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The Forelli Crime Family is an Italian-American Mafia family based in Liberty City that appears in Grand Theft Auto III (as the Forelli Brothers), the main antagonists in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, as well as the secondary antagonists in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories alongside the Sindacco Crime Family and the Liberty City Triads. They also make a minor appearance in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.

History[]

1971[]

Acting under orders from Sonny Forelli, then don of the organization, Forelli Family associate Tommy Vercetti was sent to kill a key mobster in Harwood, Liberty City. However, the conflict escalated, being part of a setup by Sonny, and when Tommy arrived in Harwood he was confronted by eleven hitmen. Vercetti not only survived the ambush but killed all eleven men (earning the nickname "The Harwood Butcher" in the process) before being arrested. Sonny's connections meant that Vercetti was spared the death penalty and was instead sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Vercetti earned the nickname "The Harwood Butcher" for his part in the affair.

1984[]

In GTA Vice City Stories, Giorgio Forelli attempts to kill famous singer Phil Collins in Vice City due to his manager, Barry Mickelthwaite, owing Giorgio Forelli $3 million. Victor Vance rescues Phil and Barry, killing Giorgio's hitmen in the process, before Barry decides to pay Giorgio the money he is owed.

1986[]

By 1986, the Forelli family were the most powerful Mafia family in Liberty City. In GTA Vice City, the Forellis decided to expand "down south" by establishing relations with local Vice City drug cartels. Tommy Vercetti, fresh out of prison, and crooked lawyer Ken Rosenberg, were selected by Sonny to conduct a deal with Lance and Victor Vance. However, Ricardo Diaz, the city's top drug baron, had found out about the deal through Gonzalez. Angered by the fact that the deal was organized through Juan Cortez rather than him, Diaz hires three goons to ambush the deal, which results in the deaths of Harry, Lee and Victor. Following this, Vercetti split from the Forellis, taking over the drug trade in Vice City. Angered, Sonny came to Vice City personally to claim Vercetti's profits, which Sonny saw as his by right, and was killed in the conflict. Sonny's brother, Marco Forelli, became the family's new don.

1992[]

In GTA San Andreas, Caligula's Palace casino in Las Venturas, San Andreas, was split between the Forelli, Sindacco, and Leone families. The Families could not decide between themselves who should run the casino. Therefore, former Forelli lawyer Ken Rosenberg was put forward as a neutral party. Rosenberg would act as a mediator between the families, under threat of death should any war ignite.

While Johnny Sindacco was at the hospital after being traumatized by Carl Johnson, Marco Forelli decided to take the opportunity to kill Johnny by sending his goons to hijack his ambulance. Rosenberg becomes aware of the hit and sends Carl Johnson to retrieve Johnny's ambulance before a war is ignited between the families. However, Johnny later dies of a heart attack after seeing Carl again, and Salvatore Leone returns to Las Venturas to reclaim the money that he invested in the casino from Rosenberg. Marco later sends Forelli hitmen to kill Salvatore, who was aware of the hit, and he decides to send Carl to kill the hitmen on their flight before they arrive in Las Venturas. The hit leads to Salvatore to strike back by sending Carl to Liberty City, to kill Marco at Marco's Bistro.

1998[]

In GTA Liberty City Stories, the Forellis deal with the death of Mayor Roger C. Hole, who was working for Franco Forelli, the leader of the Forellis following Marco's demise. He then had found another representative, Miles O'Donovan, to run against Donald Love, who was representing the Leone Family. However, O'Donovan wins after Love's connections to the Leone family are revealed.

Later on, a war was sparked between the Forellis and the Sindaccos in Fort Staunton, which was caused by the Sicilian Mob, after the Sindaccos had begun invading Forelli territory on Staunton Island. Toni is caught up in it, as Salvatore Leone takes advantage of the war to foil Massimo Torini's plan to take over the city. The war weakens both families as upcoming gangs like the Uptown Yardies and the Yakuza take over their territory left behind. The families eventually try to broker a truce, only for Salvatore to use Paulie Sindacco's car to kill the Forellis attending the peace meeting. As the war continues, the Forellis continue to lose territory on Shoreside Vale, after Toni Cipriani and the Southside Hoods take over the last expanding turf the Forellis have occupation in. The war continues until Paulie Sindacco was killed after trying to flee Liberty City, after his involvement in getting Salvatore jailed.

