Martorano crime family

The Martorano crime family, sometimes known as the *Los Santos crime family* or the *Los Santos Outfit*, and recently (by federal investigators) as the *Aparo crew*, is an Italian-American mafia family based in Los Santos. They are considered to be the most powerful LCN entity active in southern San Andreas, only previously shadowed by the now-defunct Conti crime family, and one of the most powerful organized crime factions in the state.

While the FBI considers the borgata's current structure to have formed in the 2010s with the joint union between Colombo soldier Angelo "Lazy Eye" Sisca and Philip Martorano, many of the current family ties, businesses and activities extend several decades into the past. Philadelphia crime family activity in Los Santos can be traced to the 1970s with the Marchesi Outfit in Vespucci, and LCN's history in Mission Row, Vespucci and other historically Martorano-controlled areas can be traced as far back as the 1930s and 1940s, with self-contained criminal operations on behalf of families on the East Coast.

Contrary to the borgata in Vinewood (which, in essence, was absorbed into the Martorano family by the early 2020s), the Martorano crime family prides itself in deep-rooted traditions and blood ties on the west coast. It is dissimilar from other factions of LCN active in Los Santos, and even those considered "crime families" by the FBI, due to the Martorano family's history as being grounded and rooted in San Andreas, as opposed to staying, in effect, a satellite crew for an east coast family.

## Overview

The Martorano crime family was formed as a satellite crew of the Philadelphia crime family, originally led by Philip Martorano. However, other east coast gangsters were also instrumental in the organizations growth, including Colombo soldier Angelo Sisca, who later became the reputed boss of the organization.

Contrary to other crime families that have operated as part of the Los Santos mafia, the Martorano family is known for a heavily clandestine and exclusive presence. The Martorano crime family is currently allegedly led by Angelo Sisca. The Martoranos are known for being heavily business oriented and quiet. They operate in the shadow of the many street gangs, outlaw biker clubs and fringe criminal organizations that regularly attract police attention in southern San Andreas.

The Martorano family's territory is primarily based in downtown Los Santos and the Mission Row district, with frequent hangouts including Goldies bar in Mission Row, and the Mirror Park Tavern. In the late summer and early autumn of 2022, the Martorano crime family was hit with several indictments of key members, including the retirement of many of the upper echelon. Some federal investigators predict the Martorano family will be functionally dead by 2023, even if it remains in name alone.

## History

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### **The Colombo and Philadelphia Connection**

> A connection between the Philadelphia Crime Family and the Los Santos area was apparent after the arrival of captain Joseph Campo and inducted soldier Phillip Martorano. According to Conti turncoat, Lawrence Zampa, although the region was under the jurisdiction of the Conti Crime Family both were permitted to operate in the area, away from the north of Los Santos, and conduct their enterprises. However, after the arrests for illicit firearms trafficking Campo was incarcerated and the Philadelphia Connection disappeared into obscurity.
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> Dominic “Donnie Shacks” Montemanaro, a long-time Colombo captain, relocated to the West Coast during the 1990s. Montemanaro desired to semi-retire but keep his interests in the movie industry, gambling, and pornography. A minor faction within Montemarano’s Bayside crew was transferred to East Los Santos, including two key figures Angelo Sisca and Paul Longo who began operating out of Sisca’s brother-in-law’s social club, Sabella’s, near Mirror Park.
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> In light of an increase in Cosa Nostra activity within the San Andreas state, a Philiadephia-Colombo partnership was created to protect and align the interests of the core families in the north. After the passing of Montemanaro in 2021, a merger was proposed by a semi-retired Colombo captain, Carmine Lupo, who orchestrated the new Borgata. Together with Philip Martorano, Sisca, and Longo a new West Coast crime family was founded. Sisca’s responsibilities involved labor racketeering in construction and longshore unions, most notably Labour 66, while Longo continued operating the reminiscence of Montemarano’s activities and giving birth to the Downtown crew.
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### **The Martorano Golden Era**

