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The '''Pavano Family''', also called the ''Pavano Crime Syndicate'', is the second-most powerful of the Cosa Nostra [[The Commission|Commission]] families of [[Liberty City in GTA IV|Liberty City]] and is primarily based in [[Algonquin]]. The family is said to be controlled by 60 year old [[Mary Valvona]], along with her 40-year-old ex-lover [[Arthur Zepulla]] who is the family's official consigliere. Mary Valvona and Zepulla are suspects in the murder of her former husband and boss Mario Valvona in the 1990s. The ''Street boss'' was [[Joe Corrola]] until his death in 2008 he was in charge of the family's heroin distribution ring. [[Mario Venturella]] is the longest lasting lovers of Maria and is an [[Algonquin]] based cat-burglar. [[Vito Menotti|Vito Menotti]], a former Pavano hitman turned states against them in 2008.

[[Jimmy Pegorino]] looked at the Pavanos as a way of getting a seat in the Commission, so he organized a [[Pegorino's Pride|sit down]] with them at an old refinery, where he took [[Niko Bellic]] along to watch over the meet with a sniper rifle after he was recommended to Pegorino by [[Phil Bell]]. The sit down was a set up and the Pavanos attempted to whack Pegorino, who was saved by Niko. The Pavanos later suffered for their actions when Pegorino hired Bellic to [[Payback (GTA IV)|wipe out]] one of their crews that was meeting at [[Auto Eroticar]] in Alderney.