Bufalino crime family
The Bufalino crime family, also known as the Pittston crime family, Scranton Wilkes-Barre crime family, Northeastern Pennsylvania crime family, Northeastern Pennsylvania Mafia, or Scranton Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family active in Northeastern Pennsylvania, primarily in the cities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Pittston.
| Founded | c. 1900 |
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| Founder | Stefano LaTorre |
| Named after | Russell Bufalino |
| Founding location | Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Years active | c. 1900–2010 |
| Territory | Primarily Northeastern Pennsylvania, especially the counties of Lackawanna and Luzerne, with additional territory in Northwestern New Jersey, Southwestern New York, Ohio and South Florida |
| Ethnicity | Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates |
| Membership (est.) | 30–40 made members (1960s) |
| Activities | Racketeering, counterfeiting, loansharking, extortion, illegal gambling, cartage theft, fraud, bid rigging, narcotics, automobile theft and murder |
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| Rivals | Various gangs in Northeastern Pennsylvania |
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