The Forellis later target the Yakuza, after Kazuki Kasen had taken over most of the territory in Liberty City and began stocking up on powerful weapons such as a tank. The Forellis catch Kazuki's wife Toshiko Kasen attending the Fort Staunton Opera House with Toni Cipriani and attempt to kill her (not knowing that Toshiko is against her husband's plots). The Forellis are later completely weakened after their main base of operations, Fort Staunton, was destroyed by underground explosives in the old subway line running through southern Staunton Island. Whether Franco was killed in the explosion is unknown, but the family was left devastated.

2001[]

By 2001, the events of GTA III, they are now named the Forelli Brothers, and the gang now appears to hold a very small presence in the city, presumably due to the events of 1998.

A high-ranking member of the gang, Mike Forelli, is killed in a car explosion by Claude, who rigged his car with an engine bomb on orders from Joey Leone. Joey soon after orders Claude to dispose of the corpse of a high-ranking Forelli member lying in a Manana at Greasy Joe's. After evading the Forellis, Claude disposes of the car at Harwood Autocrusher and Junkyard. Later, several members of the Forellis try to blackmail El Burro into giving them a cut of his pornographic material in threat of killing off an actor, but are also killed by Claude, who lured them into being blown up by a detonation bomb rigged Mr Whoopee truck.

Clothing[]

In GTA Liberty City Stories, Forelli henchmen don blue/dark red shirts with light blue/white jackets over and carry pistols. In GTA III, they are dressed like the Leones as seen in one of Joey Leone's missions, while the dead mobster in the Manana looks like a Leone too, except that he has no gloves. In GTA Vice City, the Forellis are seen wearing light blue or brown Hawaiian shirts. In GTA San Andreas, the mobsters (presumed to be the Forelli's) either dress in brown jackets, light green shirts with black pants or black jogging suits. In GTA Vice City Stories, the Forelli hitmen seen in a couple of missions wear dark colored shirts with black jackets over, identical to the Mendez Cartel.

Members and Associates[]

Members[]

Associates[]

Mission Appearances[]

Grand Theft Auto III[]

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories[]

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]

Gallery[]

Grand Theft Auto III[]

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories[]

Trivia[]

  • Forelli is Italian for "Holes".
  • Salvatore Leone incorrectly refers to them as the "Corellis" in The Introduction movie for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
  • The Forelli Family are the only gang to have appeared in every 3D Universe game, with the exception of Grand Theft Auto Advance (although they may have appeared, as there is only a reference to the Mafia, not a particular family). This makes the Forelli Family the gang to appear in most games in the GTA series.
  • The Forelli Family are also known for having its members killed by many protagonists in the 3D Universe. Claude kills Mike Forelli, Tommy Vercetti kills Sonny Forelli, Carl Johnson kills Marco Forelli, and Toni Cipriani possibly kills Franco Forelli.
  • Sonny Forelli is the only family member who is not killed in Liberty City as he was killed by Tommy Vercetti in Vice City. Mike is killed by Claude and Franco is possibly killed by Toni Cipriani while Marco is killed by Carl Johnson, who travelled to Liberty City from Las Venturas.
  • When playing the final mission "Keep Your Friends Close..." in GTA Vice City, after killing Lance Vance, Tommy Vercetti can actually leave the mansion. If the player heads over to Prawn Island, some Forelli mobsters will spawn rather than the Sharks.
  • The Forelli Family is the only gang to have territories in all three locations in the 3D Universe, but they end up losing it all (possibly in Las Venturas).
  • As with the Leone and Sindacco families, the favorite radio station of the Forelli Family is Double Clef FM.
  • Members of the Forelli Family are implied to be racist, as during the mission "A Date With Death" in GTA Liberty City Stories, while beating up Toshiko Kasen's limousine, they remark that "Italian blood don't mix with no Japo blood", but "will mix just fine on the sidewalk."
  • Since they are known as the "Forelli Brothers" in GTA III, it is possible that they were (at least at one time) based on the Rosato Brothers from The Godfather Part II.

