Bufalino crime family
| Founded | c. 1900 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Stefano LaTorre |
| Named after | Russell Bufalino |
| Founding location | Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Years active | c. 1900–2008 |
| Territory | Primarily Northeastern Pennsylvania (especially the counties of Lackawanna and Luzerne), with additional territory in the Southern Tier of New York, Central New York, New York City and North Jersey, as well as South Florida |
| Ethnicity | Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates |
| Membership (est.) | 30–40 made members (1960s) |
| Activities | Racketeering, counterfeiting, loansharking, extortion, illegal gambling, cartage theft, jewel theft, fraud, bid rigging, labor racketeering, narcotics trafficking, automobile theft, fencing of solen goods, pornography and murder |
| Allies | |
| Rivals | Various gangs in Northeastern Pennsylvania |
The Bufalino crime family, also known as the Pittston crime family, the Pittston–Scranton crime family, the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre crime family, the Northeastern Pennsylvania crime family, the Northeastern Pennsylvania Mafia, or the Scranton Mafia, was an Italian American Mafia crime family active in Northeastern Pennsylvania, primarily in the cities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Pittston.
Based in Pennsylvania's Coal Region, the family's power originated in labor racketeering within the coal industry, as well as the garment industry in Pittston and New York City, where the Bufalino family colluded with the Five Families of New York. The family's namesake and longest-serving boss, Russell Bufalino, led the organization until his death in 1994.