Pavano Family

GANG
Pavano Family
Games: GTA IV
Locations: Alderney City, Alderney
Little Italy, Algonquin
Uptown Algonquin;
Liberty City
Leader: Maria Valvona
Type: Italian-American Mafia family
Enemies: Pegorino Family
Affiliations: North Holland Hustlers
Vehicles: Sentinel XS
Sports PMP 600
Coquette
Turismo
Sultan
Weapons: Knife, Pistol, SMG and Uzi
Businesses: Auto Sales, Bookmarking, Gambling
Fronts: Auto Eroticar
Members: Maria Valvona, Arthur Zepulla, Joe Corrola, Mario Venturella, Vito Menotti

The Pavano crime family is the second-most powerful of the Cosa Nostra Commission families of Liberty City and is led by 60 year old Maria Valvona, after her husband Mario's death. The family is based primarily in Algonquin. Joe Corrola is to be Boss until dying and was in charge of the family's heroin distribution ring, Mario Venturella is the longest lasting lover of Maria and a cat-burglar based in Algonquin and Arthur Zepulla is believed to be the family Consigliere. Jimmy Pegorino looked at the Pavanos as a way of getting a seat in the Commission, so he organised a 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 wipe out one of their crews that was meeting at Auto Eroticar in Alderney.

Members

  • Maria Valvona - 60 year old female don, after her husband Mario's death (she was suspected to have poisoned him, but no one knows for sure). Most of the top-ranking members are her lovers, all at least 20 and usually even 40 years younger than her.
  • Arthur Zepulla - Maria's 40-year-old lover, at least in the early 90s when she paid for him to go to law school. Currently the family's consigliere.
  • Joe Corrola - Maria's 38-year-old lover who was in charge of the family's heroin distribution ring before he died in 2008.
  • Vito "Dog Meat" Menotti - a top-ranking hitman for the Pavanos since the 1990s, who is now turning states against them.

Notes

The Pavano Family is most likely based on the New York City Genovese Family, since they share many things in common. They are, like the Genovese, based in Upper Manhattan (Algonquin), near Central Park (Middle Park) and New Jersey (Alderney). They are the second-most powerful family in The Commission and were rivals with the Gambino Family, mentioned in the Liberty Tree that the Gambetti's used to be enemies of the Pavano's. They are also known to make deals in Harlem like how Pavano's make deals in North Holland.

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