Stracci family
| Founding location |
 Jersey city, New Jersey |
|---|---|
| Years active | 1920s-Present |
| Territory | Manhattan and Staten Island in NYC, Northern New Jersey |
| Ethnicity | Italian, Italian-American |
| Criminal activities | Racketeering, illegal gambling, loansharking, smuggling, extortion, highjacking, drug trafficking, corruption, fraud |
| Allies | Barzini, Cuneo, Corleone and Greco crime families |
| Rivals | Corleone crime family (1946-1948) |
The Stracci family is one of the Five New York Families in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and the movie of the same name.
Role in the Story
In both the novel and film, The Godfather, the Stracci family although the smallest is the best disposed crime family of the Five New York Families. From its beginnings the family's Don was Victor Stracci. The Stracci Family, along with the Tattaglia Family, Barzini Family, Cuneo Family are the families to invest on Sollozzo's heroin trade market. The Stracci Family fight in the war against the Corleones. After Don Corleone declares peace between all of the five families, he promises not to break the peace and thus, Victor Stracci, Emillio Barzini, Philip Tattaglia, and Ottilio Cuneo each have their families start taking away territory from the Corleones. Later, after Don Corleone's death, Barzini attempts to assassinate Vito's son and heir Michael in order to get hold of all Corleone turf.
Michael, however, had already foreseen this move thanks to his father's deduction and Michael has Stracci and all other Dons in New York assassinated, eliminating almost all of the five families' interests in New York, therefore, almost completely destroying the Straccis.
