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I am currently watching the Godfather trilogy for the first time. No I was not under a rock for several decades. I was wondering if the Mafia is still around in the US? Seems like they vanished into the shadows or are they considered not to be much news these days?
 
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I am currently watching the Godfather trilogy for the first time. No I was not under a rock for several decades. I was wondering if the Mafia is still around in the US? Seems like they vanished into the shadows or are they considered not to be much news these days?
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There were a lot of crackdowns on mafia activity, mainly against racketeering - which is the mainstay of the mafia - over the past few decades. Yes, the mafia is still active, though a few prominent big busts like that of a few members of the Gambino family a few years ago have limited a lot of the activity or driven much of it further "into the shadows".

I'm not an expert, but the Families are involved in a lot of legitimate businesses as well as shady and illegal stuff. Most of what goes on in the mafia probably wouldn't make for interesting movies or television.

EDIT: In 2011 there were a lot of arrests:
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/January/11-ag-077.html

Some interesting charges there.

Some very recent activity as well:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/01/feds_charge_32_alleged_mafia-c.html
 
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