La Famiglia Denza

La Famiglia Denza (also known as The Denza Family, or simply The Denzas) is an Italian organized crime family active primarily in the Kingdom of Adrionis and Western Subtopia, with most of their activity centralized in the Adrionian capital of Draconis.
The Denzas were started by Italian immigrant Francesco Denza in 1969, and the family has extremely close ties to 'Ndrangheta and the American Mafia.
The Denzas are known for their ruthless code and violence in Adrionis, particularly in the Muslim neighborhoods of Draconis, as well as the East District, where the Denzas have been implicated in numerous car bombings and shootings, the deadliest being the 2014 Randor Street Bombings, as part of the East District War.
== History ==
La Famiglia Denza was founded in the "Little Italy" neighborhood of Draconis, Adrionis in 1969 by Italian immigrant Francesco Denza. The operation was funded and supported by currently anonymous criminal organizations in Italy, as well as American mafia organizations including the Gambino Crime Family of New York.
Following their arrival and the subsequent immigration of many more Italians in the 1970s due to the corrupt state of Italy, the Denzas soon grew along with the size of the Italian population in Draconis, which led to a stronger presence of loosely-connected criminal operations within the community such as the heroin trade.
The Denzas were responsible for numerous armed killings in the 1970s, and corruption in eastern Draconis reached an all-time high as Italians flooded the local police force and government. It was around this time that the Denzas went to war with the prominent Islamic East District gang "The Eagles." War was waged between the two organizations through various means, from street-fighting to legal and political warfare.
The conflict resulted in approximately 700 deaths of people involved in both organizations by 1982, when a large bomb destroyed a block of the East District and killed an additional 150 people including top-ranking members of The Eagles, crippling the gang and forcing most of the Islamic gangsters into silence. The same year, Francesco Denza was indicted by the high court of Adrionis for racketeering, murder, and other charged related to his involvement in the bombing. However, he was only indicted for racketeering charges and only served 10 years in a maximum security Adrionian prison, where he would fully retire his position as boss upon his release.
For most the 1980s, the Denzas were lead by Antonio DiNoto, Sr., a fellow immigrant from Italy and underboss of the Denzas. Under DiNoto Sr.'s control, the Denzas earned an estimated 4 billion USD in the cocaine trade. In 1991, DiNoto Sr. was executed in a steakhouse in Little Italy by hitman Rudolf Greco, who was also killed on the scene. Theorists believe Greco was commissioned to kill DiNoto Sr. by his son, Antionio "Poco" DiNoto, Jr., to gain control of the family.
Poco ruled the Denzas through the 1990s. In 1997, 200 individuals tied to the Denzas were tried and convicted by the high court of Adrionis, though this was only a minor setback for Poco. He led the family through the global Great Recession, and didn't experience extreme press attention until the 2014 East District War, when militant Islamic groups began rioting and attacking business in Little Italy, as well as executing known members of the Denzas. Few Italians were charged in connection to the war.
Following the East District War, numerous whistleblowers within the Adrionian government pointed to a potential connection between the Denzas and government. This included the 2019 leak of an embezzlement scheme involving the Denzas and mayor Tom Andersen of Essex, Adrionis. The details of the Andersen case are still being investigated and have not been released to the public.
Other potential corrupt actions of the Denzas include a rumored involvement in King Cisco's regime.
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