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The Effects of Organized Crime
The Mafia is a secret criminal organization that wields great
economic and political control over large segments of Sicilian society and
operates both criminal and legitimate enterprises in the United States. It
is believed to have originated during Sicily's late Middle Ages, beginning
as separate bands of strong-arm enforcers hired by locallandowners. It
eventually evo ....
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.... "The Boss" Masseria and Salvatore
Maranzano. They were known as the "Mustache Petes".
During the period of Prohibition (1920-33), it monopolized the
trade in bootleg liquor and controlled loan sharking, gambling, and
prostitution. Competing Mafia families established mutually recognized
territories, reaching agreement by negotiation or by intimidation. The
Mustache Petes continued to wage war against each other in what was called
the Castellamarese Wars. However, the lieutenants of ....
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