Who Were Mafia's “Sixth Families” of Organized Crime?

📖 The “Sixth Family”: Crime Organizations That Stood Alongside (or Against) the Five Families – The Five Families of the New York Mafia ruled the underworld, but some criminal organizations rose to near-equal status, either as trusted allies or deadly rivals. These groups earned the infamous title of "The Sixth Family."

🔍 Key Topics in This Episode:

What is the "Sixth Family"? – A title reserved for criminal organizations that rivaled or worked closely with the Five Families.
The Rizzuto Crime Family (Montreal) – A powerful ally of the Bonanno family, the Rizzutos controlled Canadian organized crime.
The DeCavalcante Family (North Jersey) – The real-life inspiration for The Sopranos, this New Jersey family maintained strong ties to New York’s Mafia.
The East Harlem Purple Gang – Feared enforcers and dope dealers, they ran wild in the ‘70s and ‘80s, working alongside and against the Mafia.
The Gallo Crew – A renegade faction within the Colombo family, they waged a brutal war for control in the 1960s and 1970s.
The Rudaj Organization (Albanians vs. Italians) – At one point, this Albanian crew directly challenged the Five Families, claiming their own Mafia status.
Allies or Enemies? – While some worked within the Mafia’s framework, others sought to challenge its dominance—with deadly consequences.
📌 What do you think? Which of these “Sixth Families” had the biggest impact on organized crime? Drop your thoughts in the comments!

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[lewibagels]

Another 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 vid James keep up good work

[Wayne-oups]

IT'S. YOU..MR.PROCTOR....YOU SIR !!!!

[stephenrogers]

Very interesting concept, Mr Proctor!
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[TooLooze]

The Rockerfellers or other elites behind the scenes.

[andrewashcraft-hiot]

Man the way people talk is that. The Colombos are losing. The 5th family spot.. i dont know about now but at one time the Rizuto could have taken on all five families in the 2000. I think that they had almost a 1000 made men allnover the place and Associates that were into all kinds of crazy stuff like nuclear arms trafficking and major stuff

[dougkidd]

Chicago is first then the 5 family's are 2-6

[christopherdrager]

The plumbers house was about 10 minutes away from me and his nephew Frankie was 1 of our best friends they had a mansion in old PRINCETON GORGEOUS AND WE LIVE IN CHAMBERSBURG LIL ITALY TRENTON, NJ

[alexanderthurman]

Decavocanta Family! May God bless everyone 🇮🇱✝️🇺🇸!

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[coolcat]

Great video James but I think all of the above mentioned were just a glorified crew. John Gotti didn't recognize the decalvcante family because they didn't draw blood didn't use a gun or knife and sam the plumber the boss was considered weak. Idk how he was weak he did his time never ratted and retired 2 Florida. James maybe u can do a video on Sam the plumber decalvcante the boss of NJ
Sorry 4 the essay 😅😅😅😅😂😂😂