Mafia (mafia) or Cosa Nostra – so called Sicilian crime organizations, which origin counts early XVIII century. Mafia is very active not only in Italy, but also in USA – this one exactly made the name of mafia famous. Most known in Lithuania is mafia of Kaunas.
1. Discuss the common meaning of organized crime.
2. Analyze the whole structure of mafia.
3. Analyze the activities of Italian and American mafias.
4. Analyze the most known Lithuanian mafia and its Capo Crimini.
5. Reveal the most known criminal organizations of all.
6. Discuss mafia as a family structure and reasons why mafia is like family.
7. Discuss the most famous bestseller about mafia – Mario Puzo “The Godfather” (1969).
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ORGANIZED CRIME
Organized crime is a crime, systematically commited by organizations, developed for that purpose.
Some organizations, for example, terrorist organizations, are politically motivated. The main goal for other ones is profit.
Crime organization has such criterias:
• Hierarchy.
• Usage of violence for defending one’s interests.
• Long-term existence (not for 1-2 operations, but permanently).
• Making a capital.
Typical organized crime activities are:
• Truck attacks.
• Robberies.
• Bankrupt counterfeits.
• Insurance forgeries.
• Stock forgeries.
• Car thefts.
• House burglaries.
• Crimes including credit cards.
• Money forgeries.
• Smuggling.
• Illegal employees’ supply.
• Loan buisiness.
• Gambling.
• Prostitution.
• Pornography.
• Drugs.
• Gun running.
• Hired killers.
• Kidnapping.
• Human trafficking.
• Artificial monopolies.
• Exploitation of trade-unions.
• Ratchet.
• Fictional employment.
• Money laundering.
Criminal organizations:
• Mafia
• Jakudza
• Drug cartels.
• Triads.
• Kamora.
• United Holy Crown
• Russian mafia.
• Turkish mafia.
• Albanian mafia.
THE STRUCTURE OF MAFIA
(PAVEIKSLIUKAS)
Typical structure of mafia family:
1. Capo Crimini – boss of the family, usually called “Don”.
2. Capo Bastone – second member in the family,
3. Consigliere – counselor and intermediate in giving the orders.
4. Contabile – financial adviser.
5. Caporegime – chief of armed gang, usually from 10 or more members. There are more caporegimes in bigger families.
6. Sgarrista – member of armed...

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