Feudalism ended in Italy in the 1920s and during this time, the Italian government had a hard time giving protection to wealthy property owners. It was feudalism that paved the way for the Mafia, a male only organization, who started out as legitimate business, offering protection to the landed gentry. They were so effective in [...]
The origination of the ITALIAN MAFIA took place in Sicily in the year 1865 AD, as a result of involvement of some powerful Sicilians or Sicilian families in violent and criminal activity. In the second half of the nineteenth century the island of Sicily, with a tradition of resistance to outside domination saw the rise [...]
In 1890s the first major Mafia incident occurred in New Orleans. The local chief of the police pressured the Sicilian crime family, who was then murdered. When the mobsters were tried, they bribed and acquitted witnesses. As a result, Anti-Italian fervor erupted, and a lynch mob went to the jailhouse. The mob not only shot [...]
It was year 1940 when Barbara took over the Scranton-centered Mafia. It is believed that in the same year John Sciandra was killed on orders from Barbara who was a former bootlegger. Barbara became “legitimately” wealthy as he gained control of drink distribution operations in western New York State (Binghamton region). The formation of the [...]
Top ranking members of the American and Sicilian mafias met in Palermo, Sicily at the Grand Hotel des Palmes in what has been called the first American-Sicilian Cosa Nostra (mafia) summit! The meeting was hosted by American mafia Bosses, Joe Bonanno and Charlie “Lucky” Luciano who had been deported to Italy in 1946 and now [...]
The Corleone family is a fictional Sicilian Mafia family settled in New York City. The family was created by Mario Puzo and appears in his 1969 novel The Godfather, as well as the acclaimed film trilogy of the same name directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The family was founded by Vito Corleone (born Vito Andolini), [...]
Albert Anastasia was born In Tropea,the region of Calabria on 26 September 1902. He comes to the United States to 1919. In 1921 he was accused of murdering Joe Torino but witnesses are murdered and absolved him. He Spend a few years in the prison Sing Sing. After that he started to work for the [...]
In the nineteenth century, Italy was highly corrupted and key figures were tax collectors, who administered the property of the aristocrats. They obtained to increase their profits divided the land into small areas and give in exchange a proportion of harvests. They are leased to farmers, who also gave them a percentage of the crop. [...]
Mafioso, gangster, mobster, offenders, bandolero, band or criminal, mafia is a term used worldwide referred to a special class of organized crime, spread from its origins in Italy to any organized crime group with similar characteristics regardless of their origin or place of action. Born in Sicily where it was called Cosa Nostra or Mafia, [...]
He was a chief of the Sicilian family Villaba (which controlled Villalba, Mussomeli and Caltanissetta). He was said that he has never ordered to kill anyone, but being a man of few words and little preparation. Without the figure of Vizzini it is impossible to understand the transformation undergone by the Sicilian Mafia during the [...]