PHOTOS: Infamous Crime Bosses

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Carlo Gambino

He was the boss of the Gambino crime family and died of natural causes. (credit: AP)

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel

Siegel was a driving force behind the development of metropolitan Las Vegas in the late 40s. (credit: AP)

Vincent "The Chin" Gigante

The boss of the Genovese family, Gigante ordered several assassinations. Before joining organized crime, Gigante was a professional boxer. (credit: AP)

Sam Giancana

Giancana was a Chicago mob boss who was noted for his friendships with show-business personalities. (credit: AP)

Paul "Big Paul" Castellano

Castellano is one of five reputed leaders who were arrested in a Federal indictment. Castellano's bail was $4 million. He was the head of the nation's largest Mafia family. (credit: AP Photo/David Bookstaver)

Nicholas "Little Nick" Corozzo

Corozzo was indicted in 1996 on racketeering charges that included attempted murder, arson, and loansharking. (credit: AP)

Michael Coppola

Michael Coppola was a reputed acting captain of the Genovese crime family. He was wanted in the 1977 murder of a fellow mobster outside a Bridgewater, N.J., motel. Coppola was captured by police in 2003. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, Pool)

Meyer Lansky

Known as the "Mob's Accountant," Lansky established a gambling empire from New York to Las Vegas. (credit: AP)

Charlie "Lucky" Luciano

Luciano was an Italian mobster known for splitting New York City into five different Mafia crime families. (credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Joseph Massino

Known as "Big Joey," Massino agreed to testify against his former associates to avoid the death penalty. In 2005, he was sentenced to life in prison. (credit: AP Photo/U.S. Attorneys Office, File)

Joseph Bonanno

Nicknamed "Joe Bananas," he was known as a man with superior organizational skills. (credit: AP)

John Joseph Gotti, Jr

Gotti was boss of the most powerful crime family in America. He made hundreds of millions of dollars a year. (credit: AP)

John Angelo Gotti III

The son of John Joseph Gotti, John A. Gotti was charged in an alleged plot to kidnap Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels. (credit: AP)

Infamous Crime Bosses

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