 | Gennaro 'Jerry' Bruno was convicted for the murder of Martin Bosshart and sentenced to 21 years in prison. |
| 2016 | Michael Paradiso was indicted with 21 other members and associates of crime families for an illegal gambling and drug operation spanning from California to New York. |
| 2016 | John Gambino died. |
| July 28 2016 | Vincent Artuso was released from federal prison. |
| January 8 2016 | Raul 'Sonny' Suner was released from federal prison. |
| January 5 2016 | Joseph Corozzo is released from prison. |
| 2015 | Frank Cali assumed leadership of the Gambino crime family. |
| December 3 2015 | Peter Tuccio and two accomplices carried out an arson attack on a Queens businessman's vehicle who was being extorted by a Gambino family capo. |
| February 22 2015 | Vincent Gotti was released from prison. |
| 2014 | Bartolomeo 'Bobby Glasses' Vernace is convicted. |
| 2014 | FBI and Italian police arrested 17 'ndrangheta Mafia members and 7 Gambino and Bonanno family associates for organizing a transatlantic drug ring to ship 500 kg of pure cocaine from Guyana to Calabria. |
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