American Mafia

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American Mafia
     The Mafia has been around for a long time. It started in Sicily and was carried over to America. Since it's beginning organized crime has been doing nothing but growing to this day.
          I. Early Mafia
          A. Sicily
          B. America
         II. Families
          A. Gambino
          B. Genovese
          C. Colombo
          D. Bonanno
          E. Luchese
        III. Mob Information
          A. Rank of the Mafia
          B. The oath
          C. Origins of the name


Organized Crime
     Organized Crime is one of the oldest and longest running businesses in the world. But did it start out as a business and is it really a business like everyone thinks? The Mafia has a lot more history than most people think. When people hear the word Mafia they think of clam bars and Tommy guns, when in fact the Mafia had nothing to do with crime and gangsters when it was first formed. The Mafia has been around for a long time. It started in Sicily and was carried over to America. Since it's beginning organized crime has been doing nothing but growing to this day.
     The Mafia started in ninth century Sicily as a rebel force fighting invading Arab forces. After they defeated the Arabs, The Mafia stayed in power in order to preserve their Sicilian heritage (Omerta 1).
     During World War II, Mussolini wanted to get the Mafia out of Italy, so the families went over to America. New Orleans started out to be the biggest Mafia site in the United States. The Italians who went to America knew that there were money opportunities through organized crime. So, the Mafia in the United States did nothing but increase in size and power during World War II (Omerta 2).
     New York City is the base of operations for organized crime. Their

are five major mob families in New York. Salvatore D'Aquila was the first boss of the Gambino Family. He was murdered on October, 1928 in Brooklyn New York. Eventually Albert Anastasia took control of the Gambino family. Albert Anastasia formed a group called Murder Inc. Murder Inc. killed at least 400 people. Everyone in the Gambino family started to question Anastasia's sanity. Anastasia was murdered by the Galo brothers, they were sent by the family. Carlo Gambino then took over the family, after Anastasia was killed. Carlo Gambino was the best boss of the family. He had never served a day of jail time throughout all the years he was boss. Gambino gave his title to his cousin/brother-in-law Paul Castellano. Castellano was assainated by John Gotti who then took over the Gambino fa...

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