Detroit Partnership
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 |
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| 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; Wheeling, West Virginia; Columbus, Ohio; Trumbull County, Ohio; Mahoning County, Ohio; Nevada |
| Ethnicity | Italians could become "made men" and other ethnicities as associates |
| Membership (est.) | 40–50 made members (2011) |
| 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; police corruption |
| Allies | Bufalino crime family Chicago Cleveland Five Families (especially the Gambino crime family) Patriarca crime family Philadelphia Pittsburgh San Francisco St. Louis Chaldean Mafia Sicilian Mafia Badalamenti Mafia clan Winter Hill Gang |
| Rivals | The Purple Gang (defunct) and various other local gangs |
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