On August 4, 2016, over 40 suspected Mafia members were arrested on multiple charges. Most of the crimes were located in New York City but arrests were made in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Florida and Connecticut. Although the Mafia is not what it used to be, this crackdown shows that deep roots still remain. Those who were arrested were tied with four of New York's major family names: Genovese, Gambino, Luchese, and Bonanno. The crimes they were committed of included extortion, arson, health care fraud, credit card fraud and assault. Diego Rodriguez, head of of the FBI's New York office, says that "this reads like an old school mafia novel, where extortion, illegal gambling, arson and threats to 'whack' someone are carried out along with some modern-day crimes."
I believe this current event related back to the late 19th century and early 20th century. The American Mafia were an extremely powerful, highly organized and deadly Italian-American criminal society. The mafia was brought into the United States by Italian immigrants. During the 1920's, Italian-American gangs entered the liquor business and found themselves as sophisticated criminals. They became skilled at smuggling, bribing police and other things.
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