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Cuneo crime family In:	New York City Founded by:	Ottilio Cuneo/Carmine Cuneo Years active:	1920s-present Territory:	The Bronx, Manhattan, upstate New York, Long Island, Delaware (in book) Ethnicity:	Italian, Italian-American Criminal activities:	racketeering, illegal gambling, contract killing, drug trafficking, extortion, murder, loan sharking, money laundering, petty theft, fraud, conspiracy, hijacking, bribery, fencing, major theft, terrorism Allies:	Five Families The Cuneo crime family is one of New York's Five Families.

Contents[hide] History Historical Leadership Bosses In the video game Cuneo family structure in the video game Influences HistoryEdit Vlcsnap-2010-07-08-19h25m35s88 Don Carmine Cuneo. Vlcsnap-2010-02-24-02h39m14s120 Leo Cuneo. The Cuneo family was founded by Ottilio Cuneo and started as a bootlegging operation ran out of The Bronx and upstate New York in the 1920s. Their front company was a fleet of milk trucks that delivered across the city, which earned their Don the nickname of 'The Milkman'.

The Cuneo family had some businesses in New York City, mostly in Manhattan and The Bronx, but it ran upstate New York. The family also arranged smuggling of Italian immigrants from Canada and Denmark, all upstate gambling and exercised veto power on state licensing of racing tracks.

In 1946, the Cuneo family had became involved with the Tattaglia family against the Corleone family in the Five Families War. The war claimed several of their key members, before Vito Corleone called a hasty peace after the death of his son, Sonny.

In 1955, Don Cuneo himself was visiting one of his hotels. However, as he was leaving the building, Cuneo was trapped in the revolving door and killed by Corleone soldato Willie Cicci. Cuneo was a very ruthless Don.

Cuneo was replaced as head of the family by Leo Cuneo, who negotiated peace with the Corleones until his death at the hands of Joey Zasa's assassins in 1979.

During Leo Cuneo's reign the Cuneo family invested heavily in hotels and casinos in Las Vegas, particulary those that were owned by the Corleone family, making Cuneo a multi-millionaire.

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