The Lucchese crime family is one of the Five Families of the American Mafia, based in New York City and New Jersey. Founded in the early 1920s, it was originally led by Gaetano Reina and later Tommy Gagliano. Under Tommy Lucchese, the family became one of the most powerful on the Mafia Commission. It is currently active, with involvement in racketeering, gambling, loansharking, and drug trafficking.
CRIMENET has extracted 167 linkages for this organization, including 127 cooperative ties across 29 organizations, 21 conflicts across 6 organizations, 19 other connections and footprints in 1 country.
the New Jersey faction controlled a $2.2 billion illegal gambling, money laundering and racketeering ring based in New Jersey and Costa Rica.