DeCavalcante crime family
Family namesake Simone DeCavalcante | |
| Founded | c. 1900s |
|---|---|
| Founder | Phil Amari |
| Named after | Simone DeCavalcante |
| Founding location | Elizabeth and Newark, New Jersey, United States |
| Years active | c. 1900s–present |
| Territory | Primarily North Jersey, with additional territory in Central Jersey, New York City and Connecticut, as well as South Florida and Ribera |
| Ethnicity | Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates |
| Membership (est.) | 40 made members and 50+ associates (2004) |
| Activities | Bookmaking, bootlegging, corruption, drug trafficking, extortion, fencing, fraud, hijacking, illegal gambling, labor racketeering, loan-sharking, money laundering, murder, theft, pornography, prostitution, racketeering |
| Allies | |
| Rivals | Various gangs in New Jersey, including their allies |
The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey crime family or the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian American Mafia crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, Newark, West New York and the surrounding areas. The family is part of the nationwide criminal network known as the American Mafia.
The DeCavalcante family operates on the opposite side of the Hudson River from the Five Families of New York City, and maintains strong relations with each of the New York families, especially the Gambino family, as well as with the Philadelphia crime family and the Patriarca crime family of New England. The organization is considered by some to be the "Sixth Family". The family's illicit activities include bookmaking; bootlegging; corruption; drug trafficking; extortion; fencing; fraud; hijacking; illegal gambling; money laundering; murder; prostitution; racketeering; and cement, construction and waste management violations.