For any organization to operate at peak potential, a system of rank within the organization must be adhered to. Ranks are used to identify a chain of command which allows organizational members to effectively and efficiently receive and disseminate information and complete certain projects. A clear chain of command allows organizational members to know exactly ...
The Sicilian mafia once painted a portrait of their women; their wives, mothers, sisters and daughters, as sweet innocent objects who stand behind their Mafioso men. These women traditionally turned their back to the “business” of their husbands, fathers, brothers and sons pretending not to notice the violation of human rights, posed on a daily ...
On July 30, 1975, Jimmy Hoffa, the former president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, disappeared from the Machus Red Fox Restaurant in Bloomfield Township, Michigan. He was never seen again and no trace of him has ever been found. It has been assumed that he was murdered by the Mafia with whom he had ...
While the Golden Age of the Italian Mafia is in the past, it still wields a great deal of power in the underworld of the major cities in the United States. Since its founding in the aftermath of the Castellamarese War, the American Mafia has operated with the same hierarchal structure. As any fan of ...
Television is art. Television is not art. Television can be art. Whatever way one chooses to look at this situation, it is clear that television can be controversial. What remains indisputable is the fact that television is a very diverse and flexible medium. David Chase stretches this medium to its known limits with his series ...
“Betray the Family and you will burn like this saint.” -Mafia Boss during a signing of the Omerta Introduction As one could infer by glancing over the preceding quote, organized crime groups, or Families, were very close-knit organizations. Each member respected his fellow mobster as his brother. Once you were initiated and accepted as a ...
Since President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in November of 1963 in Dallas, Texas, the assassination has been the source of numerous conspiracy theories. Although the Warren Commission denied that there was any evidence of a conspiracy, the House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that the JFK assassination was most likely ...
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act was written into law in 1970 as a part of the Omnibus Crime Control Act. The RICO act was designed to be a tool against the growing and very powerful Mafia enterprise. When the act was originally passed, however, it took law enforcement agencies nearly 10 years ...
