Is there still such a thing as the mafia?

[FelixDeCat]

Everytime someone gets busted they always say, "Naw, deres no mafiars."

So whos telling the truth out dare anywayz?

 

[gopunk]

well there's "oganizations" if that's what you mean. i don't know if the non-italian ones are called mafiaso though.

 

[DannyLove]

i do know there is a Mexican Mafia. Don't know if that is still going on, but i'm sure there are organizations. maybe the word mafia is no longer used.

danny~!

 

[prodigy]

If I told ya I'd have to kill ya.

 

[Mo0o]

there are things called mafias. if you knew everything about them then they wouldn't be very mafia like would they? i know a kid thats 2 cousins away from the Gambino mafia from new york. you guys know them? they were mentioned on the news a bit back, im not sure for what.

 

[Miramonti]

there's definitely mob action going on. People in cicero, outside chicago - former hangout of capone, get busted all the time. The mayor just got indighted (sp.??). Its not as 'organized' as it used to be but they find there way to get a piece of the pie here and there and are in all the gambling scenes etc. I don't know what qualifies as official mofiosos but the major cities police forces all have mob specialists.

 

[TonTo]

yep, mafia is still big.
they're just lower key now. smarter, richer, meaner.
goto philly and go up to someone and say, "hey you cheese steak eatin wop bastard the eagles suck" and, then say hi to jimmy hoffa ok?

 

[Fausto]

Uh, did you not follow the Gold Club trial in Atlanta. One of the defendants was named Thomas "Ziggy" Sicignano, and another was Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo. No, they're not mob members...no really, I'm serious.

Fausto

 

[Looney]

Of course there is the 'mafia' (La Cosa Nostra )... there's nearly organize crime in every ethnic group, whether chinese, vietnamese, russians, jews, italians, mexicans, etc.

 

[FelixDeCat]

fahgeddaboutit

 

[rudder]

you keep asking these questions and you're gonna get whacked.

 

[hungrypete]

no one goes around calling themselves The Mafia, but organized crime reaches nearly EVERY community. Anywhere theres a buck to be scammed, someone is doing it.

 

[Chong]

Organized crime isn't a name, but a METHOD. When you get down to it, there's not much diff. between the Triads, The Russian Mobs, and the Hells Angels.

 

[FelixDeCat]

you keep asking these questions and you're gonna get whacked.

Hey Rudder,

Too late! I had a sit down wit Fat Toney. Capice?

 

[trmiv]

I don't know, why don't ya ask my friends, Joey Boots, Tony Two Times, Tommy 3 Fingers, Ben "Lefty Guns" Galione, Jackie the Nose, Fat Tony, Little Tony, Big Tony, Dominic "Ice Pick" Panarella, Frankie the Beard, Petey the Knife, Tony Ducks, Nicky the Chin. You get the picture.....

 

[GasX]

<< I don't know, why don't ya ask my friends, Joey Boots, Tony Two Times, Tommy 3 Fingers, Ben "Lefty Guns" Galione, Jackie the Nose, Fat Tony, Little Tony, Big Tony, Dominic "Ice Pick" Panarella, Frankie the Beard, Petey the Knife, Tony Ducks, Nicky the Chin. You get the picture..... >>


You forgot Vinnie the Guinea, Lou the Jew, Wide Tony, Bald Tony, Sammy the Ear, Baby-face Tony & Mickey Blue Eyes

 

[JetsFanatic]

Sunday nights on HBO will answer you question

 

[trmiv]

<<
You forgot Vinnie the Guinea, Lou the Jew, Wide Tony, Bald Tony, Sammy the Ear, Baby-face Tony & Mickey Blue Eyes >>



Nah, I didn't forget them. Me those guys had a bit of a falling out, if you know what I mean...........

 

[b0mbrman]

Ha ha ha...What a question...

 

[TallBill]

yeah.. they definitly still exist... being origionally from chicago.. i know a lot of people who's family members are involved in some way...

 

[MrBond]

Youngstown, Ohio has been named "Mafia Town USA" numerous times. It's quite prolific there from what my buddies (originally from Youngstown) tell me.

 

[b0mbrman]

Everytime someone gets busted they always say, "Naw, deres no mafiars." So whos telling the truth out dare anywayz?

Also, I remember when I used to spell like that

 

[tcsenter]

The mafia and organized crime are often two different things. While the mafia is certainly an example of organized crime, organized crime is not always synonymous with the mafia. Mafia being a generic term for any ethnocentric crime organization; there are Italian, Cuban, Chinese, Russian, and other 'mafias' who pretty much consist of a single ethnicity or nationality.

Organized crime, however, can consist of all flavors of people, GREEN is the universal color baby! The mafia gets all the attention because Hollywood and the media have romanticized it, but other 'networks' of corruption and fraud are just as prevalent.

One study of organized crime in Seattle exposed a crime syndicate that involved witting participation by a former governor of the state, a county prosecutor, the police chief, the sheriff, at least 50 law enforcement officers, leading business people, including contractors, realtors, banks, corporation executives, and, of course, a supporting cast of drug pushers, pimps, gamblers, and racketeers (Chambliss, 1978).

In Miami, over 100 police officers were prosecuted, disciplined or fired after it was discovered that group of police officers were stealing drugs from drug pushers and evidence rooms, then selling it themselves, while a number of other officers protected them or simply looked the other way. This is a good example of 'organized' crime.

Syndicates are formed for a variety of purposes, such as smuggling of illegal commodities into and out of countries, gambling, prostitution, illegal dumping of toxic wastes, circumventing fire or building codes, money laundering, insurance scams, theft and larceny, arson, usury, and murder, and consist of a variety of people including business owners, bankers, corporate executives, judges, police, union officials, politicians, and ordinary citizens looking for extra-curricular income.

Source: "Organized Crime, The CIA, and the Savings and Loan Scandal" by Gary W. Potter.