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Under the rule of former boss [[Joseph Massino]], the Bonanno family climbed back to the top of New York's crime family hierarchy and once again became a top power in America's underworld, but high level defections and convictions have left the family a shell of its former self once more during its long criminal history.<ref name="last don">{{cite web|last=Bruno|first=Anthony|title=The Bonanno Family: The Last Don|url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/bonanno/6.html|work=TruTV Crime Library|accessdate=April 26, 2012}}</ref> Vincent Basciano is serving a prison sentence for racketeering and Salvatore Montagna has been deported to Canada where he was later killed in 2011. Both were appointed acting bosses during Massino's imprisonment and after Massino's defection to the FBI.
A March 2009 article in the New York Post stated that [[Salvatore Montagna]] was the acting boss of the Bonanno crime family. The article also stated that the Bonanno family current consists of approximately around 130 non-imprisoned "made" members.<ref name="circus">{{cite news| url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/03082009/news/regionalnews/its_a_mob_family_circus_158597.htm | work=New York Post | title=It's A Mob Family Circus | first=Stefanie | last=Cohen | date=March 8, 2009}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=March 2012}} Montagna was later deported to Canada in April 2009 leaving the family to create a ruling panel until a new boss was chosen.<ref name="canadian">[http://mafiatoday.com/bonanno-family/canadian-officials-aware-of-imminent-return-to-montreal-of-alleged-mafia-boss/ "Canadian officials aware of imminent return to Montreal of alleged Mafia boss"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20130128064305/http://mafiatoday.com/bonanno-family/canadian-officials-aware-of-imminent-return-to-montreal-of-alleged-mafia-boss/ |date=January 28, 2013 }} Mafia Today April 20, 2009</ref>
On January 11, 2010 [[Jerry Capeci]] quoted sources as saying that [[Nicholas Santora]] and Anthony Rabito, were supporting [[Vincent Asaro]] to become the new boss of the family.<ref name="Capeci">[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jerry-capeci/mob-murder-in-montreal-co_b_417688.html "Mob Murder In Montreal Could Trigger Bloodshed In New York"] by Jerry Capeci The Huffington Post January 11, 2010</ref> Asaro has close ties to Queens-based mobsters from the Lucchese, Gambino and Genovese families who have voiced their support for him, sources say. A key player in the recent talks is Vito Grimaldi, who is viewed as an adviser to the [[Zips]] (Sicilian mobsters in the United States).<ref name="Capeci"/> Due to Joseph Massino deciding to cooperate with the FBI, both sides agree that the family will no longer take orders from the man he previously appointed acting boss, Vincent Basciano.<ref name="Capeci"/>
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**''Acting'' 1984—1988 – [[Louis Attanasio|Louis "Louie Ha Ha" Attanasio]]
*1991—2003 – [[Salvatore Vitale|Salvatore "Handsome Sal" Vitale]] (became FBI informant in March 2003)
**''Acting'' 2001—2002 – [[Richard Cantarella|Richard "Shellackhead" Cantarella]] (became an FBI informant on December 2002, and in June 2004 testified against Bonanno boss [[Joseph Massino]].)<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/07042007/news/regionalnews/mob_name_game_regionalnews_stefanie_cohen.htm | work=New York Post | title=Mob Name Game | first=Stefanie | last=Cohen | date=July 4, 2007 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001232652/http://www.nypost.com/seven/07042007/news/regionalnews/mob_name_game_regionalnews_stefanie_cohen.htm | archivedate=October 1, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
