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 [...]

The mafia today is filled with controversy and a lot of speculation. It has been said that the Mexican mafia is more powerful than the traditional Italian-American mafia. The mafia has in the past generated a lot of press coverage and scandals. The Italian- American mafia today seems to have disappeared. The mafia today is [...]

Mafia groups have always maintained a structure to operate their activities and actions properly and widely. The structure is described below. It may differ, but as usual this structure is followed. Every group is built up of several gangs, which is known as families. The range of number of families can be from less than [...]

Making money is the vital issue of the Mafia. Families use a multiplicity of their activities to achieve this. The most common and the simplest is extortion. The extortion is forcing the people to relinquish money by threatening in some way. Mafia “safety rackets” are this extortion method. They tell shop owner that he needs [...]

Mafia has its roots in Sicily and it is nothing else than a symptom of the Sicilian political corrupted system. Mafia’s life is sustained by a mentality generally characterized by distrust and disputes. Many people claim that Mafia does not exist but the issue is that they actually are either dishonest or deceptive and ignorant. [...]

Caporegime, Capodecina or Capo is a Mafia related term used to represent a high ranking member of a Mafia crime family. A Caporegime is the head of a group of soldiers. He directly reports to the Don or to the UnderBoss. He has an influential social status in the organization. Caporegime acts as an intermediary [...]

Gemini Lounge used to be the Mafia headquarters of the Gambino Mafia Family. It was a brick building situated in Flatlands, Brooklyn headed by Roy DeMeo. It was a bar at the front and an apartment at the back. In the beginning it was a blue-collar bar known as the Phil’s Lounge. Off-duty firemen, police [...]

Lufthansa Heist was one of the biggest robberies of U.S. performed at John F. Kennedy International Airport on 11th December 1978. A total of 5 million dollars and jewels of worth $875,000 were estimated to be stolen. The main person behind it was James Burke – associate of Lucchese Mafia Family; several other associates accompanied [...]

Mafia Commission Trial was a very famous criminal trial held from 25th February 1985 to 19th November 1986 in New York, USA. In this trial, eleven famous Mafia people including all the Dons of Mafia’s famous Five Families were convicted. It became possible after the Federal Bureau of Investigation collected enough evidences against them. The [...]