The Stracci crime family is an American Mafia crime syndicate that was founded in New York City during the 1920s. Counted among New York's "Five Families", the Stracci family was founded by Sicilian immigrant Victor Stracci, and it controlled Staten Island and New Jersey during the 1940s. The family had strong roots in the freight and docking rackets, and the family relied on old-fashioned methods to make money. The family was one of the most feeble families in New York, using tactful approaches to solve their issues. During the 1940s and 1950s, the power of the Stracci family was crushed during the Five Families War, with the Corleone crime family eliminating its leadership and seizing all of its rackets. The Stracci family would be reduced to vassals of the Corleones over the next few decades.