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Although many arrests have been made, organized crime and the Mafia are still very active. Organized crime and its families, particularly the Italian mafia, have increased their illegal activities significantly over the past few decades. The Mafia and organized crime go hand and hand, one cannot be spoken without the other. Both of these forms of criminal actions have been recognized since the late 1800's, and police say it is not disappearing too fast. (Widener 6)

Migration from Italy, has brought over many Italian criminals and crime tactics. The Italian Mafia has always been based on the island of Sicily and the southern mainland provinces of Calabria and Campania. (Worsnop 273) Traffic in drugs, chiefly heroin, provides the bulk of the Italian Mafia's revenue from Sicily. Cocaine is becoming more important, however, as drug lords from Colombia try to expand beyond the Americas. To gain a foothold in Europe, the Colombians have got to strike deals with the Mafia, which ironically guards its home turf. (273)

Italy in general, has added to the crime list of the Mafia for over 100 years. The famous Al Capone, the Italian-American gangster of the Prohibition era, also known as Scarface because of a kn

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(268) The Colombo families main activities include loan sharking, gambling, smuggling, and narcotics. The main focus of criminal activity between the families are counterfeiting and pornography. (Worsnop 267) The Colombo family, which consists of approximately 100 members is currently led by Victor Orena. He left school at an early age and spent nearly ten years "hanging-out" with gangs. This mostly spreads throughout most of the southwestern portion of the U. (Nash 79) He was born Alphonse Capone in

Naples, Italy, and raised in Brooklyn, New York. (Cook 279) With the knowledge the police have gathered, and the recurring pattern of crime, organized crime will soon become a thing of the past. John was taken in for a life sentence of racketeering. Families such as the Colombo's, the Gambino's, the Bannanno's, and the Luchesse's have migrated from Italy, and play an important role in the organized crime system. (271)

Over the last few years some outstanding names have been convicted. The most popular, probably John Gotti. (270) The Vietnamese Gangs are known as little packs of street thugs. (3A) Although John Gotti was kept in Marion Federal Penitentiary in Indiana he was still able to

run the family underground.

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