American Mafia

Col Belote, The old television series, Breaking Bad, captures an organized crime idea the best. Walter White was asked if he was in the meth business or money business, and he answered, “Neither. I’m in the empire business.” I interrupt this statement to mean; organized crime’s key to success is utilizing logistical infrastructure to smuggle people, drugs, and weapons. It is less about what criminals sell and more about what route it takes to reach the customer. For example, "Lebanese…

One of the most well-known and infamous organized crime families in the history of the United States is the Bonanno crime family. The Bonanno Italian mafia crime family’s origins go back to the beginning, in Sicily. In 1908 Salvatore Bonanno moved his family to New York. There he quickly took over the Bonanno-Magaddino-Bonventre clan and ran all business in the neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Later he returned to Sicily and died of a heart attack in 1915. The clan went through several…

Organized Crime Definition Shakina Sanders Baker College of Flint Organized Crime & Youth Gangs, Mrs. Martin, Wednesday 6:00 October 7, 2015 Organized crime is the ongoing of illegal activities operated by a group of people. They may have the same outlook on certain things, it can be social gain, religion beliefs, economic status, political views, or the same feeling of hatred towards a person or group. They share the same criminal conspiracy to gain money, power, and/or respect. It’s a…

crime grew out of the Soviet system, which was the more governmental structure which some high officials gain benefits with personal relationships with the thieves. Over the years organized crimes can to be determined as different communities of being mafia types. Around the 1970s, historically can be determined of rise of organized crimes. At that time it was small illegal business, emerging cooperative societies and foreign currency exchange. Many of these organized groups were in involved in…

Organized crime is a syndicate that is formed by a group of people who share a common objective of engaging in illicit activities in order to gain income. This has been advanced by the recent technological innovations and globalization. They can carry out these crimes at the national level or globally through a structured and disciplined system, whereas crimes related to drug emanate from either the use of drugs or the need to get these drugs or sometimes getting involved directly in these drug…

no clue about it. Organized crime occurs everywhere at any time, it just take people to know what it actually looks like. From drug trades to human trafficking, it all happens without people noticing. The Mafia is one of the major reasons of why people live in fear too. One example of how the mafia invades our daily lives is here in story form. “Sarah’s dream in the future to own her very own business, this business is a laundromat. This sounds like a nice and safe business to run but sadly one…

numerous reliable sources including: books, interviews, newspapers, journals, and websites. The three books not only allowed me to understand the depth of the intricate contributions that took place but also they taught me the structure of how the mafia operated. One of them, “Get Capone”,…

The Racketeer Influenced and Organized Crime act of 1970 might have been one of the biggest help to law enforcement in taking down the Mafia. There were other advancements that took part in taking down crime families, but this act made sure that the big leaders of the five families could be held accountable for their actions, even if it wasn’t them that had actually did the incriminating act. “RICO allows the government to target groups of criminals, and their typically insulated leaders, rather…

group in history. This saw “Mafia” groups employ the tactics of legitimate investment in businesses and financial institutions to gain enormous wealth and power. The international rules within the financial market ensure tax haven and secrecy, which allows money to circulate through stocks, businesses and other financial entities. This gives organized crime a safe ground through which money can circulate and harness the group’s activities in their endeavours. Mafia groups have been able to take…

Union era played a significant role in stabilizing organized crime by turning a blind eye, or committing crimes themselves. The Kremlin was not the only part of the Soviet Union that was corrupted by the mafia. The Communist party had control over the police and judiciary systems. Therefore, the mafia was able to utilize the police and judiciary for informal protections. The protection provided by the government is another enabling factor of organized crime. “With the Communist party also in…