> After the Colombo and Philadelphia factions merger, Philip Martorano became boss and appointed Nathaniel Agro as underboss and Angelo Sisca as his consigliere. While the family operated two crews out of key areas, one spearheaded in Vespucci by Michael Ciofalo and the continuation of Dominic Montemanaro’s crew in Downtown by Paul Longo. Longo also expanded the family rackets into prostitution through Golden Girls, later renamed Sweet Passion, under Ronald “Moe Chameleon” Ganisa.
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> This period is often referred to as the Golden Era of Martorano, boasting a West Coast record of over twenty active made members and an estimated hundred associates. In the testimony of Ernest Savona, he claimed that through the Lucky Goose bar, Longo’s Downtown crew was involved in several white-collar schemes, illicit gambling, prostitution, and weekly hijackings of imported dock items through Sisca’s connections to the union. Savona’s testimony also alludes to the crew being involved in murder-for-hire operations through Russell Gagliano. While the Bay Avenue crew primarily focused on card skimming and a gasoline racket, as well as having their hands in many legitimate entertainment businesses.
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> In October 2021, Sabella’s was raided by law enforcement officers after a wiretap caught Ernest Savona murdering a young associate, Anthony Limone. Both Robert Bonfigilio and Ronald Ganisa were caught at the scene by Miles Morgan, a detective within the Los Santos police department. Longo and Savona were later arrested after being picked up in a Sandy Shores motel.
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> Several news sources, most notably the Los Santos News Network, reported on the murder which became a constant in the news cycle within San Andreas. Longo, Bonfigilio, and Ganisa were all released with charges of conspiracy to murder, much lighter than the original charges of first-degree. This was likely due to mounting public pressure on the DA through Victoria Miller who published articles supporting the trio. A public protest with over one hundred attendees stormed the courts for the later release of Savona. An investigation by Morgan would reveal that Miller was on Longo’s payroll.
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> Sisca grew increasingly frustrated at being the third-in-command to Agro over his supposed incompetence. Sisca regarded Agro to Longo as a “clueless ape” and wiretaps indicated Agro was commonly referred to as The Ape by Martorano soldiers within the Downtown crew. A prominent reason for his distaste was due to Agro’s desire to eliminate Longo because he accepted the plea deal without Martorano’s approval. Sisca’s boundless greediness may also have been the cause of his desire to ascend the hierarchy. After Agro’s disappearance, Agro-loyalist and captain Michael Ciofalo would flee San Andreas leaving Anthony “Tony Suits” Trupiano to lead the Bay Avenue crew who also had troubles with Agro.
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> With Trupiano’s promotion, notable Bay Ave figures such as James Provenzano, Dominick Garfaci, and Frank “Fingers” Ida were inducted into the organization. However, Trupiano’s leadership was short-lived due to his withering health and the pressure of investigations across the Borgata. He was replaced by Daniel “The Arab” Bechara who would oversee the rise of the crew to greater prominence within the family with Garfaci managing most day-to-day operations.
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### **The Chinese War and Leading Indictments**

> Martorano became locked into an underworld conflict with a Chinese organized crime group led by Wuying “Raymond” Meng. The reason behind the escalations was due to the evergrowing influence of Longo’s crew over the Mission Row area and the exertion of Sisca’s control over the Port of Los Santos. Several other escalations led to the full-scale war, notably an encounter after Chinese thugs stormed Robert Bonfigilo’s bar on Sinner Street. Further, another incident includes Longo passing a debt to Meng owed by one of his members who ran Longo’s Cypress Hills bar, the Long Haul.
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> These escalations came to a boiling point when months later, Sisca was having coffee at a teahouse in Chinatown. Meng and his accomplice opened fire on Sisca from behind, nearly killing the newly promoted underboss. Sisca was hit once in the arm. This triggered a response from the Longo crew who put the teahouse to the torch and murdered many members of the Chinese group. No murders were recorded from the Martoranos and at the height of the war, Savona’s testimony would refer to Ronald Ganisa as “Ronnie Two Guns” as he and Jimmy “Chin” Bazzoli would carry two guns with them everywhere they went.
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> The battle between the opposing factions came to a halt on March 20th, 2021 when Ernest Savona was arrested in a black car close to the Red Piano, a mob hangout for the Bay Avenue crew, together with Martin “Magic Marty” Pisano and Joseph “JC” Calarco. Savona was arrested and charged with attempted murder and later cooperated with the authorities, leading to the Martorano indictments.
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> Unbeknownst to the Martorano family, detectives had been building a case around the Mission Row contingent. Several key figureheads were arrested such as Angelo Sisca, Ronald Ganisa, William Iovino, Russell Gagliano, Joseph Calarco, James Provenzano, Jimmy Bazzoli, and Ralph Sciandra, a figurehead for the Bay Ave crew with close ties to Longo. After the arrests, Paul Longo fled Los Santos to avoid incarceration.
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> The Los Santos Police Department was enabled to add a plethora of extra charges because of Ernest Savona’s additional testimony. The bulk of the indictment was around accusations of racketeering, and bribery of police officials primarily due to Longo’s relationship with Alan Aplin of whom he was paid by Ganisa-prostitutes and several charges of first-degree murder. Across the indictees, the majority were represented by a team of mob lawyers spearheaded by Omar Ortiz. The court had dropped the bulk of murder charges due to insufficient evidence. The court was only able to establish Ganisa’s involvement in pandering and being the leader of a prostitution ring. However, the evidence of an organized crime family was established by detectives due to Calarco taking a plea deal on racketeering which was sufficient enough to charge the group. Calarco was pressured by his lawyer to take the plea as he was not represented by Ortiz. The case was seen as a failure for law enforcement and a win for organized crime as the majority, bar Ganisa and Bazzoli, were released after 1-year of incarceration.
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### **The Eurasian Organized Crime War**

