American Cosa Nostra

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Mafia criminal organization organized crime syndicate

American Cosa Nostra is the nationwide organized crime network of Italian-American Mafia families in the United States, involved in activities such as racketeering, extortion, and illegal gambling.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
American Mafia 15
American mafia 1
Five Families of New York City 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mafia ⓘ
criminal organization ⓘ
organized crime syndicate ⓘ
abbreviation RICO (for law used against it) NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs American Mafia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italian-American Mafia NERFINISHED ⓘ
LCN NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Cosa Nostra NERFINISHED ⓘ
codeOfConduct omertà ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnicOrigin Italian-American ⓘ
governingBody The Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasComponent Bonanno crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Buffalo crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chicago Outfit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cleveland crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colombo crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ
DeCavalcante crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Detroit Partnership NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gambino crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Genovese crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kansas City crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Los Angeles crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lucchese crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ
New England crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Jersey crime families NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York Five Families NERFINISHED ⓘ
Patriarca crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philadelphia crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pittsburgh crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Sicilian Mafia NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalToolUsedAgainst Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
membershipRestriction men of Italian descent ⓘ
notableCriminalActivityType control of construction industry ⓘ
control of waste management industry ⓘ
infiltration of labor unions ⓘ
numbers racket ⓘ
protection rackets ⓘ
periodOfGreatestInfluence mid-20th century ⓘ
primaryActivities bid rigging ⓘ
drug trafficking ⓘ
extortion ⓘ
fraud ⓘ
illegal gambling ⓘ
labor racketeering ⓘ
loan sharking ⓘ
money laundering ⓘ
murder for hire ⓘ
racketeering ⓘ
primaryOpponents Federal Bureau of Investigation NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Department of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ
scope nationwide in the United States ⓘ
structure network of semi-autonomous crime families ⓘ
typicalHierarchyRole associate ⓘ
boss ⓘ
caporegime NERFINISHED ⓘ
consigliere ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
underboss ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Commission (American Mafia) → governs → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
Albert Anastasia → memberOf → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Mafia
Allie "Tick Tock" Tannenbaum → associatedWith → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Mafia
Prime Minister of the Underworld → relatedConcept → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Mafia
Charlie Lucky → criminalOrganization → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
subject surface form: Lucky Luciano
this entity surface form: American Mafia
Charles "The Bug" Workman → affiliation → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Mafia
Luciano crime family → partOf → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Mafia
the Mob's Accountant → associatedWith → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
subject surface form: Meyer Lansky
this entity surface form: American Mafia
Anastasia crime family → partOf → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
Vito Genovese → partOf → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Mafia
Salvatore Lucania → memberOf → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Mafia
Francesco Castiglia → memberOf → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Mafia
Harold Shand in The Long Good Friday → seeksInvestmentFrom → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
subject surface form: Harold Shand
this entity surface form: American mafia
Queen of the Mob → associatedWith → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Mafia
Carlo Gambino → memberOf → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Mafia
Charles Brandt → wroteAbout → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Mafia
Meyer Suchowljansky → associatedWith → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Mafia
Italian-American Mafia → hasAlternativeName → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
Italian-American Mafia → hasNotableComponent → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Five Families of New York City
Gotti → portrays → American Cosa Nostra ⓘ
subject surface form: Gotti (1996 film)
this entity surface form: American Mafia