so.. the real question.. who are the top mafia organizations right now at this moment.. where are they based at ?? i am from houston.. also wondering if there is mafia there that are being watched or whatever.... the thing is.. i tried to google.. nowdays, or modern mafia blah blah., i even went to fbi.gov... i didnt get much info.. i know all about the lucchesse, gambino the well known crime families.. i just want to know what are the big crime families now.. and who knows there would be a movie of them 10-20 years later ya know..
2007-09-16 12:16:25 · 4 answers · asked by dman 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
You need to Google a lot of FBI mafia material.
From what I understand, the mafia was seriously weakened by the FBI and is not what it used to be.
Historically, the high point of mafia culture was probably World War II, with the likes of Lucky Luciano, and Carlo Gambino later as well.
The mafia mattered then because the U.S. was fighting the Nazis in Italy and needed the mafia's Italian connections. This is one of the reasons Lucky Luciano was so influential at the time.
2007-09-16 12:27:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicago just finished the " family secrets" trial involving Joey the "clown" Lombardo. They were involved in killing Tony " the ant" Spilotro and his brother. Joe Pesci( sp) played this part in "Casino" I think. Tony and his brother were beaten badly and then more or less burried alive in a cornfield just inside Indiana. Lombardo apparently ordered the hit.
This case covered 18 murders and you can probably get all the reading material you want by looking up the Chicago Tribune.
2007-09-17 16:01:06 · answer #2 · answered by Ret. Sgt. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
their was a special on the history channel on mafias sometime ago
2007-09-16 19:23:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
russian mafia,!!!
meanest, nastiest, dirtiest cold bloodiest of all time!!!
2007-09-16 19:33:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