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The mafia

When did the mafia start The Mafia started in the late 1800's in Northern Italy as the Cosa

Nostra and later moved to Sicily where they gained more power and control. An offshoot formed in the USA, known as the Mob or the Mafia, as waves of Italian immigrants entered the country and claimed territories to run their organized crime rackets.

How did the mafia make money The Mafia was and is all about organization. You have a

team of about 5 people who are your street men. They go out and start looking for new ways to make money.

2- Prostitution. 3- The shops which they protect. 4- Gambling. 5- And finaly Real Estate.

Drugs Drugs. In control of not only dealers but the buyers to.

Anyone who doesn’t want to be seen driving to certain parts of the city can just stop by one of our shop/ houses. Anywhere from 300,000 to 1,000,000 annually

Prostitution Prostitution. The prostitutes weren’t just streetwalkers, they were strippers too. About 200,000 ladies walk the streets Without breaks

Mafia shops The shops which they protect. 10% off the top baby!!

Anywhere from 200,000 to 400,000

Gambling

Gambling which is dying out as it moves more and more to Vegas. But if you aren’t afraid of operating out side of NY/NJ then you could get millions of dollars. If you’d like to stick to our territory, 100,000 dollars.

Real estate Real Estate in which you can lose hundreds of

thousands or make millions of dollars. It all depends on how smart your street team and Consigliore are.

Who was the biggest mafia boss ever?

What was the mafia’s logo

Where mafia originated from?

The Mafia (also known as Cosa Nostra) is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy

DID THE MOB KILL JFK?

JFK was trying to stop the whole mob organization and was also battling a war with North Korea. While JFK was riding through the parade he was assinanted by a mob member.

Did the mob have wives Yes they did cause they have an recent show on

TV called mob wives.

Where was the first mafia group formed? The first Mafia groups in America started in New

York City, where gangsters would threaten immigrants with extortion. By 1890, organized crime had spread to New Orleans, where the Police Superintendent was murdered, execution-style, allegedly by Mafia members.

Is the mafia ever forgiving? Sometimes they forgive their

enemies but to throws that are not forgiven are tortured by getting cut off below the knee capor just get shot up badly.

What is the most important day of a mobsters life? The most important day in most mobsters life,

the day they get made and become a full member of La Cosa Nostra.

This ceremony is usually done in the basement of a fellow mobsters house.

At a table in the basement sit the boss, underboss, consigliere, and some capos of the family.

Is there a way out of the mafia? The mobster is told that this is a

secret society and there is one way in and one way out. You come in on your feet and you go out in a coffin.

What comes first blood or mafia? This thing of theirs is to be what comes first in

their life which is the mafia, it comes before your blood family. If your mother was on her death bed and you were called for you couldn’t go. She just good as dead alone without her child.

What is the mafia initiation?The mobsters sponsor would then prick that finger until blood came out. The blood would then be put on a picture of a saint and the picture placed in the hands of the wise guy. Then the boss lights the picture on fire and while the wise guy juggles it in his hand the boss says: "If you divulged the secrets of our life your soul will burn in hell like this saint”. Then they would be made to give kisses to everybody on both cheeks.