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Ralph Natale. Ralph Samuel Natale [1] (March 6, 1935 – January 22, 2022) was an American mobster. He was the boss of the Philadelphia crime family from 1995 until 1999, when he became the first American Mafia boss to turn state's evidence. [2] [3] Natale helped sentence Joey Merlino to a 14-year sentence in 2001, but in January 2005, was also ...
The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Philadelphia Mafia, [16] [17] Philly Mob , Philly Mafia, [18] [19] [20] Philadelphia-South Jersey Mafia, [21] [22] [23] or Bruno-Scarfo family is an Italian-American Mafia family based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Formed and based in South Philadelphia, the criminal organization primarily ...
Steven Mazzone. Steven Mazzone (born 1964) is an American mobster and underboss of the Philadelphia crime family. After the family was decimated by prosecutions during the Nicodemo Scarfo and John Stanfa eras, Ralph Natale was released from prison in 1994. It was at this time Mazzone became a major organized crime figure in Philadelphia.
14 years' imprisonment (2001) Two years' imprisonment (2018) Joseph Salvatore "Skinny Joey" Merlino (born March 13, 1962) is an American mobster and reputed boss of the Philadelphia crime family. [1] He rose to power and seized control of the organization in the mid-nineties after he fought against the John Stanfa faction of the family.
Ralph Natale took over as boss, but Merlino was the real power in the family, allowing Natale to become boss to direct law enforcement attention away from himself. [17] [18] [19] Stanfa is serving his life sentence at the Federal Medical Center in Ayer, Massachusetts .
Massino was the first sitting boss of a New York crime family to turn state's evidence, and the second in the history of the American Mafia to do so (Philadelphia crime family boss Ralph Natale had flipped in 1999 when facing drug charges). Basciano and Montagna's leadership Vincent Basciano
Philadelphia crime family boss Ralph Natale later testified in court that Merlino "hated" Scarfo from this time onward. In the late 1980s, Nicky Scarfo Sr. came under increasing legal pressure as the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a massive investigation of the Scarfo crime family's operations. Twenty members of Scarfo's organization ...
Ron Previte. Previte (middle), in an FBI surveillance photo in South Philadelphia. Ronald Previte (October 9, 1943 – August 21, 2017) was an American corrupt police officer for the Philadelphia Police Department and a member of and an informant against the Philadelphia crime family of the Italian-American Mafia. [1]