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* [http://members.fortunecity.com/sosdie/mob/family/pittston/pittston.htm The Pittston Family] |
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* [http://www.americanmafia.com/Cities/Northeast_PA.html Northeastern Pennsylvania] |
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Revision as of 00:41, 12 December 2004
The Bufalino Crime Family is a criminal organization based in Scranton, Pittson and Wilkes-Barre in Pennsylvania USA within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known familiarly as the Mafia (also known as La Cosa Nostra). The Bufalino Crime Family exercises influence in Northeastern Pennsylvania, Northwestern New Jersey, Southern and Western New York while maintaining strong contacts with mafia counterparts in New York City, Philadelphia and New England.
History of the Bufalino Crime Family
Bosses of the Bufalino Crime Family
- 1908–1933 — Santo Volpe ( –1933)
- 1933–1940 — John Sciandra ( –1940)
- 1940–1959 — Joseph M. Barbara, Sr. ( –1959)
- 1959–1975 — Rosario Alberto "Russell" Bufalino (1903–1994)
- 1975–1994 — Edward "Eddie the Conductor" Sciandra ( –present)
- 1994–present — William "Big Billy" D'Elia (1946–present)