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The Ancelotti Crime Family is the fifth-most powerful of the Mafia families in Liberty City that appears in Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City.

Description[]

Despite being the most heavily featured and most plot-involved of the five families (appearing in more missions than the other four families combined), the Ancelotti Crime Family is the weakest of the Five Families. Rocco Pelosi, a made man, makes an appearance in Grand Theft Auto V, but he doesn't mention the Ancelotti family at all.

History[]

Background[]

The organization was formed in the 1900s by the Italian Ancelotti family. The family's criminal empire is based in Alderney City and Algonquin, mainly around the Little Italy area.

Years before the events of GTA IV, the Ancelottis got a seat in The Commission. The family, however, is the weakest out of the five families that build up the Commission.

Because of the family's status as the weakest in the Commission, they hired the Albanian Mob for extra muscle.

Around the 1970s, the Ancelottis started a war with the Gambetti Crime Family. In 1972, one of the Gambettis' central members, Jon Gravelli, almost killed the leader of the Ancelottis, but spared him. The family also started a war with the Messina Crime Family. The Ancelottis seem to be in a good relationship with the Pavano Crime Family, the family's relationship with the Lupisella Crime Family is unknown though a Liberty Tree article states that they went to war at some point.

In 1978, the Don of the Ancelottis died or was killed. His nephew, Giovanni Ancelotti, became the family's new Don. Around that time, the Gambettis also got a new Don, Jon Gravelli.

Around the 1990s, a new Crime Family, the Pegorino Crime Family, wanted to be a part of the Commission, however, the Ancelottis and other crime families were against the idea and refused to give a seat to the Pegorinos. The Pegorinos started a war with the Ancelottis, as they are the weakest members in the Commission.

Sometime prior to the events of TBoGT, the famous club owner, Tony Prince, became a friend of Gracie Ancelotti, Giovanni's daughter, and borrowed money from Giovanni. Tony was left in debt with Giovanni, who threatened Tony multiple times by using his wife's relatives, Rocco Pelosi and Vince who work respectively as a soldier and enforcer for the family.

Events of Grand Theft Auto IV[]

By 2008, the Ancelottis are still members of the Commission, and they still in a war against the Gambettis, the Messinas, and the Pegorinos.

The Pegorinos hire the Irish Mob as extra muscle, and use them as hitmen against the Ancelottis.

The leader of the Irish Mob, Gerald and Patrick McReary hire Niko Bellic as a hitman to kill high ranking Ancelotti members. At first, Packie, Niko, Michael Keane, and Gordon Sargent attack an Ancelotti front and steal a bag of money from the place. The Ancelottis attempt to stop them, but many members there are killed by the small group.

Next, Gerald "Gerry" sends Niko to kill Anthony Spoleto, known as "Tony Black", the Ancelottis long-time Capo. Niko put a bomb at the buttom of Tony's car, and when Tony reach to a meeting place, the bomb exploded and kills Tony and the rest of members. Gerry kills an Albanian biker, that was meant to meet with Frank Garone, another Capo of the Ancelottis. Gerry had Niko dress up as the Albanian, and after a long chase Frank is killed.

Meanwhile, Soldato Rocco Pelosi hires Luis Fernando Lopez and Tony Prince, as they are in debt to the family. He tells them to come to a golf field, and tells them that they need to get information from a Messina associate about a few enemies of the Ancelottis inside the Messinas. After learning about the people, Luis is sent to kill two targets.

Niko kidnaps Gracie Ancelotti, Giovanni's daughter, and holds her for ransom, until the Pegorinos and the Irish Mob can get the diamonds back. Giovanni allied himself with the criminal Ray Bulgarin and his Russian Mafia, who wanted to kill Niko Bellic. The deal is interrupted by Bulgarin and Gracie escapes with Luis and Tony, while the Diamonds are lost after a shootout.

Later, Phil Bell, an associate of the Pegorinos, sends Niko Bellic to kill Giovanni's right-hand man, Charles Matteo. Niko arrives to Matteo's hideout, and kills him after he tried to escape through a Maverick.

Giovanni, angry at Luis and Tony, sends Rocco and Vince to tell Luis that one of them must to die, and they think that Tony should die. At Tony's club, Luis decides not to kill him, and instead, kills Vince, though he let Rocco live due to him being a made man.

Mission Appearances[]

Grand Theft Auto IV[]

The Lost and Damned[]

The Ballad of Gay Tony[]

Members and Associates[]

Known Members[]

Associates[]

Influences[]

The Ancelotti family may be based on the Colombo Crime Family, considered to be the weakest Mafia family in New York, even though the Colombos are based in Brooklyn and don't have a heavy influence in New Jersey. Like the Colombo family the Ancelotti's are one of the smaller families of New York City.

Trivia[]

  • During the mission Chinese Takeout, Tony Prince says they are "One of the most powerful mob families in the city", despite them ironically being the weakest.
  • It is possible that the buyers in the mission If the Price is Right are the Ancelottis since they are known to be in the business of dealing drugs with Dimitri Rascalov and his Russian Mafia.
  • By many characters, the name is pronounced 'An-se-lotti' instead of 'An-che-lotti' like in Italian. Some characters, like Michael Keane, pronounce it correctly.
  • In Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the Messinas' arch rival Rudy D'Avanzo and his bodyguards from an unidentified Mafia may or may not be Ancelotti mobsters.

Navigation[]

Navigation
[ ve ]Ancelotti Crime Family
BossGiovanni Ancelotti
UnderbossCharles Matteo
CaporegimeAnthony Spoleto † | Frank Garone
SoldatoRocco Pelosi
EnforcerUncle Vince
MembersAnthony † | Mark † | Sal † | Benny † | Tony
AssociatesAnthony "Gay Tony" Prince | Luis Fernando Lopez | Gracie Ancelotti
TurfAlderney City, Alderney | Acter, Alderney | Little Italy, Algonquin
AlliesPavano Crime Family | Lupisella Crime Family | Albanian Mob | Russian Mafia
EnemiesPegorino Crime Family | Gambetti Crime Family | Messina Crime Family | McReary Crime Family
[ ve ]Gangs in Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Italian Crime FamiliesLiberty City Mafia Families (Gambetti Family | Pavano Family | Messina Family | Lupisella Family* | Ancelotti Family) | Pegorino Family
Russian Crime FamiliesPetrovic Mafiya | Faustin/Rascalov Mafiya | Bulgarin Crime Syndicate
Asian Crime FamiliesKorean Mob | Liberty City Triads (Jaoming Family | Lee Family | Ming Family) | Midtown Gangsters (Wonsu Nodong) CW
Motorcycle GangsAngels of Death | The Lost MC (Brian Jeremy's Lost MC Faction) | Uptown Riders
Afro-American/Jamaican GangsHustlers (North Holland Hustlers | East Holland Drug Gang) | Yardies
Hispanic GangsSpanish Lords | Northwood Dominican Drug Dealers
Irish GangsMcReary Crime Family | Bucky Sligo's Gang | Irish American Killers CW
MobsAlbanian Mob | Jewish Mob
Minor GangsAdam Dimayev's Goons | Luca's crew | Skinheads | Brazilian Gang
RelatedThe Commission | The Tongs CW *
* denotes mentioned only

CW denotes introduced in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars


Category:Gangs | Category:Gangs in GTA IV | Gangs in GTA Chinatown Wars
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