Current Faction Leaders
- Boss/Capo Michael "Mad Dog" Taccetta – capo of the Lucchese crime family's New Jersey faction. Taccetta has been in prison since 1993, after being sentenced to 25-year on Federal racketeering and murder conspiracy charges with a projected release in 2016.
- Acting Boss/Capo Ralph Vito Perna – longtime Jersey faction member, released from prison in 2006 and took over as acting faction leader in 2007. Perna was arrested in December 2007 with Joseph DiNapoli, Matthew Madonna two members of the family's ruling committee. The Jersey crew was involved with running a gambling operation that earned approximately $2.2 billion in a 15-month period. The crew also worked with New Jersey correction officers and members of the Nine Trey Gangster, a set in the Bloods gang. The crew would use gang members to smuggle drugs and pre-paid cell phones into New Jersey state prisons.
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