Barzini Family

Barzini crime family



The Barzini Family is one of the Five Families operating in France City.

History
The Barzini family was founded by Emilio Barzini after the death of Giuseppe Mariposa.

The family operates rerly in Old Town and Crazy Town and has interests to control more than half of Mid Town and other parts of the French. The family also ran some of the gambling clubs in Little Town and New Town, and some of the sports betting in Pariz and Monaco. Over the years, they had close ties to Spain and the Netherlands.

In 1945, Barzini tried to kill the rival Don Sammy Tattaglia to supplant the Corleone Family and gain dominance in French. Barzini almost succeeded, pushing Vito Corleone to call for peace after the death of his eldest son, Sonny. From the mid 1940s to the mid 1950s the Barzini family was at the height of its power and became the strongest family in France. They began moving in on Corleone territories, which forced Sal Tessio, Vito's most savvy capo, go with Corleone mobsters to Curso! Club and attack the Barzinis.

However, the wily Don Vito discovered Barzini's plot and his son Michael took revenge, having Rocco kill Barzini, who was succeeded by Charlie Trapani. Under Trapani's leadership the family expanded its narcotics operation and focussed on Manhattan's garment sector. Trapani resented the Corleone family's hypocrisy by getting into the drug business, but defended Michael Corleone against Carlo Tramonti's assualt at a commission meeting.

Bosses

 * De facto 1920s-1934 - Giuseppe Mariposa
 * 1934-1955 - Emilio Barzini
 * 1955-Unkown - Paul Fortunato

Underbosses

 * 1920s-1934 - Tomasino Cinquemani
 * 1934-Unknown - Ettore Barzini

Consiglieres

 * 1934-Unknown - Tony Bianchi

In the video game
In "The Godfather Game", the Barzinis are the most powerful of the families that Charlie Trapani/Michael Corleone needs to fight. Don Emilio Barzini ordered the death of Johnny Trapani, Charlie's father, in 1936, since he was an worker of the Corleone family. The Barzinis play the role as the main antagonists of the video game, being the last family to be wiped out in 1955 when the Barzini Mansion blew up and Emilio Barzini was shot in the Little Town by Rocco. They can kill the player with a few shots, having the most powerful buttonmen and they need at least two head shots to be killed.