Powerhouse of the Sicilian Mafia in America, the five biggest American Mafia families are discussed below: Lucchese Family Lucchese family was originally started by Gaetano Tommy Reina in the early 1920s and ended up in 1930 after his murder. Some of its illegal activities were money laundering, illegal gambling, drug trafficking, extortion, hijacking, and murder [...]
Russian Mafia people wear tattoos. One might think of them as mere artistic symbols, but in fact they have deeper meanings than just being pictures. These tattoos represent the whole life of the person wearing them; his rank in the Mafia, his sins, his killings, his sentences etc. These tattoos are said to have been [...]
The Mafia has its own language which is perfectly understood by every member of the Mafia. We are giving some of the terms used in the Mafia language. Read on! ‘Babbo’ is a term used by Mafia for anyone in the Mafia family who is considered to be useless. Anyone being referred to as a [...]
Sicilian police found a list of ‘Ten Commandments’ in a raid on the hideout of Salvatore Lo Piccolo – one of the Mafia boss. These Ten Commandments provide a guideline on behavior and conduct. Though it sounds funny, what has Mafia to do with morals anyway, but still this list needs to be followed by [...]
Banks would always be glad to welcome you if you go there with a briefcase full of cash. They would only be concerned with the cash and never worry about its source. Financial mafia is just another form of organized crime being carried out in today’s world. Both mafia and organized crime are systems that [...]