I'm looking for story like the Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro) plotline from the Godfather 2. How he goes from nothing to the Don of Don's.
I'm looking for story like the Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro) plotline from the Godfather 2. How he goes from nothing to the Don of Don's.
Does all that mafia stuff still occur? I haven't heard much about them in years.
Good publicists keeping it all out of the papers.
https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/organized-crime
Short answer is yes. Long answer, it evolved to transnational organized crime usually involving drugs and human trafficking. The racketeering, embezzlement, etc still occurs but it doesn't normally get the headlines like it used to.
Short answer is yes.
The short answer is sort of. The original Mafia (AKA the Mob) originated in Sicily. There are aspects of The Godfather that are very particular to the culture of the Sicilian Mafia.
When the primary source of income for organized crime shifted over to drugs, over time the Mafia got pushed out by the Mexican, Central American, and South American Cartels and the Russian Mob.
Organized crime still exists, but the culture of it is very different.
You must have some insider information the FBI and other law enforcement doesn't have. You should call them and clue them in.
La Cosa Nostra
La Cosa Nostra evolved from the Sicilian Mafia and is one of the foremost organized criminal threats to American society. Translated into English it means "this thing of ours." It is a nationwide alliance of criminals—linked by blood ties or through conspiracy—dedicated to pursuing crime and protecting its members. It also is called the Mafia, a term used to describe other organized crime groups.
The LCN, as it is known by the FBI, consists of different "families" or groups that are generally arranged geographically and engaged in significant and organized racketeering activity. It is involved in a broad spectrum of illegal activities: murder, extortion, drug trafficking, corruption of public officials, gambling, infiltration of legitimate businesses, labor racketeering, loan sharking, prostitution, pornography, tax-fraud schemes, and stock manipulation schemes.
The LCN is most active in the New York metropolitan area, parts of New Jersey, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, and New England. The major LCN families include the five New York-based families—Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Luchese; the Newark-based DeCavalcante family; the New England LCN; the Philadelphia LCN; and the Chicago Outfit. They have members in other major cities and are involved in international crimes. Although the LCN has its roots in Italian organized crime, it has been a separate organization for many years. Today it cooperates in various criminal activities with different criminal groups that are headquartered in Italy.
I never said the mafia was completely gone. However, they aren't the big player in organized crime anymore.
On the last paragraph that you bolded. Saying that LCN is more active in NYC than they are anywhere else in the US is not remotely the same as saying they are the biggest crime organization operating in New York.
In fact, What's most interesting is what isn't on that list. In their heyday, they pretty much ran the city of Las Vegas. It would also seem that they've been pushed completely out of the west coast states. And yes, they had a major presence on the west coast back in the 30s and 40s
The Mafia in the US is a shadow of what it once was.
The Mafia in the US is a shadow of what it once was
Quite so. I chronicle the collapse of the Chicago Outfit in my series A Well-Lived Life. They were already on the ropes when 'Operation Family Secrets' basically put them out of business. They are but a pale shadow of what they once were.