Navigation[]

Navigation
[ ve ]Forelli Crime Family
MobstersSonny Forelli (Don, deceased) | Franco Forelli (Don, status unknown) | Mike Forelli (deceased) | Giorgio Forelli | Marco Forelli (deceased) | Tommy Vercetti (former) | Harry (deceased) | Sonny's Right-Hand Man (status unknown) | Sonny Forelli's Associate (status unknown) | Lee (deceased) | Lou Bricant | Forelli Wiseguy (deceased)
AssociatesPeople: Barry Mickelthwaite (former) | Lance Vance (deceased) | Massimo Torini (deceased) Roger C. Hole (deceased) | Uncle Leone
Gangs: Leone Crime Family | Sicilian Mafia | Sindacco Crime Family
EnemiesPeople: Salvatore Leone (deceased) | Carl Johnson | Toni Cipriani | Donald Love (status unknown) | Toshiko Kasen (deceased) | Claude | Tommy Vercetti | Victor Vance (deceased) | Phil Collins (former)
Gangs: Diablos | Leone Crime Family | Liberty City Triads | San Fierro Triads | Sicilian Mafia | Sindacco Crime Family | Southside Hoods | Uptown Yardies | Vercetti Gang | Yakuza
FrontsMarco's Bistro | Caligula's Palace | Ballot Paper Factory
TurfLiberty City: Saint Mark's (former) | Red Light District (former) | Newport (former) | Fort Staunton | Wichita Gardens (former) | Hepburn Heights (former)
Las Venturas: Caligula's Palace (former)
OtherForelli ExSess
[ ve ]Gangs in Grand Theft Auto III, Liberty City Stories and Advance
Italian Crime FamiliesLeone Crime Family | Forelli Crime Family | Sindacco Crime Family LCS | Sicilian Mafia LCS
Asian Crime OrganizationsLiberty City Triads | Yakuza
Afro-American/Jamaican GangsSouthside Hoods (Red Jacks | Purple Nines | Trenton Hoods A) | Uptown Yardies
Hispanic GangsColombian Cartel | Diablos
OthersLiberty City Bikers LCS | Avenging Angels LCS | Hitmen LCS | Vice City Mambas A
LCS denotes introduced in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

A denotes introduced in Grand Theft Auto Advance


Category:Gangs | Category:Gangs in GTA III | Category:Gangs in GTA Liberty City Stories | Category:Gangs in GTA Advance
[ ve ]Gangs in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Mafia FamiliesForelli Crime Family
Drug CartelsVercetti Gang | Vance Crime Family | Diaz' Gang | Mendez Cartel VCS | Gonzalez' Crew VCS
Street GangsCubans | Haitians | Streetwannabe's | Trailer Park Mafia VCS | Cholos VCS
Motorcycle ClubsVice City Bikers | White Stallionz VCS
OthersPatrol Invest Group | Leaf Link Golfers | Mexican Arms Dealers | Juan Cortez' Goons | Shoppers | European Gang | Costa Rican Gang | Counterfeit Syndicate | Hitmen VCS | Vice City Triads*
* denotes mentioned only

VCS denotes introduced in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories


Category:Gangs | Category:Gangs in GTA Vice City | Category:Gangs in GTA Vice City Stories
[ ve ]Gangs in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
African-American Street GangsGrove Street Families (Seville Boulevard Families | Temple Drive Families) | Ballas (Front Yard Ballas | Rollin' Heights Ballas | Kilo Tray Ballas | Temple Drive Ballas)
Hispanic Street GangsVarrios Los Aztecas | Los Santos Vagos | San Fierro Rifa
Asian Criminal OrganizationsSan Fierro Triads (Mountain Cloud Boys | Red Gecko Tong | Blood Feather Triad) | Da Nang Boys | Butterfly Children* | Shining Razors*
Mafia FamiliesItalian Mafia (Leone Crime Family | Sindacco Crime Family | Forelli Crime Family) | Russian Mafia
OthersLoco Syndicate | San Andreas Bikers | Survivalists | Liquor Store Bandits | Snake Farmers | Hitmen | Los Santos Civilian Defense Force* | Madd Dogg's Security Team
* denotes mentioned only
Category:Gangs | Category:Gangs in GTA San Andreas
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