**''Acting'' 2003—2004 – Joseph "Joe C." Cammarano, Sr.
**''Acting'' 2004 – [[Michael Mancuso|Michael "the Nose" Mancuso]] – became acting boss
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* [[Nicholas Santora|Nicholas "Nicky Mouth" Santora]] – capo controlling the ''[[The Motion Lounge|Motion Lounge crew]]'' active in the ''Western Brooklyn'' communities of Williamsburg and [[East Williamsburg, Brooklyn|East Williamsburg]] among others. Santora took over as ''acting underboss'' in 2004, when Joseph Massino and Salvatore Vitale became government witnesses. In 2007, Santora was indicted on racketeering and extortion charges.<ref name="newyork.fbi.gov"/> He was released from prison on October 23, 2013.<ref name="inmate locator">{{cite web|title=Nicholas Santoro|url=http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Nicholas&Middle=&LastName=Santora&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=68&y=19|work=Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator|accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Anthony Graziano|Anthony "T.G." Graziano]] – capo operating in Brooklyn and Staten Island. Graziano is the former consigliere of the family. He operated a pension fund scheme that eventually reaped over $11.7 million from elderly investors and supervised a large [[narcotics]] trafficking operation in [[Florida]]. In 2002, Graziano was imprisoned on federal racketeering and murder charges. In January 2012, Graziano was indicted on new racketeering charges. He was released from prison on December 19, 2013.<ref>[http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Anthony&Middle=&LastName=Graziano&Race=W&Sex=M&Age=&x=0&y=0 "Anthony Graziano"] Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator</ref>
* [[Anthony Mannone|Anthony "Anthony from Elmont" Mannone]] – (a.k.a. ''Anthony from the Five Towns'') – capo who was arrested on February 24, 2010, for running an illegal gambling and extortion ring throughout Brooklyn.<ref>[http://mafiatoday.com/bonanno-family/mafia-family-members-associates-charged-with-racketeering-extortion-and-other-crimes/ "Mafia Family Members, Associates Charged with Racketeering, Extortion and Other Crimes"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20120710183659/http://mafiatoday.com/bonanno-family/mafia-family-members-associates-charged-with-racketeering-extortion-and-other-crimes/ |date=July 10, 2012 }} Mafia News Today – U.S. Attorney General's Office February 26, 2010</ref><ref>[http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nyfo022410b.htm "Superseding Indictment Unsealed Charging Luchese and Bonanno Captains, Soldier, and Associates Variously with Racketeering, Racketeering Conspiracy, Extortion, and Other Crimes"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301203438/http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nyfo022410b.htm |date=March 1, 2010 }} Department of Justice Press Release February 24, 2010</ref><ref>[http://mafianewstoday.com/bonanno-and-lucchese-family-bust "Bonanno and Lucchese Family Bust"] Mafia News Today February 26, 2010</ref> Manone was released from prison on June 27, 2013<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|title=Anthony Mannone|url=http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Anthony&Middle=&LastName=Mannone&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0|work=Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator|accessdate=March 16, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Louis DeCicco|Louis "Louie Electric" DeCicco]] – capo in Brooklyn with operations in Queens and Long Island. In March 2007, DeCicco was arrested along with other Bonanno capos. On December 31, 2009, DeCicco was released from prison.<ref>http://www.onewal.com/mn200703.pdf</ref><ref>[http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Louis&Middle=&LastName=DeCicco&Race=W&Sex=M&Age=&x=0&y=0 "Louis DeCicco"] Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator</ref>
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'''New Jersey faction'''
* [[Joseph Sammartino|Joseph "Sammy" Sammartino, Sr.]] – capo in the New Jersey faction since 2003. Sammartino lives in [[North Arlington, New Jersey]], and is part of the current ruling panel/committee. His crew is based in [[Bayonne, New Jersey]]. On October 14, 2009, Sammartino was arrested on loansharking charges<ref name="northjersey.com"/><ref>[http://www.nj.com/bayonne/index.ssf/2009/10/feds_a_reputed_mob_capo_operat_1.html "Feds: A reputed mob "capo" operated out of Bayonne"] by Michaelangelo Conte The Jersey Journal Monday, October 12, 2009</ref> He was sentenced to 18 months in prison and a $50,000 fine for extortion.<ref>[http://mafiatoday.com/bonanno-family/bonanno-capo-joseph-sammy-sammartino-gets-prison-time-50000-fine-for-extortion/ Bonanno capo Joseph (Sammy) Sammartino gets prison time, $50,000 fine for extortion] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20120714211635/http://mafiatoday.com/bonanno-family/bonanno-capo-joseph-sammy-sammartino-gets-prison-time-50000-fine-for-extortion/ |date=July 14, 2012 }} MafiaToday.com</ref> On January 27, 2011, Sammartino was released from prison.