> The Eurasian Organized Crime War started over ever-increasing tension between the Serbian conglomerate and the overarching crime group led by Armenians. Their conflict began after several shootings were reported in East Vinewood. Philip Martorano had close ties and relations with the Serbian organized crime group and rallied in their support which in turn led to Meng’s Chinese faction joining in an attempt to take back control of Downtown in opposition against the Martoranos. These events would lead to the biggest underground warin San Andreas history with a reported two hundred criminal members taking arms and over fifty deaths.
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> Martorano entered the conflict after the storming of Armenian Power street members in Vinewood’s notorious strip club, Hornbills. Call recordings and CCTV show Ronald Ganisa calling the police and fleeing the scene in which three Armenians were shot down by law enforcement. Ganisa was shot twice in the arm and omitted to Los Santos General Hospital and meet his fate when a masked, Chinese gunman would later enter the premises in the early hours of the morning and shoot down Ganisa.
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> After months of shootings and chaos, escalations reached their height after a team of Jewish hitmen, spearheaded by David Mizhari met a squad of Martorano members in Pacific Bluffs. Eleven people were recorded dead on the scene including notable Martorano inductees Frank Ida, Ralph Sciandra, and Dominick Garfaci. James Provenzano was seen fleeing the scene with gun wounds and was later assassinated days later. Two Mizhari brothers were found dead as well as the remaining Jewish party of six.
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> Wuying Meng was recorded as fleeing the country after a coup attempt on his life by a long-time loyalist, Wu Yau. Law enforcement believe that the attempted murder was orchestrated by Martin Pisano after call recordings alluded to the murder, but there was not enough evidence to charge Pisano. Pisano was later arrested on unrelated charges. This attempted murder was seen as a pivotal part of the Martorano-ETOC war as the Chinese were left without their leader and pivoted away from the conflict. The war shortly concluded with Martoranos being seen as the victors, though with consequences. Many Martorano-made members were killed and arrested which would be one of the catalysts for Philip Martorano’s retirement and the installation of Angelo Sisca as the new figurehead of the Borgata.
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### **The Era of Lazy Eye**

> Angelo Sisca, who reportedly wore sunglasses during the day to mask his lazy eye, took over leadership of the Martorano Crime Family after the ill health of Philip Martorano. Sisca’s administration was built off new school members with Harvey Apa as Underboss, John Artese as captain of the Bay Ave crew, and long-serving inductee Joseph Calarco as leader of the Downtown crew. Sisca took the Martoranos into a new era focusing the organization’s activity on legitimate enterprises such as construction, labor unions, and residential property development.
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> Sisca notably added an additional crew into the Martoranos who historically only operated with two. Joseph Tarano, a New Jersey Crime Family captain, merged with Sisca’s regime which brought the Borgata back to the forefront of Los Santos organized crime.
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### Current Position and Leadership

> Sisca’s retirement, the death of Philip Martorano due to heart conditions and waning recruitment within the Martorano Crime Family meant that most operations are now defunct and the Los Santos Police Department considers the organization dissolved. As recent of 2023, John “Apples” Aparo, the supposed leader of the Martorano splinter group was murdered in Rockford Hills, alongside his son Michael. Shortly after Paul Longo, alongside long-term loyalists such as Martin Pisano, Russell Gagliano, Robert Bonfiglio and historic Bay Ave soldier Vincent DeFuria have all returned to Los Santos. Longo has been seen at Goldie’s (renamed from the Lucky Goose) with Robert “Doc” Satriano, a Philip Martorano loyalist.
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## Historical Leadership

### Boss

* Inception—2021 — Philip Martorano
* 2021—2022 — Angelo Sisca
* 2022—2023 — John Aparo (***de facto, officially unrecognized***)
* 2023—Present — Paul Longo

