Mafia

[Orleander]

Are the days of the Mafia over? Or is it just a different mafia..no longer Italian, but Russian, Chinese, Mexican, etc.

[Coastie 585]

Leave it to Orleander to ask these questions. lol ;)

From now on we will cal them O-Questions!

[Norm357]

Orleander, I recomend that you ask this guy.

[Orleander]

Dangit I'm serious!
I just always assumed the mob liked to stay hidden and inconspicuous. Where todays gangs are more violent, out in the open, holding neighborhoods hostage. The mob curried favor in their neighborhoods. Has their time come and gone?

[Norm357]

OK if your serious go to this link


all you ever wanted to know about the Mafia.

Browse around the site all you will find out everything you ever wanted to know about the mob.

[hwpd]

go buy computer game called mafia.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/ma...x.html?q=mafia

[wpzh973]

Yes the mafia is alive and well infact there was some kind of unsolved murder in las vegas
and the police actully went to the mafia to ask them if there had been a mob hit, of course they said no, but they did find the person responsable and turns out that the mafia was not involved, but yea true story

[Jynkxxie]

Oh I would say it is still alive and kicking somewhere...

[darrell]

Mafia alive and kicking at my job. President's hubby is a Mafia Lawyer and her uncle is the one who put him through lawschool

[oscarmitre]

The Russian Mafia is well and truly in Australia

Crikeyski!!!!

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...55E421,00.html


Russian mafia dons set up here
By Natalie O'Brien
22may04

TWO Russian mafia "godfathers" who lead an organised crime group in Australia have set up in Sydney's eastern suburbs and are running a string of legitimate international trading companies to cover their illicit activities.

An investigation by The Weekend Australian has revealed the men, the ringleader, 50, and his financial officer, 68, lead a gang of 60 Russian mobsters now known to be living in Queensland, NSW and Victoria.
Authorities have found that the network is involved in money laundering, drugs, extortion, fraud, immigration rackets and trafficking of women for prostitution in Australia.

The men cannot be named for legal reasons.

The ringleader has settled in a mansion with his wife and daughter while his lieutenant lives nearby.

The two head the local branch of the "Odessa mafia" - the dominant Russian organised crime group in the US. They are considered to be among the most deadly of the Russian crime gangs. Between the men and their families, they have interests in about 20 residential properties worth millions of dollars in the suburbs of Bondi, Maroubra, Surry Hills, Rose Bay, and Waterloo.

Activities of their string of companies include investments and international trading ventures.

The FBI sent two agents to Australia earlier this year to advise state and federal police about the operations of Russian organised crime.

Justice Minister Chris Ellison said he had been briefed on the growing problem.

NSW Police Commissioner Ken Moroney said police were looking at Russian organised crime as an emerging issue and said NSW police would work closely with the federal police. "It is one of the priority areas for the gangs squad," Mr Moroney said.

Detective Superintendent Ken McKay, who will head the NSW Russian crime desk, said the mobsters were so sophisticated, wealthy and well connected it made them possibly, "the greatest organised crime threat to Australia".

The revelations come as the NSW police and the Australian Federal Police have both opened fresh inquiries into the extent of Russian organised crime in the nation.

The AFP's national intelligence manager, Grant Wardlaw, said it appeared Russian organised crime was on the rise. "It's something we are keeping an eye on," he said.

[Group9]

We are starting to have a big problem with the Russian mafia in south Florida. There is a little town just north of Bal Harbor that the Russian mafia is well on their way of taking over. You also have a lot of Israeli organized crime there as well.

Miami is an open city for the American Italian Mafia and you see them a lot down there, especially in Miami Beach and Ft. Lauderdale. They have taken a lot of hits in New York city, though, and have lost their grip on a lot of the businesses that they have traditionally controlled there. This is especially true of the unions they use to influence and control.

[BryGuy]

Take a ride to CT... The Russians run everything! Guns, drugs, gamling, prostitution... If it's illegal, they're in there at some level

[BryGuy]

Yes the mafia is alive and well infact there was some kind of unsolved murder in las vegas
and the police actully went to the mafia to ask them if there had been a mob hit, of course they said no, but they did find the person responsable and turns out that the mafia was not involved, but yea true story

Somebody got popped in Las Vegas? NO WAY!?!

[Orleander]

Somebody got popped in Las Vegas? NO WAY!?!

LOL You doofus! :D