Vercetti Crime Family

Overview

The Vercetti Gang, also called the Vercetti Crime Family, is the criminal organization Tommy Vercetti builds in GTA Vice City. By the end of the game it is the most powerful outfit in the city, running protection rackets, counterfeiting, drugs, a film studio, a taxi firm and a nightclub.

History

The gang is born in 1986 when Tommy and Lance Vance kill Ricardo Diaz in Rub Out and take over his Starfish Island mansion along with many of his men. Tommy immediately puts his new crew to work: the protection rackets of Shakedown, Bar Brawl and Cop Land, followed by the purchase of businesses all over town. The name itself comes from Doris at Kaufman Cabs, who asks what to call the new owners. The gang survives its biggest test in Keep Your Friends Close..., when Lance betrays Tommy and the Forelli family storms the mansion.

Territory

The gang's headquarters is the Vercetti Estate on Starfish Island, but its influence covers the whole city through the businesses Tommy owns, from the Print Works in Little Haiti to the Malibu Club in Vice Point.

Leadership and members

• Tommy Vercetti: founder and boss.
• Lance Vance: Tommy's right-hand man until his betrayal.
• Ken Rosenberg: the organization's lawyer.
• Mike: a former Diaz gangster who switches to Tommy.
• Gang members drive the Sentinel XS.

Role in the story

The Vercetti Gang is the vehicle for the second half of the game. Once it exists, Tommy stops working for others and starts buying and running businesses, which ultimately provokes Sonny Forelli into coming to Vice City.

Relations with other gangs

The gang is at war with the Forelli Crime Family by the end of the story and is hostile toward rival street gangs that come near its territory. Members stay friendly to Tommy even if he attacks them.