The Bufalino crime family is a mafia criminal organization based primarily in the cities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Pittston, Pennsylvania. One of the 26 crime families of the Italian-American Mafia, or The American Mafia, The American Mob, The Mob, The Mafia, Italian Mob, Italian Mafia, American Cosa Nostra, Cosa Nostra, (and also known as La Cosa Nostra), the Bufalino crime family exercises influence throughout northeastern Pennsylvania and in northwestern New Jersey and southern and western New York State. The organization maintains strong contacts with Mafia counterparts in New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and New England.