Reportedly, the Lucchese crime family was one of the most profitable, controlling many unions, trade organizations, and Idlewild Airport (now known as John F. Kennedy International Airport or JFK).

The Lucchese family is perhaps best known for carrying out the Lufthansa heist, the theft of about $5 million in cash and $800,000 jewels from John F. Kennedy Airport in 1978.

Chart of recent NJ gambling investigation involving sports betting operations and poker clubs Zappola for years per my sources is the boss in waiting of the Lucchese Crime Family @Sitdowncrimepod ...

New Jersey politician among dozens arrested in gambling ring More than three dozen people with alleged ties to the Lucchese crime family were arrested in connection with illegal gambling ...

A New Jersey councilman is among more than three dozen people who’ve been charged in connection to a gambling ring run by members of the Lucchese crime family.

A chart is shown as New Jersey State Police Superintendent Col. Pat Callahan speaks during a news conference announcing racketeering and other charges against 39 people including what said is a ...

State authorities have charged 39 people they allege are part of an organized crime gambling ring, including members of the Lucchese crime family. Some appeared in Morris County Super Court on ...

NEWARK, N.J. — A high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family, a town council member and more than three dozen others are facing racketeering and additional charges stemming from an illegal ...

(Photo courtesy of NJ Department of Law and Public Safety. Click to enlarge.) By BRIAN DONOHUE A Red Bank man identified as a high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family was arrested in a predawn ...

Those charged included Joseph R. Perna, 56, a reputed Lucchese captain known as Big Joe, and George J. Zappola, 65, whom prosecutors believe is a member of the crime family’s so-called ruling panel.

TRENTON —Thirty-nine people, including men from Red Bank, Spring Lake, Island Heights and Lincroft, have been charged after a two-year investigation into illegal gambling tied to the Lucchese ...

PROPSECT PARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- A councilman from Prospect Park, New Jersey, is among the nearly 40 people arrested in connection with an illegal gambling bust. In total, 39 people have been ...