1991 in organized crime
# 1991 in organized crime

## Events

* April 13 – Gambino crime family soldier Bartholomew "Bobby" Boriello was gunned down outside his Bensonhurst, Brooklyn home.
* August 9 – Antonio Scopelliti, the prosecutor scheduled to argue the government’s case in the final appeal of the Maxi Trial before the Italian Supreme Court, is assassinated while on vacation in Calabria.
* August 29 – Libero Grassi, a Palermo businessman who publicly defied the Mafia’s extortion racket is murdered in Palermo.

## Arts and literature

* Billy Bathgate (film) starring Dustin Hoffman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis, Steven Hill, Steve Buscemi and Stanley Tucci.
* Boyz n the Hood (film) starring Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ice Cube.
* Mobsters (film) starring Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, Costas Mandylor, F. Murray Abraham, Chris Penn and Anthony Quinn.
* Oscar (film) starring Peter Riegert, Chazz Palminteri, Joey Travolta and Sylvester Stallone
* New Jack City (film)

## Deaths

* June 24 – Philip Rastelli "Rusty", Bonanno crime family boss
