One of the earliest crime families in the United States, based in Italian Harlem, New York City. Founded by Giuseppe Morello in the 1890s, it engaged in racketeering, counterfeiting, and murder. The family defeated the Brooklyn Camorra and was a predecessor to the Genovese crime family. It was active until 1931.
CRIMENET has extracted 18 linkages for this organization, including 2 cooperative ties across 2 organizations, 12 conflicts across 8 organizations, 4 other connections and footprints in 2 countries.
recovered a large amount of American and Canadian counterfeit bills
printing $5 bills in Sicily and smuggling them into the United States.