Italian-American Mafia

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criminal organization mafia organized crime group network

The Italian-American Mafia is a network of organized crime groups in the United States with roots in Sicilian traditions, known for activities such as racketeering, extortion, and illicit gambling, and for its hierarchical, family-based structure.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Italian-American Mafia canonical 12
Italian Mafia in the United States 1
Italian-American organized crime 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal organization ⓘ
mafia ⓘ
organized crime group network ⓘ
benefitedFromEvent Prohibition era in the United States ⓘ
surface form: Prohibition in the United States
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
emergedInPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
expandedSignificantlyInPeriod Prohibition era ⓘ
hasActivity bid rigging ⓘ
drug trafficking ⓘ
extortion ⓘ
fraud ⓘ
illegal gambling ⓘ
infiltration of labor unions ⓘ
infiltration of legitimate businesses ⓘ
labor racketeering ⓘ
loan sharking ⓘ
money laundering ⓘ
murder for hire ⓘ
racketeering ⓘ
hasAlternativeName American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
Italian-American Mafia ⓘ
surface form: Italian Mafia in the United States

LCN ⓘ
La Cosa Nostra ⓘ
hasCodeOfConduct omertà ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin Sicilian ⓘ
hasEthnicOrigin Italian-American ⓘ
hasHistoricalRoot Sicilian Mafia ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn American popular culture ⓘ
hasInitiationRitual making ceremony ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
hasLeadershipRole boss ⓘ
consigliere ⓘ
underboss ⓘ
hasMembershipRank associate ⓘ
caporegime ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
hasMembershipRestriction Italian descent for full members ⓘ
hasNotableComponent Chicago Outfit ⓘ
American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
surface form: Five Families of New York City

Patriarca crime family ⓘ
Philadelphia crime family ⓘ
hasOrganizationalUnit crime family ⓘ
hasPrimaryTerritory Chicago ⓘ
Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ
surface form: Las Vegas

Midwestern United States ⓘ
New England ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York City ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
South Florida ⓘ
surface form: Southern Florida
hasStructure family-based ⓘ
hierarchical ⓘ
isSubjectOfLaw Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) ⓘ
surface form: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
isTargetOfLawEnforcement Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Sopranos → portrays → Italian-American Mafia ⓘ
Johnny Torrio → memberOf → Italian-American Mafia ⓘ
Jewish Mob → alliedWith → Italian-American Mafia ⓘ
Longy Zwillman → associatedWith → Italian-American Mafia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian-American organized crime
Frank "Dasher" Abbandando → criminalOrganizationType → Italian-American Mafia ⓘ
Anastasia crime family → affiliation → Italian-American Mafia ⓘ
The Godfather trilogy → depicts → Italian-American Mafia ⓘ
Italian-American Mafia → hasAlternativeName → Italian-American Mafia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian Mafia in the United States
James Marcello → affiliation → Italian-American Mafia ⓘ
Things Change → featuresMob → Italian-American Mafia ⓘ
Capone family → connectedTo → Italian-American Mafia ⓘ
Vault → depicts → Italian-American Mafia ⓘ
TV series "Godfather of Harlem" → depictsOrganization → Italian-American Mafia ⓘ
subject surface form: Godfather of Harlem
Joseph Aiuppa → affiliation → Italian-American Mafia ⓘ