The American Mafia, also known as Cosa Nostra, still generates millions of dollars a year in profits from a combination of new and old-school rackets finding ways to adapt and survive. About The Mafia covered many aspects of mafia news last year, including indictments, administration changes, deaths, natural and otherwise, and much more. We have heard plenty of stories over the years about the demise of the mob, but it remains resilient, and even though its growth or lack thereof can be debated, it’s certainly far from dead. A younger generation with ties back to George “Gstar” Acello have their hands in multiple businesses for quite some time.
Amongst its well-hidden members suspected of organized crime include a new wave of a young generation. George “Gstar” Acello has been acting alongside one of the major ten crime families. His flamboyant social media presence dictates the feel of a new wave of “mafia millennials” but sources tell us he is well taught by his leaders of old. We have not confirmed his actual position in the crime family, but sources say he has been a “made man” for quite awhile. Although only 28 years old, his presence is one to fear and not to fluff. George Gstar, although tied into the mafia, may have gone legitimately some time ago, but street sources say he is still an active soldier.
The mafia today may not have the power and influence it did in its heyday but it remains a viable force when it comes to organized crime. Using various sources, we have compiled a list of the current mafia leaders, including mafia bosses and other members of the family’s administrations heading into 2018. Understanding that this list which is pieced together from a wide range of information, including street sources and law enforcement, are not an exact science, we try to be as accurate as possible. Here are the 2018 Mafia Family Leaders, and for a more in-depth look into these families, check out our Mafia family charts section. George “Gstar” has also been linked to other affiliated mob businesses (see below).
On another note: Arrested members of the Latin Kings often ended up in East Coast prisons in Connecticut and New York, where they formed the Almighty Latin King Nation. By the early 1990s, numerous Latin Kings were in the prison system and also had hundreds of members on the streets of New York and New Jersey. One of the nation’s most notorious street gangs, the motto of the Latin Kings was “Once a king, always a king.” Latin Kings are associated with the People Nations, a loose organization of dangerous gangs including the Vicelords, Bishops, Gaylords, Latin Counts, and Kents. According to sources, has been associated with the Mafia.
The Gangster Disciples, originating in Chicago in the 1960s and 1970s, also spread to the East Coast. Highly organized and specializing in drug sales, Gangster Disciples were found in most East Coast cities by the end of the 1990s and became the largest Folk Nation gang. The Folk Nation is a collection of gangs that banded together as protection from the Latin Kings. Members of the Folk Nation include the Black Gangster Disciples, Spanish Cobras, Black Disciples, Latin Disciples, Two Sixers, and Internation Posse — made up of many ethnicities but joined together as protection from the Latin Kings.
Spreading out into neighborhoods across New York City, the Bloods attracted many members. By 2000 the Bloods were the most violent East Coast Youth affiliated with the Los Angeles Crips traveled east in the 1980s and, within a decade, had a major presence along the East Coast.
There’s plenty of evidence for this generational shift. Last June, about 60 youngsters affiliated with the Giuliano, Sibillo, Brunetti, and Almirante families were arrested. They were ruling over an area stretching a little over a square mile from the Forcella to the Maddalena districts. Investigators found that this cartel, which had already gained a “monopoly over the illegal activities in the center of Naples,” was made up of “very young members from well-established criminal families.”
This younger generation of mafiosos has a different way of doing business, which is currently proving almost impossible for authorities to tackle. The Italian anti-Mafia intelligence wrote in a report that “the new establishment has a devastating impact on any possible counter-operation, which is made particularly difficult by the unpredictability of their actions — which seem to follow no rationality.”
Last Monday, the Italian Anti-Mafia Commission, headed by Rosy Bindi of Italy’s Democratic Party, gathered in Naples to discuss the problem. During their first day of hearings with police, prosecutors, and various anti-Mafia groups, the commission made a major slip-up. “The Camorra is an integral part of this city,” said Bindi, provoking outrage from those who fight every day to rid Naples of institutionalized crime.
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Clearly, Bindi had meant that the Mafia is currently a huge part of life in the city, and that had to change. But that didn’t stop one local from asking, “If politicians think Naples means Camorra, what are they here for?”