Crime Families
A crime family is a unit of an organized crime syndicate, particularly the Mafia (both in Sicily and in the United States), often operating within a specific geographic territory.
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... There are many crime families that make up the American Mafia, ranging from giant powers with international influence like the Outfit and the Five Families of New York to small groups with only ... of the Prohibition-era gang run by iconic crime boss Al Capone ... Unlike other Mafia families, the Outfit has been noted as very ethnically diverse in its leadership, with such non-Italian individuals as Jake Guzik, Gus ...
... years local and national law enforcement and crime writers have maintained that sometime in 1984 or 1985, the leadership of the Buffalo crime family once again changed hands ... Commission in New York as the new official Boss of the Buffalo crime family ... has been a prominent Buffalo crime family member since the 1950s and active in labor unions where he may have picked up his nickname and he rose steadily through the ranks of the crime family ...
... There are many crime families that make up the American Mafia, ranging from giant powers with international influence like the Outfit and the Five Families of New York to ... home of the Chicago Outfit, the direct descendant of the Prohibition-era gang run by iconic crime boss Al Capone ... Unlike other Mafia families, the Outfit has been noted as very ethnically diverse in its leadership, with such non-Italian individuals as Jake Guzik, Gus Alex, and Murray Humphreys rising to ...
... The Israeli mafia is the general term for organized crime groups operating in Israel and also internationally ... Allegedly there are 16 crime families operating in Israel, five major groups active on the national level, and 11 smaller organizations ... There are reputed to be six Mizrahi Jewish crime families active and three Arab crime families ...
Famous quotes containing the words families and/or crime:
“The man who promised to reinforce American families is now eager to pull the plug on Big Bird and Barney.”
—Leslie Harris, U.S. political activist. As quoted in Newsweek magazine, p. 23 (December 19, 1994)
“Crime is naught but misdirected energy. So long as every institution of today, economic, political, social, and moral, conspires to misdirect human energy into wrong channels; so long as most people are out of place doing the things they hate to do, living a life they loathe to live, crime will be inevitable.”
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940)