=== Soldiers ===
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== Allied criminal organization ==
* '''The Bonannos and the Canadian faction''' – In the mid-1950s, [[Carmine Galante]] established two groups to control the illegal rackets in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]], Canada.<ref name="6th family Lamothe">Lamothe, Lee. Humphreys, Adrian. ''The Sixth Family: The Collapse of the New York Mafia and the Rise of Vito Rizzuto''. [https://books.google.com/books?id=0ZygQJNYV1MC&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+sixth+family+book&hl=en&src=bmrr&ei=OCzdTbSIEcHOgAfgp4gX&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CEkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Cotroni%20crime%20family%20&f=false pg.27-29]</ref> The ''[[Rizzuto crime family|Sicilian group]]'' was led by Luigi Greco and the ''[[Cotroni crime family|Calabrian group]]'' was led by [[Vic Cotroni]].<ref name="6th family Lamothe"/> The Montreal groups became part of the Bonanno crime family having made members in each group. Joseph Bonanno promoted Vic Controni to become the boss (capo) of both Montreal groups.<ref name="6th family Lamothe"/> In 1964, Sicilian group leader Pasquale Cuntrera was arrested and [[Nicolo Rizzuto|Nicolo "Nick" Rizzuto]] took over the group starting a war in 1973.<ref name="Manning pg.214">Manning, George A, PH.D ''Financial Investigation and Forensic Accounting'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=E2oT7RxPRZ8C&pg=PA214&dq=Cotroni+crime+family&hl=en&ei=7SzdTf3qOs6ugQeDxvwW&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Cotroni%20crime%20family&f=false pg.214-215]</ref> The Sicilians killed the Cotroni-Calabrian group underboss [[Paolo Violi]] and others.<ref name="Manning pg.214"/> With the death of Vic Controni in 1984, the Rizzuto crime family became the most powerful Mafia family in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.<ref name="Manning pg.214"/> In 1988, Nick Rizzuto was convicted of cocaine trafficking and his son [[Vito Rizzuto|Vittorio "Vito" Rizzuto]] became boss of the family.<ref name="Manning pg.214"/> By 1999 the [[Rizzuto crime family]] began working independently, while remaining allies to the Bonanno family.<ref>[http://mafianewstoday.com/rizzuto-murder-causing-shakeup-in-bonanno-crime-family "Rizzuto murder causing shakeup in Bonanno Crime Family"] Mafia News Today January 12, 2010</ref><ref>[http://realdealmafia.com/montreal1.html "MONTREAL CRIME FAMILY"] Mafia International.com</ref> Vito Rizzuto was arrested in January 2004 and extradited to the United States on murder charges in August 2006. In May 2007, Rizzuto accepted a plea deal for his involvement in the May 1981 murders of three renegade Bonanno capos in New York and was sentenced to ten years in prison. He was released from prison on October 5, 2012 and subsequently died on December 23, 2013 from lung cancer.<ref>http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/12/23/montreal-mafia-head-vito-rizzuto-dead-of-natural-causes-at-67-reports-say/</ref> On November 10, 2010, Nick Rizzuto was killed at his residence in the [[Ahuntsic-Cartierville|Cartierville borough]] of [[Montreal]].<ref>[http://ruefrontenac.com/nouvelles-generales/faitsdivers/30070-vick-rizutto-assassine Nicolo Rizzuto assasiné] {{fr icon}}</ref><ref>[http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Montreal/2010/11/10/006-nicolo-rizzuto-assassine.shtml Nicolo Rizzuto assasiné (Radio-Canada)] {{fr icon}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Montreal+boss+gunned+down/3809454/story.html Montreal boss gunned down]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
== Government informants and witnesses ==
