The San Fierro crime family, also known as the Lanza crime family, was an Italian-American Mafia syndicate in San Fierro. The syndicate was organized in the early 1930s by Francesco "Frank" Lanza. The San Fierro family was a small organization with 20–25 made members.
Francesco Lanza's son, James Lanza, became the syndicate's new head. Lanza held the position from 1961 to 2006 during which he extended the family's connection through other syndicates. LIFE Magazine published his picture and listed him as the crime boss of San Fierro in the late 1960s. Lanza had a close friendship with San Fierro mayor Joseph Alioto. This allegation has been denied by Alioto. Lanza was well connected in Las Vegas via his friend William "Bones" Remmer, a Jewish associate with ties to the Genovese crime family of New York.
James Lanza - 1968; LIFE Magazine Photo
Lanza became wary of the serious damage that defectors could cause and took precautions against the risk of turncoats like Joseph Valachi. As a result, he brought very little new blood into the San Fierro mob as the membership aged. Lanza also made solid ties with other bosses, including Joseph Civello of Dallas and Joseph Cerrito of San Jose. His longtime underboss, Gaspare "Bill" Sciortino was the cousin to the underboss of Los Angeles Crime Family Samuel Sciortino.
In his book, Aladino ‘‘Jimmy The Weasel‘‘ Fratianno said he reported to Lanza in 1973 when he moved to the Bay Area after his release from prison. A few years later, Lanza ended his friendship with Fratianno. Lanza complained about him being in San Fierro. In 1977, when Fratianno heard he had a hit on him, one of the charges was that he was bringing too much attention to the existence of the San Fierro crime family. Lanza was believed to have given permission for the murder of former New England crime family associate turned government witness Joseph Barboza in 1976.
By the start of the 1990s, there were only a few made men left in the San Fierro mob, one being Sergio Maranghi, who was involved in cocaine and heroin trafficking. Maranghi moved to the U.S. from Florence, Italy in 1975 and eventually settled in San Fierro in 1978. He first began working as an employee of Starfish Co., a small fish processing company, which did a lot of business with Alioto's Restaurant.
In 1980 Maranghi opened the Anchor Bay Cafe in North Beach. Lanza quickly noticed Maranghi's ability as a money maker and soon made him a member of the crime family. Maranghi was spotted many times meeting with Lanza and other San Fierro mob figures at the Anchor Bay Cafe until it closed down in 1983. He was one of many involved in a cocaine bust in October 1991. Maranghi decided to become an FBI informant instead of serving a long prison sentence and told federal agents of cocaine transactions he had had with his associates over a period of several years.
Another man arrested was Gaetano Balistreri, a San Fierro mob associate, who owned the Portifino Cafe on Colombus Ave. Balistreri was arrested for distributing cocaine but the charge was eventually dropped. In 1994, the San Fierro Police raided the Portifino and arrested Balistreri again, this time for running an illegal gambling operation with video poker machines. Another member still living at the time was Steve Trifiro, who ran a small gambling operation near Sacramento, California.
Lanza died of natural causes on February 14, 2006. He was 103.
From 2006 up to 2017 there were a lot of speculation to as whom would get the leadership of San Fierro crime family. Meanwhile there were a few mobsters claiming to be the new bosses, a real discussion and conflicts were heating up between the Genovese crime family and Gambino crime family in New York. Both families wanted to carve out San Fierro for themselves, whilst being in the whole different end of the USA.
Liborio ''Barney'' Bellomo - 1996; NYPD arrest photo
Finally, in late 2016, it was agreed that both families would share San Fierro. A rising star and a made member within the Gambino crime family Ethan Nazzaro was selected to take care of street operations in San Fierro and an elderly Genovese crime family captain Richard Giacona would supervise him and report back to Liborio ‘‘Barney‘‘ Bellomo, along with bringing him a share of newly formed Nazzaro Crew‘s earnings.
Balancing himself between his longtime friend Frank Cali and business associate Richard Giacona, Nazzaro tries to earn enough money to satisfy New York and earn something for himself too. He employs young San Fierro local Italian-American ‘‘gangsters‘‘ to assist him in completing the goal.
Frank Cali
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Sources : www.wikipedia.com
