The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. Each group also known as a family and clans control parts of cities and towns witch there main criminal business is protection racketeering, extortion, bootlegging liquor, smuggling, and loan sharking
Leaders of the mafia saw the United States as big chance to earn more money and get stronger. During the late nineteenth century many mafia members were went over seas to America with many italian immigrants.
code of silence and secrecy that forbids mafiosi from betraying their comrades to the authorities. The penalty for transgression is death, and relatives of the turncoat may also be murdered. Mafiosi generally do not associate with police (aside perhaps from corrupting individual officers as necessary). For instance, a mafioso will not call the police when he is a victim of a crime. He is expected to take care of the problem himself. To do otherwise would undermine his reputation as a capable protector of others.
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Notable Mafia Members
*Vito Cascioferro
*Calogero Vizzini
*Giuseppe Genco Russo
*Michele Navarra
*Al Capone
*Luciano Leggio
The Mafia
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History
What is Mafia
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