Lucchese crime family
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The Lucchese crime family is one of New York City's long-standing "Five Families," a powerful Italian-American Mafia organization involved in organized crime activities such as racketeering, extortion, and labor racketeering.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lucchese crime family canonical | 17 |
| Lucchese crime family (fictionalized) | 3 |
| Lucchese | 1 |
| Lucchese crime family crew based in Queens | 1 |
| New York Five Families | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5145154 — 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: Lucchese crime family Context triple: [Commission (American Mafia), originalMemberFamily, Lucchese crime family]
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A.
Gambino crime family
The Gambino crime family is one of New York City's most powerful and historically influential Italian-American Mafia organizations, notorious for its involvement in organized crime activities such as racketeering, extortion, and murder.
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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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C.
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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D.
Bonanno crime family
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Lucchese crime family Target entity description: The Lucchese crime family is one of New York City's long-standing "Five Families," a powerful Italian-American Mafia organization involved in organized crime activities such as racketeering, extortion, and labor racketeering.
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A.
Gambino crime family
The Gambino crime family is one of New York City's most powerful and historically influential Italian-American Mafia organizations, notorious for its involvement in organized crime activities such as racketeering, extortion, and murder.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Bonanno crime family
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Italian-American Mafia crime family ⓘ |
| activeSince | early 20th century ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Brooklyn
ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ The Bronx ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criminalActivity |
bid rigging
ⓘ
bribery ⓘ cargo theft ⓘ construction industry racketeering ⓘ drug trafficking ⓘ extortion ⓘ fraud ⓘ gambling ⓘ infiltration of labor unions ⓘ labor racketeering ⓘ loan sharking ⓘ money laundering ⓘ murder ⓘ numbers racket ⓘ protection rackets ⓘ racketeering ⓘ sports betting ⓘ truck hijacking ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Italian-American ⓘ |
| foundedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| hasLeader |
Anthony Corallo
ⓘ
Steven Crea ⓘ Tommy Lucchese ⓘ Vittorio Amuso ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Italian ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Five Families
ⓘ
linked to:
La Cosa Nostra
|
| namedAfter | Tommy Lucchese ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
involvement in the French Connection heroin trafficking scheme
ⓘ
involvement in the Lufthansa heist at JFK Airport ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Federal Bureau of Investigation
ⓘ
New York Police Department ⓘ
linked to:
New York City Police Department
|
| partOf |
American Mafia
ⓘ
linked to:
La Cosa Nostra
|
| rivals |
Bonanno crime family
ⓘ
Colombo crime family ⓘ Gambino crime family ⓘ Genovese crime family ⓘ
linked to:
Luciano crime family
|
| subjectTo | RICO prosecutions ⓘ |
| territory |
Long Island
ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
linked to:
New Jersey, United States
New York City metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to:
New York metropolitan area
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lucchese crime family Description of subject: The Lucchese crime family is one of New York City's long-standing "Five Families," a powerful Italian-American Mafia organization involved in organized crime activities such as racketeering, extortion, and labor racketeering.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lucchese crime family
subject linked to:
Henry Hill in Goodfellas
linked to: Lucchese crime family
linked to: Lucchese crime family
subject linked to:
Tommy DeVito
linked to: Lucchese crime family
linked to: Lucchese crime family
linked to: Lucchese crime family
subject linked to:
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