The Historical Origin of American Mafia

The mafia in the United States comes from the Italian ethnic group in Sicily, and there are very few Jews and Irish. Most immigrants come here with the American dream. They first gained power in New Orleans, Chicago and new york, especially in new york. They gradually developed from small-scale business to the whole city and even international organizations. At the end of 1920s, two organized criminal groups kill each other in new york. After Maranzano came to power, they established a code of conduct and a framework of family system, which laid the foundation for the future development model of American mafia. 1920s was also the era of prohibition of alcohol in America. Prohibition of alcohol provided the mafia with a chance to make a profit. They took over the profits from importing (smuggling wine), manufacturing and illegally selling alcohol, and established their huge criminal empire. /kloc-after the collapse of Maranzano's influence in new york in the 1930s, five early outstanding members were named after the family rule (Bujano family, Kolobo family, gambino family, Genaux family and Lurgis family). 193 1 year, Charlie luciano led the establishment of a "disciplinary Committee" as the highest in the "family". 1950 After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union entered the cold war stage, and American political units were busy dealing with capitalism and Soviet Russia, ignoring the criminal organization Mafia or even denying its existence; Until 1957, the New York State police cracked a large assembly, and the arrested people were members of the mafia all over the United States. This conference is called the Apara Pact Conference; However, a few months before the Apara meeting, the American Mafia and the Sicilian Mafia held another transnational meeting in Palermo, which started the development of American Mafia's involvement in drugs. In the1960s, there were 26 urban crime families in the American mafia. 1963, Joe Varach became the first mafia member who publicly acknowledged the existence of the American mafia. He joined the FBI as a drug trafficking witness to protect himself, and publicly revealed the organizational structure, rituals and vows, code names and family members of the mafia at the meeting of the investigation Committee. After the Apara meeting and Joe Varach's testimony, the FBI had to admit the existence of the American mafia. In addition, according to the investigation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the "Mafia" in the United States reached its peak in the1970s. It is estimated that there are more than 3,000 family members in the United States and the number of domestic partners is as high as 25,000.

Mafia must go through strict selection when recruiting new people, and usually require new people to commit crimes, usually murder, to prove their sincerity in joining. Of course, under the redefinition of mafia family law, crime is no longer a crime, but a respectable thing in the organization. The next joining ceremony-the portrait of the Virgin Mary on the main altar must be stained with a drop of participants' blood, then the paper is lit and put into the participants' open hands. After the death oath is completed, the guerrillas will take money out to hold a grand banquet. From then on, this man was a member of the mafia all his life until he died or betrayed. Penalties for violating family law include temporary expulsion or permanent expulsion. However, although the consequences of breaking the family law are different, it will eventually lead to illness and death.

For the mafia, killing people can be said to be a common occurrence. Stories of victims tied to stoves or beaten with sledgehammers have been heard from time to time. I even heard that a tortured person's head was stuck in a vice until his eyes really fell out. This incredible thing is very common in the mafia.

Although it is also common to kill people with guns or bombs, the traditional mafia killing methods are mostly ceremonial. Some people were "evaporated" (without a clue disappeared); Someone was strangled and corroded by strong acid; Some people are buried; Others are fed to animals or poured into cement.