* [[Joseph Massino|Joseph "Big Joe" Massino]] – former boss from the early 1990s until 2004. Massino became the first official boss from New York to become an informant. While boss, Massino changed the Bonanno family from being the weakest family in New York City to one of the most powerful in the country. He teamed up with Gambino family boss [[John Gotti]] to reinstate the Bonanno family on the Mafia Commission. In the early 2000s, Massino was the strongest and most influential boss not in prison. In January 2003, Massino was charged with the 1981 murder of Bonanno capo [[Dominick Napolitano]]. Massino had Napolitano killed for admitting FBI agent [[Joseph D. Pistone]] (known as Donnie Brasco) to his crew. In 2004, Massino turned informant and testified against members of his own family to avoid the death penalty. In January 2005, Massino wore a surveillance device to record conversations in prison with his acting boss Vincent Basciano.<ref name=fuhgeddaboud>{{cite news|last=McPhee|first=Michele|title=FUHGEDDABOUD THE OLD MOB After Gotti, Mafia ordered to clean house|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/fuhgeddaboud-old-mob-gotti-mafia-ordered-clean-house-article-1.502635|accessdate=April 26, 2012|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=July 7, 2002}}</ref><ref name="won't sing">{{cite news|last=Marzulli|first=John|title=MASSINO WON'T SING AT MOB TRIAL|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/massino-sing-mob-trial-article-1.616945|accessdate=April 26, 2012|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=March 1, 2006}}</ref><ref name="not done">{{cite news|last=Marzulli|first=John|title=FEDS NOT DONE WITH MOB BOSS. More trials for Basciano|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/feds-mob-boss-trials-basciano-article-1.577153|accessdate=April 26, 2012|date=May 11, 2006|location=New York|work=Daily News}}</ref><ref name="don juan">{{cite news|last=Marzulli|first=John|title=DAPPER DON'S DON JUAN PAL IS NEW BOSS OF THE FAMILY. EXCLUSIVE: TROUBLED MAFIA CLAN HAS PUT SMOOTH TALKER IN CHARGE, SAYS FORMER G-MAN|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/dapper-don-don-juan-pal-boss-family-exclusive-troubled-mafia-clan-put-smooth-talker-charge-g-man-article-1.650964|accessdate=April 26, 2012|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=December 26, 2005}}</ref><ref name="fast sellout">{{cite news|last=Marzulli|first=John|title=THE LAST DON'S FAST SELLOUT. Massino flipped right after verdict|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/don-fast-sellout-massino-flipped-verdict-article-1.588342|accessdate=April 26, 2012|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=November 9, 2005}}</ref>
* [[Salvatore Vitale|Salvatore "Handsome Sal" Vitale]] – former underboss. In January 2003, Vitale was charged with the 1992 murder of Bonanno associate Robert Perrino. In April 2003, Vitale became a government informant. In July 2004, he testified at the trial of his brother-in-law, boss Joseph Massino.<ref name="pretty nuts">{{cite news|last=Marzulli|first=John|title=They all thought Vinny Gorgeous was pretty nuts: Witness|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/thought-vinny-gorgeous-pretty-nuts-witness-article-1.223239|accessdate=May 5, 2013|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=June 21, 2007}}</ref><ref name="pretty fellas">{{cite news|last=Marzulli|first=John|title=WISEGUYS & PRETTYFELLAS|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/wiseguys-prettyfellas-article-1.644887|accessdate=April 26, 2012|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=March 2, 2006}}</ref> As of 2010, Vitale has testified against 51 organized crime figures.