Messina Family
| GANG Messina Family | |
|---|---|
| Games: | GTA IV |
| Type: | Italian-American Mafia Family |
| Vehicles: | Black PMP 600s with mesh grills and spoilers; black Sentinel STDs with sun louvers on the rear windows |
| Weapons: | Knife, Pistol, Uzi |
| Members: | Harvey Noto, Harry Hall, Mark Volpe, Fredo Volpe, Jimmy Capra |
The Messina Family is one of the oldest Italian-American families based in Liberty City, and part of the Cosa Nostra commission. The Messina syndicate is based in Dukes. The family is believed to be led by Harvey Noto, 66, who was able to establish himself at the top of the organisation after a long and bloody power struggle. Mark Volpe was a Capo whilst Fredo Volpe, another capo, was an a police informant since 1998. Harry Hall is Consigliere of the Messina Family. The family are only mentioned in GTA IV but they do make an on screen appearence in The Ballad of Gay Tony in the mission Practice Swing where they attempt to kill Rocco, Luis and Tony over a labor union despute (likely the same dispute that forshadowed the mission Deconstruction for Beginners ).
In Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Huang Lee is tasked with killing Messina member Jimmy Capra on the orders of Rudy D'Avanzo.
Members
- Harvey Noto - Boss of the Messina Crime Family.
- Harry Hall - Consigliere for Harvey and owns a few prostitution rings.
- Mark Volpe - Former Caporegime who was killed for being a suspected police informant
- Fredo Volpe - Capo and brother of Marco.He is the true informant and has been since 1998.
- Jimmy Capra - Member who was killed by Huang Lee on Rudy D'Avanzo's order.
Notes
Possibly based on real life Bonanno crime family in New York City which is one of the five families of NYC. They share a similar history of bloody infighting and each received help from another family in the commission: The Messinas from the Gambettis and the Bonannos from the Gambetti's real-life counterparts, the Gambinos.
Trivia
They are the second most powerful family in Liberty City. The Messina's are heavily involved in the Construction Buisnesses as shown in Practice swing when Rocco is trying to shakedown a union official when the official breaks he says "There with the messinas you'll never be able to get in". The informant Freddie Volpe Has given enough evidence to take down the whole family/operation. The Messina's are the family who are trying to shakedown Yusuf Amir and the people who niko kill in the mission "Deconstruction for begginers".