Rochester crime family

Rochester crime family
Foundedc. 1950s
FoundersBuffalo crime family
Named afterConstenze "Stanley" Valenti
Founding locationRochester, New York, United States
Years activec.1950s–1993
TerritoryPrimarily the Rochester metropolitan area, with additional territory throughout Western New York
EthnicityItalians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates
ActivitiesRacketeering, loansharking, gambling, extortion, prostitution, arson, bombing, assault and murder
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The Rochester crime family, also known as the Valenti crime family or the Rochester Mafia, was an Italian American Mafia crime family based in Rochester, New York and throughout the Greater Rochester area. The crime family was founded in the 1950s and named after its original boss, Constenze "Stanley" Valenti.