Last update: September, 2007
Estimate members: Below 90 (according to my own calculations)
First Don: Joseph Bonanno.
Primary activities: Involved in narcotics trafficking, home video pornography, loan sharking, gambling, phony telemarketing schemes, pizza parlors and espresso cafes.
Boss: Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano.
Acting Boss: According to law enforcement the current Acting Boss of the Bonanno Family is 35 year old, Sicilian born, Salvatore "Sal the Ironworker" Montagna. In 2003, Montagna pleaded guilty to criminal contempt charges and was sentenced to probation for refusing to answer questions before a Manhattan grand jury. He had been indicted a year earlier after a probe by the Manhattan district attorney's office as one of 20 wiseguys charged in a takedown of a Mafia crew allegedly involved in gambling, loansharking and weapons possession.
Underboss: ?
Consigliere: ?
Joseph Massino (flipped)
Carmine "Lilo" Galante (whacked)
Joseph "Joe Banannas" Bonanno (dead, natural causes aged 97)
Anthony "T.G." Graziano (in prison)
Mafia of Montréal: A Short History
Sweet Bonanno Memories (photo gallery)
Aftermath of a Hit (Murder of the three captains)