The Garrotte The weapons used by the mafia ranged from short range weapons to long range ones. The short range weapons were discreet and deadly, while the long range ones were death inescapable. Melee weapons were used too and the infamous garrotte was used to deliver a slow but sure death by strangling the person [...]
Boss The head of the family is known as the boss or also popularly called, the don. He makes all the decisions and all the money in the ventures that the family is engaged in, eventually flows to him. The boss should be powerful enough so that the associates and those who under him pay [...]
Among the best kept secrets of the mafia, the induction ceremony was one that has evaded the knowledge of the common man for decades. Finally in 1960s, the testimony offered by Joe Valachi brought out the real truth. The induction process marked the joining of the potential mobster in the family and then on the [...]
The Beginning The mafia has its roots in Sicily. It was not a hierarchy, but a group of men together called themselves, “the mafia” and kept control over the land defending it from the foreigners. This was the scenario in the middle ages when Sicily was being dominated under the foreign rule. The mafia followed [...]