Detroit Partnership
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The Detroit Partnership (also known as the Detroit crime family, Detroit Combination, Detroit Mafia, Zerilli crime family, and the Tocco–Zerilli crime family) (Italian pronunciation: [dzeˈrilli]) is an Italian-American organized crime syndicate based in Detroit, Michigan, and mainly operates in the Greater Detroit area as part of the larger Italian-American Mafia. They hold interests in Windsor, Ontario, Toledo, Ohio; as well as other cities in Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Nevada, and Sicily.
| Founded | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Pietro Mirabile |
| Founding location | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Years active | 1908–present |
| Territory | Primarily the Detroit metropolitan area, with additional territory throughout Michigan, in Windsor, Ontario; Toledo, Ohio; Partinico, Sicily;[1] Wheeling, West Virginia; Columbus, Ohio; Trumbull County, Ohio; Mahoning County, Ohio; Nevada[2] |
| Ethnicity | Italians could become "made men" and other ethnicities as associates |
| Membership (est.) | 40–50 made members (2011)[3] |
| Leader(s) | Jack "Jackie the Kid" Giacalone (2014–present) Peter "Specs" Tocco (2014–present) Anthony "Chicago Tony" LaPiana (2014–present) Anthony "Tony Pal" Palazzolo (2014–2020; deceased) |
| Activities | Racketeering; illegal gambling; murder; loan-sharking; narcotics trafficking; smuggling; fraud; money laundering; labor racketeering; sports betting; bookmaking; bootlegging; prostitution;[2] police corruption[4] |
| Allies | Bufalino crime family Chicago Cleveland Five Families (especially the Gambino crime family) Patriarca crime family Philadelphia Pittsburgh[2] San Francisco St. Louis Chaldean Mafia Sicilian Mafia[1] Badalamenti Mafia clan Winter Hill Gang[5] |
| Rivals | The Purple Gang (defunct) and various other local gangs |