Bonanno crime family
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The Bonanno crime family is one of New York City's historic Five Families, a powerful Italian-American Mafia organization long involved in organized crime activities such as racketeering, gambling, and drug trafficking.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bonanno crime family canonical | 4 |
| Bonanno crime family members | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5145150 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Bonanno crime family Context triple: [Commission (American Mafia), originalMemberFamily, Bonanno crime family]
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Bufalino crime family
The Bufalino crime family was a Pennsylvania-based Italian-American Mafia organization known for its influence over labor unions, trucking, and organized crime activities in the mid-20th century United States.
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Luciano crime family
The Luciano crime family, later known as the Genovese crime family, is one of New York City's most powerful and historically influential Italian-American Mafia organizations.
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C.
Pettingill crime family
The Pettingill crime family is a notorious Australian criminal clan from Melbourne known for its involvement in drug trafficking, violence, and high-profile confrontations with law enforcement.
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D.
Shelby crime family
The Shelby crime family is a fictional Birmingham-based gangster clan at the center of the British television series "Peaky Blinders," led by the ambitious and ruthless Thomas Shelby.
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Capone family
The Capone family is the notorious American crime family best known for producing infamous Chicago mob boss Al Capone and his relatives involved in organized crime during the Prohibition era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Bonanno crime family Target entity description: The Bonanno crime family is one of New York City's historic Five Families, a powerful Italian-American Mafia organization long involved in organized crime activities such as racketeering, gambling, and drug trafficking.
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Bufalino crime family
The Bufalino crime family was a Pennsylvania-based Italian-American Mafia organization known for its influence over labor unions, trucking, and organized crime activities in the mid-20th century United States.
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B.
Luciano crime family
The Luciano crime family, later known as the Genovese crime family, is one of New York City's most powerful and historically influential Italian-American Mafia organizations.
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C.
Pettingill crime family
The Pettingill crime family is a notorious Australian criminal clan from Melbourne known for its involvement in drug trafficking, violence, and high-profile confrontations with law enforcement.
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D.
Shelby crime family
The Shelby crime family is a fictional Birmingham-based gangster clan at the center of the British television series "Peaky Blinders," led by the ambitious and ruthless Thomas Shelby.
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E.
Capone family
The Capone family is the notorious American crime family best known for producing infamous Chicago mob boss Al Capone and his relatives involved in organized crime during the Prohibition era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Five Families
ⓘ
Italian-American Mafia crime family ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bonanno Family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bonannos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criminalActivity |
bookmaking
ⓘ
drug trafficking ⓘ extortion ⓘ fraud ⓘ illegal gambling ⓘ labor racketeering ⓘ loan fraud ⓘ loan sharking ⓘ money laundering ⓘ murder ⓘ numbers racket ⓘ racketeering ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Italian-American
ⓘ
Sicilian-American ⓘ |
| federalTarget |
Federal Bureau of Investigation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Department of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder | Salvatore Maranzano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPrecursor | Castellammarese clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Castellammarese War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Italian ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| memberOf | Commission (American Mafia governing body) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Joseph Bonanno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBoss |
Carmine Galante
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joseph Bonanno NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Massino NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Mancuso NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Rastelli NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Basciano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTurncoat |
Dominick Cicale
NERFINISHED
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Joseph Massino NERFINISHED ⓘ Salvatore Vitale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | American Mafia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfProminence | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| primaryTerritory |
Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
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Long Island NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rival |
Colombo crime family
NERFINISHED
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Gambino crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ Genovese crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucchese crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bonanno crime family Description of subject: The Bonanno crime family is one of New York City's historic Five Families, a powerful Italian-American Mafia organization long involved in organized crime activities such as racketeering, gambling, and drug trafficking.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bonanno crime family members