Philadelphia crime family

2006 film by Robert Moresco

American mob boss (1929–2017)

Italian-American Mafia family based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., formed and based in South Philadelphia, primarily operating in the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area and South Jersey

former soldier of the Philadelphia and Luchesse crime family's

Joseph Salvatore "Skinny Joey" Merlino is an American former mobster who was the reputed boss of the Philadelphia crime family from the 1990s until 2024. He rose to power and seized control of the organization in the mid-nineties after he fought against the John Stanfa faction of the family. He has led the crime family in gambling, loan sharking, drug trafficking, and extortion. In comparison to other traditional mob bosses who shunned the limelight, Merlino has interacted regularly with the media and the public, often openly providing charity and hosting events to benefit indigent people in Philadelphia, drawing comparisons to the similarly outgoing, conspicuous, and ostensibly charitable late New York crime boss John Gotti. He is the son of deceased Philadelphia crime family underboss Chuckie Merlino.

American mob boss