The Five Families is a term used to describe two groups of influential New York City crime families, the first one being in 1931, the others being in 1945.
1931[]
Five Families (1931-present) Red is Bonnano, Blue is Lucchese, Yellow is Gambino, Purple is Colombo, and Green is Genovese.
These Five Families are the five families that have controlled organized crime activity in NYC from 1931 'till now:
- Gambino crime family
- Genovese crime family
- Colombo crime family
- Lucchese crime family
- Echeverria crime family
1945[]
New York City, 1945
These Five Families are the five families that controlled the drug trade in 1945 and were the most powerful from the thirties until 1979:
- Corleone crime family
- Bazini crime family
- Tattaglia crime family
- Echeverria crime family
- Stracci crime family
2008[]
- Pavan crime family
- Gambetti crime family
- Echeverria crime family
- Lupisella crime family