<ref>{{cite news|title=Betrayed by a Mafia Underboss|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/10/28/us/mafia.html?ref=nyregion|accessdate=June 27, 2012|newspaper=New York Times|date=October 28, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Richard Cantarella]] – former underboss. In December 2002, Cantarella became one of the first Bonanno government witnesses. In January 2003, Cantarella was indicted for the 1991 murder of Bonanno associate Robert Perrino. In June 2004, Cantarella testified against boss Joseph Massino. Cantarella's wife Lauretta, his son Paul, a Bonanno soldier, and cousin Joseph D'Amico, a Bonanno capo, also became government witnesses.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/27/nyregion/man-testifies-he-saw-leader-of-street-fair-inducted-into-mafia.html?scp=1&sq=Richard%20Cantarella&st=cse | work=The New York Times | title=Man Testifies He Saw Leader of Street Fair Inducted into Mafia | first=Mike | last=McIntire | date=July 27, 2004 | accessdate=April 26, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/regional/item_8UoBwTQyEAvlcQIlWtwMFN;jsessionid=A540BD9746D3A86DEDDEB4113A92900A | work=New York Post | title=Mob Name Game | first=Stefanie | last=Cohen | date=July 4, 2007 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714223408/http://www.nypost.com/p/news/regional/item_8UoBwTQyEAvlcQIlWtwMFN%3Bjsessionid%3DA540BD9746D3A86DEDDEB4113A92900A | archivedate=July 14, 2011 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/10/nyregion/reputed-boss-of-mob-family-is-indicted.html?scp=5&sq=Richard%20Cantarella&st=cse | work=The New York Times | title=Reputed Boss of Mob Family Is Indicted | first=William K. | last=Rashbaum | date=January 10, 2003 | accessdate=April 26, 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://wings.buffalo.edu/law/bclc/web/nycantarella.htm "New York vs. Cantarella"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722175905/http://wings.buffalo.edu/law/bclc/web/nycantarella.htm |date=July 22, 2010 }} Buffalo.edu</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/03/nyregion/metro-briefing-new-york-brooklyn-11-accused-of-racketeering.html?scp=3&sq=Richard%20Cantarella&st=cse | work=The New York Times | title=Metro Briefing New York: Brooklyn: 11 Accused Of Racketeering | first=William | last=Glaberson | date=October 3, 2002 | accessdate=April 26, 2010}}</ref>
*[[Frank Coppa|Frank Coppa, Sr.]] – former capo. Became a government witness in November 2002.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/poisoning_rats_mob_boss_vowed_death_ax7X8VmP1TzPQXc4afYzoO | work=New York Post | title=Poisoning Rats – Mob Boss Vowed Death To Turncoats | date=May 28, 2004}}</ref><ref name="shoot">{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/item_8w2dgGReXHb6J5tlJMG6PP/1 |work=New York Post |title=Gang Couldn't Shoot Straight; Bonanno Boneheads Bungled Rub-Out |date=June 30, 2004 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714223430/http://www.nypost.com/p/news/item_8w2dgGReXHb6J5tlJMG6PP/1 |archivedate=July 14, 2011 }}</ref>
* [[Frank Lino|Frank "Curly" Lino]] – former capo. Became the first government witness in Bonanno history. Lino testified at the trial for the 1981 murders of Bonanno capos Alphonse Indelicato, Philip Giaccone, and Dominick Trinchera. Lino then testified on the 1981 murder of Dominick Napolitano. Napolitano was killed by Bonanno family member Robert Lino, Sr. (his cousin) and Ronald Filocomo.<ref name="mob rat">{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Greg B.|title=MY LIFE AS A REAL MOB RAT! True Mafia story of father betraying son to save himself|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/life-a-real-mob-rat-true-mafia-story-father-betraying-son-save-article-1.636828|accessdate=April 26, 2012|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=November 22, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/mob_canary_song_turncoat_tells_of_K3qv6rEdSxVC79UlMIXkKJ | work=New York Post | title=Mob Canary's Song – Turncoat Tells Of 'Brasco' Slaying | date=May 27, 2004}}</ref>
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