Do you think the mob still exists?

[Train]

Me and my friend were talking about this, we are really into the old mob movies llike Godfather, we also like Sopranos a lot. But with todays FBI, and since john Gotti was arrested, do you think organized crime of that level exists anymore? we came to the conclusion most crime today is small time and mostly unorganized. What do you guys think?

 

[Platypus]

Probably does..

 

[LAUST]

Yes it does and they just netted over 40 members about 2 weeks ago in a major sting in New York

 

[Electric Amish]

I think it does. I think it's just at a much lower and subtle level.

That, and corporations still exist.

amish

 

[Nil]

No, it does not exist. In fact, it never did!

And I'll shoot anyone who says different!

 

[hammer01]

Of course they do, the cosa nostra is just much less public than they used to be. When dey whack a guy now dat guy stays whacked.

 

[LAUST]

Baa haaa Hooom

 

[SofaKingWeTaughtIt]

I wouldn't call the government organized, but...

 

[yakko]

It still does here.

 

[Khameleon]

Yes it still exists, and there are more than just the commonly regarded Italian mafia.

 

[xraymongral]

Alive and well in Metro Detroit.

 

[nateholtrop]

actually ya it is in detroit....

nate

 

[rudder]

Well the italian mafia has been beaten up by the feds, but they are definetly still around. Then there is the russian mafia, chinese mafia, etc etc.

 

[virtuamike]

I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you . . .

 

[ArkAoss]

Proabably, and if so, I'm interested in taking back control of what is rightfully mine, at least the italian side of it. Then once I'm set I'll show them silly chinese/russian/gangsta's what organized really means.


1/4 Pure Blooded scicilian.

 

[Train]

wow, that was a cool article, i had no idea it was still that big

 

[dafatha00]

yup, it still does...Big time gangsters are still around today..watch Casino =oP ever heard of Steve Wynn? CEO of Mirage Resorts in Las Vegas. His daughter was kidnapped awhile back for a HUGE ransom, and though they recovered her safely, the kidnappers were never to be seen again... I can only imagine all the cruel torture that they had to undergo...

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

Hell yes they do. I dated this Sicilian girl with a last name of Lucia here in San Diego. Her Grandpa would tell all these stories about the Mafia back in New York at the fvckin' dinner table. I thought for sure I would never make it home a few times. I was so damn paranoid that someone was following me.

 

[TuffGuy]

<-- connected

 

[Modeps]

of course it does. they run the casinos and government.

 

[classy]

Yea it still exists.

 

[Shantanu]

Hollywood is always a few years behind what's really going on in organized crime. Though Italian mafia types might not be as powerful as they once were, the Russian Mafia is alive and kicking in NYC.

 

[LordMaul]

 

[JACKHAMMER]

It's called Microsoft.

 

[CichliSuite]

Alot weaker than they used to be.

Mafias of other nationalities wield alot more power now.