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| Founded | 1920s |
|---|---|
| Founder | Genovese crime family |
| Founding location | Springfield, Massachusetts, United States |
| Years active | 1920s–present |
| Territory | Springfield |
| Ethnicity | Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates |
| Activities | Racketeering, conspiracy, loansharking, money laundering, murder, gambling, and extortion |
| Allies | Patriarca crime family |
The Springfield faction of the Genovese crime family is a group of Italian-American mobsters who control organized crime activities in the Springfield, Massachusetts area. The Springfield faction is a crew led by a caporegime who oversees illegal activities in racketeering, illegal gambling, loansharking and extortion. Salvatore "Big Nose Sam" Cufari was a Genovese family caporegime who became the most influential leader the Springfield faction in the 1940s.
Springfield, Massachusetts has been a Genovese territory since the family's earliest days. The most influential Genovese leaders from Springfield were Salvatore "Big Nose Sam" Curfari, Francesco "Frankie Skyball" Scibelli, Adolfo "Big Al" Bruno, and Anthony Arillotta (turned informant 2009).[1] In Worcester, Massachusetts, the most influential capos were Frank Iaconi and Carlo Mastrototaro. In Boston, Massachusetts, the New England or Patriarca crime family from Providence, Rhode Island, has long dominated the North End of Boston, but has been aligned with the Genovese family since the Prohibition era. In 2010, the FBI convinced Genovese mobsters Anthony Arillotta and Felix L. Tranghese to become government witnesses.[2][3] They represent only the fourth and fifth Genovese made men to have cooperated with law enforcement.[2] The government used Arillotta and Tranghese to prosecute capo Arthur "Artie" Nigro and his associates for the murder of Adolfo "Big Al" Bruno.[3][4]
- ^ Genovese crime family Springfield Representatives Archived March 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Marzulli, John (July 1, 2009). "Mobster 'Mikey Cigars' Coppola won't rat out pals in Genovese crew". New York Daily News. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
- ^ a b "Lawyers: Mobster becomes informant" Archived May 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine By STEPHANIE BARRYMassLive September 7, 2010
- ^ The Republican Photo Desk (April 2011). "Fotios and Ty Geas, Arthur Nigro found guilty of murder, extortion, attempted murder, racketeering in Al Bruno murder case". masslive.com. Retrieved April 24, 2012.