1992 in organized crime

Events

• John D'Amato, the boss of the New Jersey mafia family is shot and killed by Anthony Capo on the orders of Stefano Vitabile. According to later testimony by Capo, D'Amato was killed because he was homosexual, an offence punishable by death within the Mafia.
• January 22 - Five top New England mobsters, including consigliere Joseph "J.R." Russo and capo Vincent M. Ferrara, plead guilty to racketeering, extortion, gambling and involvement in the 1985 murder of Vincent Limoli.
• December 2 – Lucchese soldier Patrick Testa is shot to death allegedly by Tommy Jones, a hitman and Los Angeles crime family associate, in the garage of a Brooklyn used car lot. The hit was allegedly ordered by Anthony Casso, the underboss of the Family at the time.

Arts and literature

• The American Gangster (documentary)
• American Me (film) starring Edward James Olmos and William Forsythe
• Hard Boiled (film) starring Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung Chiu Wai
• Hoffa (film) starring Jack Nicholson, and Danny DeVito
• Juice (film) starring Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur and Samuel L. Jackson
• ' (film) starring Brian Dennehy, Jeff Daniels, María Conchita Alonso, Eli Wallach, Robert Prosky and Al Waxman
• Who Do I Gotta Kill? (film) starring James Lorinz, John Costelloe, Vincent Pastore and Steve Buscemi
• Reservoir Dogs (film)