## Known current membership

### Administration

> The ruling panel of the Martorano crime family. It takes the typical structure of La Cosa Nostra families.
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* **Boss (de facto)** - Paul Longo
* **Underboss** - Robert Bonfiglio
* **Consigliere** - Robert Satriano
* **Street Boss** - Martin Pisano

### Downtown faction

> The Martorano family's historical power stronghold, based in the highly Italian-American neighborhood of Mission Row, specifically on the corner of Vespucci Avenue and Sinner Street. Rackets include labor and construction racketeering, prostitution, drug dealing and more.
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* **Caporegime** - Russell Gagliano
* **Member** - Joshua Guidice
* **Member** - Vincent DeFuria
* **Member** - Vincent Belmonti
* **Member** - Dominic Civella
* **Member** - Samuel Marotta (*retired February 2023*)
* **Member** - John Aparo (*b. 1960s - d. February 2023*)
* **Member** - Frank Palma (*retired late 2022*)
* **Associate** - Anthony Falco
* **Associate** - Samuel Vilione
* **Associate** - Tommy Galli
* **Associate** - Michael Aparo (*b. 1992 - d. February 2023*)
* **Associate -** Simon Esposito (*fled March 2023*)
* **Associate** - Joey Martinelli (*b. 1980s - d. August 2022*)
* **Associate** - Rocco DiFiore (*b. 1996 - d. August 2022*)
* **Associate** - Benjamin Ruggieri (*b. 1980s - d. May 2022*)
* **Associate** - Vincent Torelli (*retired September 2022*)
* **Associate** - Raymond Cirillo (*b. 1980s - disappeared June 2022*)

### Vespucci faction

> Prime territory considered to be Bay City Avenue in the Vespucci/Del Perro neighborhoods on the lower west side of Los Santos. Rackets include construction racketeering, drug dealing and more.
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* **Caporegime** - Richard Castellani
* **Member** - Anthony Fiorentino
* **Member** - Christopher DiBella
* **Member** - Nicholas Saviano
* **Member -** Victor Amendola
* **Member** - John Amendola
* **Member** - Matthew Catalano
* **Associate** - Benjamin Carneglia (b. *1950s - d. 2023*)

### Unknown crew

Made members of the Martorano borgata still active in southern San Andreas, without any formal connection to a crew.

* **Member -** Ronald Fiumara
* **Member -** Nicholas Giola
* **Member -** Victor Aprea

## Historical crews

### Bay City Avenue/Mirror Park faction (*defunct September 2022*)

> The Vespucci chapter of Philadelphia Family-affiliated LCN during the Robert Satriano era.
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* **Caporegime** - Robert Satriano
* **Member** - Brandon Conradina (*retired 2022*)
* **Associate** - Ross Malaspina (*b. 1980s - d. February 2023*)

### Marchesi faction (*1970s - defunct 2000s*)

> The Vespucci chapter of Philadelphia Family-affiliated LCN during the Angelo Marchesi era. While the Marchesi Outfit acted as an independent faction of the Philadelphia crime family during the early Joey Merlino, some of the membership and family ties between Marchesi's organization and the proper Martorano crime family are shared.
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* **Leader** - Angelo Marchesi (*1970s - 2000s*)
* **Member** - Samuel Costanzo (*1980s - 2000s*)
* **Member** - Victor DiFarina (*1980s - 2000s*)
* **Member** - Raymond Sciandra (*1980s - 2000s*)
* **Associate** - Benjamin Carneglia (*1990s - 2000s*)

### Tarano faction (*defunct May 2022*)

> The Tarano chapter of the Martorano crime family, also known as the Giordano Crew, was active between the late-2010s and 2022, when in late May, the crew was destroyed in an internal war. The remnants of the crew was absorbed back into the family, particularly the Mission Row crew.
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* **Caporegime** - Joe Tarano *(d. May 2022*)
* **Member** - Paul Sarino *(d. May 2022*)
* **Member** - Arnold Inserra *(d. May 2022*)
* **Associate** - Jason Boriello *(d. May 2022*)
* **Associate** - Ralph DiNardo *(d. May 2022*)
* **Associate** - Robert Patruno *(d. May 2022*)
* **Associate** - Daniel Corsetti *(d. May 2022*)
* **Associate** - Thomas Coppola *(d. May 2022*)
* **Associate** - Louis Capra *(d. May 2022*)
* **Associate** - Christopher Vitale *(d. May 2022*)