Stefano Badami

Stefano Badami (1904 - 1955) was the first boss of the Elizabeth crime family. Badami controlled the family from Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1937, after D'Amico went into hiding his family gained rackets in Newark, New Jersey. Badami was murdered in 1955 in a power struggle between factions of his crime family.

DeCavalcante crime family

Boss(s)

Current members

Past members

Made men	Giacomo Amari John D'Amato Louis LaRasso Frank Majuri Frank Polizzi

Associates	Joseph Masella

Informants	Anthony Capo Vincent Palermo Anthony Rotondo Frank Scarabino

Family events

1998 Bank of America robbery

Victims

Murder victims

Allies

See also: American Mafia Template

Italian American Mafia

Families

East Coast	Five Families of New York City: Bonanno Colombo Gambino Genovese Lucchese Buffalo DeCavalcante (New Jersey) Patriarca (New England) Philadelphia Pittsburgh Trafficante (Florida)

Midwestern/Western	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Milwaukee St. Louis

Defunct	Bufalino (Pennsylvania) Lanzetta (Philadelphia) Dallas Denver Genna (Chicago) New Orleans Rochester San Francisco San Jose

Structure

Chain of command	The Commission Boss (Don) Underboss Consigliere (advisor) Caporegime (captain or capo) Soldier Associate

Members (made men)	List of Italian American mobsters List of Italian American mobsters by organization

Codes and Terms	Initiation ceremony Made man Bagman Vendetta Capo di tutti capi (boss of bosses) Mustache Pete Omertà Zips

Events

Meetings	Atlantic City Conference (1929) Havana Conference (1946) Apalachin Meeting (1957) Palermo Mafia summit (1957)

Hearings	Kefauver Committee (1950–1951) Valachi hearings (1963)

Wars	Mafia–Camorra War (1914–1917) Castellammarese War (1929–1931)

Trials	Pizza Connection Trial (1985–1987) Mafia Commission Trial (1985–1986)

See also: Sicilian Mafia
Camorra in New York
List of Mafia crime families
Mafia bibliography

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