Camorra

Introduction Maria Licciardi and Griselda Blanco aren’t just your average house wives. When these two weren’t busy cooking it up in the kitchen, they were out stirring up trouble in the streets. In pop culture and as depicted everywhere, men have always been the face of organized crime. However, in time of need these women were called to step up to the plate. These godmothers were no sweet, innocent, cookie baking old ladies, they were nefarious crime lords driven by the will to survive. Although Maria and Griselda have two different stories with different endings, both women led a life filled with similar crimes and havoc. Background Information Maria Licciardi was born on March 24, 1951 in Napoli, Italy, home to the camorra. The camorra…

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…

In our world, there are things we never know or see. For example, we are not sure how objects are created or what people do behind our backs. However, there are events that occur right in front of us and we have 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…

uncontrolled operation causes big fires in the whole city. The fires in one night sometimes exceed 100. The mafia organization called “Camorra”, with a history of 200 years organised crime in Italy, seen as the biggest reason of waste problem in Naples since they have been earning from this and preventing of building new facilities to deal with the issue. Inefficiency of regular storage within the city is also a preventing factor of finding a long term solution. Collection of waste and…

Angelis released in 2014. The film focuses on Demetrio Perez, a single father, public defender, and occasional drunk who takes matter into his own hands when faced in a sticky situation involving the Camorra family and its web of crime and deceit. In the film, Perez’s daughter Thea gets romantically involved with a Mafioso’s son, Francesco Corvino, which causes an emotional misbalance within Perez. Soon after, Perez is appointed as Luca Buglione’s lawyer, a head member of the Camorra, and is…

It was the second largest organized crime group in Italy. They came to the United States in the 1920s. Since then, there have been 2,500 members identified with this mafia. The Camorra or Neapolitan Mafia first appeared in the mid-1800s in Naples, Italy. It started as a prison gang and spread as the members were slowly released, hence the name Camorra, which means “gang”. There are over a hundred clans worldwide. In those clans are roughly seven thousand members. More than 200 of these members…

Jonathan Celaya Italian American Literature and Film Assignment 2 Due Feb 11 Task 1: Answer the following questions BRIEFLY. 1) Who were the "Know-Nothings"? The “Know-Nothings” was the Irish immigrants Catholics and other immigrants that came to America during the 1850. It was an American political movement that had a limit on the Irish Catholics. They were called the “know-nothing” was because when a member was being asked about the activities, they would responds “I know nothing”. The…

seem like a dream for many impoverished Italians.8 In the early 1900’s New York City saw its greatest periods of immigration, mostly Italians, Jews, and poles escaping either poverty or persecution. These immigrants often stuck together in small neighborhoods known as ethnic enclaves. The most notable Italian enclaves eventually became known as Little italy and Italian harlem on Mulberry Street and Lexington Avenue respectively. Not only did Italian immigrants bring their hopes of a new life…

motive, be it monetary, or just the need to have some fun (Shinder, 2010). Jeanson James Ancheta created his bots for profit, he did have some technical expertise, and he manipulated thousands of people to download his code. As for David L. Smith, he stated that the ‘Melissa’ virus was created as a prank. He was a computer programmer, therefore he had enough technical skill to write his own code. Finally, he enjoyed outsmarting others, because he began to work for the FBI to expose other…

(Europol). The Mafia were first noticed in the spring of 1869 (Wikipedia). They first became influential in the NYC area and gradually progressed from small neighborhood operations to citywide and eventually national (Wikipedia). Giuseppe Morello is the first known Mafia member to immigrate to the US (Wikipedia). The site of the first Mafia incident in the US that received both national and international attention is New Orleans (Wikipedia). Black hand is an extortion method used in…