1948 in organized crime
# 1948 in organized crime

## Events

* Tommaso Buscetta becomes a made member of the Porta Nuovo Mafia family in Palermo, Sicily.
* July 16 – Charles Yarnowsky, a syndicate mobster in Jersey City, New Jersey is found stabbed to death in Clifton.
* August 10 – John DiBiaso, a lieutenant of Charles Yarnowski, is murdered, shot dead in front of his home in Elizabeth, New Jersey, only 25 days after Yarnowski's death.

## Deaths

* July 16 – Charles Yarnowsky, Jersey City, New Jersey syndicate mobster
* August 10 – John DiBiaso, Charles Yarnowski lieutenant
