Leone Crime Family

Leone mobsters gathered at one of their locally controlled businesses, the Staggering Stallion

### Criminal Activities

Arms Trafficking, Extortion, Illegal Gambling, Loansharking

### Businesses

Caesers Palace(casino), Staggering Stallion(bar), Jimmy's Angels(stripclub), Daniels Meat Shop(butchers), Benny's Pawnshop(pawnshop)

The **Leone Crime Family** are an Italian-American Mafia originating from Sicily. The criminal organisation came into light during the 1980's under the leadership of Salvatore Leone, with it's primary base of operations in Liberty City. During the 90's the mob expanded into San Andreas, with the Leone's having stakes in casino's in Las Venturas. In the year 1992, the Leone's made their first move into Los Santos inducting a renegade crew into their ranks as their representatives.

## Leone Crime Family

### **1990-1994**

The crew was ran by Caporegime Frank Guglielmo, a made man who had become an enforcer under the Esposito regime that originally dwelled on the Santa Maria beachfront. The crews initial endeavours included illegal gambling operations masked by the opening of Los Santo's first casino, Caesers Palace. Funding was supplied from rackets under Leone control in Las Venturas and Liberty City, utilising the Casino to clean illegitimate funds gained through criminal activity. These acts of criminality were accompanied by the generic schemes conjured by most criminal Italian outfits, including extortion, shylocking and rumoured murders.

The neighbourhood of Little Italy was soon established in the Marina area of Los Santos, west of the city. Associates and the general locals of the area were often found boozing late at night the famous Staggering Stallion, a bar/bistro founded in the area by Leone Crime Family enforcer Mickey Amato.

Eventually the crew were able to gain dominance the gun market trade due to a fellow competitor going quiet. Over the course of 3 years the family established a strong pipeline of armoury flowing into Los Santos on a regular basis, effectively controlling the gun market alongside fellow criminal organization and competitor, Cártel de Santos. During an extensive investigation by the Organized Crime Division, the business relationship between the Leone's and the Cartel became evident, with numerous meetings between Frank Guglielmo and Antonio Cortes, the suspected leader of the Cartel. The duo effectively created a unity amongst the groups allowing for a healthy market competition between the groups without unnecessary violence or distractions.

   Due to this effective dominance between the groups, law enforcement began a large crackdown on both the Leone operations and the Cartels. After the prison escape of Antonio Cortes, the spotlight was placed on the Italian's leading to a fracture in business operations across the city. The crew eventually split and left the city in order to avoid the on-coming onslaught from the department of justice.

### **1996 -**

After a peaceful spell on the side-lines in San Fierro, Frank and Mickey receive the inevitable call from the Don. Although Salvatore had initially abandoned his ability to influence and control Los Santos, he maintained continuous tabs on the street activities. The inner greed trait that Salvatore was widely known for continued to stir, the arrival of new organisations establishing themselves in the city didn't sit right with the Don. Streets which once belonged under the thumb of Salvatore had been taken over by foreign entities. Although the Leone's maintained a tight presence in Venturas and Fierro, the losses in Los Santos became a pestering thought in the mind of Salvatore. Word had come that rival mobs were moving in on the city, causing Salvatore's pride to drive towards a decision of action.

Michael Beneventi, a Leone soldier had been summoned to regain control in the city on behalf of the family. Michael ran a small time crew, together they would re-establish Leone business ties and fronts formerly run by the Guglielmo crew. Salvatore had realised times had changed, marching into Los Santos and claiming dominance was no longer an option with competition being set up in every corner of the city. A meeting between the captains led to the decision of bring Frank Guglielmo and Mickey Amato, alongside the remaining 'old school' crew back into the fold. Realising the original crew had become high profile over the years, Salvatore insisted that the duo maintain a shadowy presence, supporting and supervising the new crew in it's expansion efforts.

Michael shortly succumbed under the pressure, failing to control the crews affairs and was swiftly removed from his position. His current whereabouts is unknown, although operations continue to run out of the Marina area with many known undesirables such as Frank and others are still seen the frequent the area.

## Members

* Frank Guglielmo - Alive
* Mickey Amato - Alive
* James Esposito - Alive/MIA
* Antonio Borgia - Alive/MIA
* Daniel Cocci - Alive/MIA
* Matthew Belluci - Deceased
* Samuel Antonelli - Deceased
* Enrico Giovanni - Alive/MIA
* Paul Giordano - Deceased
* Anthony Francone - Deceased
* Demetrious Dikeos - Deceased
* Christos Dikeos - Deceased
* Victor Gazzara - Presumed Dead/MIA
* John Cavalieri - Presumed Dead/MIA
* Paul Appelino - Alive/MIA
* Robert Gianella - Alive/MIA
* Benjamin Conti - Deceased
* Marco Bongiovanni - Alive
* Thomas Rossi - Deceased
* James Marino - Presumed Dead/MIA
* William Fischetti - Presumed Dead/MIA
* Salvatore Balsamo - Alive/MIA
* Luca Gamiello - Alive/MIA
* Feliciano Marino - Alive/MIA
* Zeno Bagarella - Alive
* Phil Cipriani - Alive
* Vincent Ardito - Deceased
* Vincent Torini - Alive
* Ren Rosetti - Deceased
* Michael Berlusconi - Alive/MIA
* Claude Bianchi - Alive/MIA
* Dominic Colombo - Alive
* Henry Licata - Alive
* Raymond Martini - Alive/MIA
* Victor Moretti - Deceased
* John Amoruso - Alive
* Christopher Cabella - Alive
* Donny Bianchi - Alive
* Carmelo Santini - Alive
* Rocco Castellano - Alive/Witness Protection
* Angelo Vinci - Alive/Witness Protection
* Frank Cipriani - Deceased
* Luca Cifaretto - Alive
* Salvatore Fellini - Deceased
* Marco Rossi - Alive