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    The Gambino Crime Family

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    Castellano, or “Big Paul” was an eight-grade dropout and boss of the richest, most dangerous, and most powerful crime syndicate in the United States. Born June 26, 1915 in Brooklyn, Big Paul began his life in the mob by running numbers. When he was named successor to the great Carlo Gambino, trouble arose. Many members felt that Aniello Dellacroce, although in prison, deserved the role but instead Gambino had promoted Paul. Some saw this as nepotism which was generally frowned upon on by La Cosa Nostra. To

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    Gambino Crime Family Kiarra Coley Immaculata University Professor Glenn Fowler December 3, 2015 Abstract The Gambino crime family is one of the five families in New York City. The Gambino crime family is one of the most infamous criminal organizations committing crimes such as racketeering, extortion, money laundering and prostitution. In 1957, the family expanded its power after Albert Anastasia was gunned down while sitting in a barber chair in Manhattan. The Gambino family was named after

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    Gambino Crime Family The Gambino crime family was considered to be the fiercest Italian Mafia ever. Carlo Gambino was determined to become the Boss of Bosses. It did not take long for Gambino to accomplish his lifelong dream. His determination was proven when his former bosses, if he was asked to kill than he would do it without hesitation. This was just the beginning of his control in the Mafia. Besides the crimes that were murder for hire the mafia also did many other crimes that would make not

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    Organized Crime with The Gambino Family Family Trust, making a profit, violence and being powerful, are all characteristics which the Honor Society also know as the Mafia followed and lived by. People may ask what does this all have to do with life in history, but this is all what the Mafia was based upon. “You have to be like a lion and a fox. The fox is smart enough to recognize traps, and the lion is strong enough to scare away the wolves. Be like a lion and a fox, and no one will ever beat you”

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    The Gambino Crime Family

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    The Gambino Crime Family Organized Crime CJA/393 William Nelson Barnes May 30, 2008 The Gambino Crime Family Criminal groups exist everywhere. However what defines each organized crime group depends upon what ultimate goal each group looks to achieve. In New York City, there has been organized crime in existence since the 1900’s. Although changing names, and rulers throughout the years, this group has always been known as the mafia. Predominantly, it has been known as the Italian mafia

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    organizations in the United States took a hard hit. Not only was the justice system on the pursuit of the mafia, but mafia members also began turning on each other in exchange for a place in the witness protection program. Enrollment in organized crime also saw a decline as people began to view the chaos that was occurring in gangs and as insular Italian-American neighborhoods, once a traditional recruiting ground for mobsters, underwent demographic shifts and became more assimilated into society

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    Mafia Essay

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    a prominent supplier of bootlegged liquor, but it has spread into many different areas of crime. During this research paper I will discuss three aspects of the Mafia which are crime, structure and decline in leadership. The Mob siphons off public funds, rigs contracts, corrupts unions which many hard working people with legitimate jobs

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    Mafia family, the Corleone Family or Goodfellas, and Scarface just to name a few. Those movies just give the viewers a small insight of how the Mafia or organized crime works. Organized crime has been around for some time now and many familiar names had been associated with organized crime. The FBI defines organized crime as "any group" having some manner of a formalized structure and whose primary objective is to obtain money through illegal activities (Abadinsky, 2013). Famous Mafia families such

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    Essay about John Gotti

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    John Gotti If ever there was an incubator for crime it was the Italian Harlem tenements of the South Bronx. In one of those crowded dirty apartments, a young John Gotti seeked an impoverished existence with his parents and eleven sisters and brothers. His father rarely worked and then, only at menial jobs, risking the money that the family did have on gambling. Eventually the family moved to central Brooklyn, which was known as East New York. In East New York, for a poor boy

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    Rico Act Essay

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    white collar crime. Write a five page (double-spaced) essay that summarizes the RICO Act and its impact on organized and white collar crime. Be sure to support your thoughts with information from our readings. Rico Act Essay The term “Rico Act” stands for the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, Codified as chapter 96, Title 18, of the United States Code which was passed by Congress in 1970. The purpose of the Act was to eliminate the ill-affects of organized crime on the nation’s

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