The mafia already partially supervises drug traffic, the building industry, baking business, business on recyclings waste, a casino, restaurants, football clubs, illegal sale of alcohol. Probably shortly the mafia will appropriate not only traditional business, but also other sources.

The federation of football of Italy has begun investigation concerning club " Palermo ". Presumably, it has been closely connected with the Sicilian mafia. Special interest for pravohranitel'nyh bodies is represented with financial business of club. During operation the instructor of a youth command of club Giovanni Pekoraro, and lawyer Marsello of Trapani who represented interests of players has been detained. Both are suspected of rendering pressure upon a management of club in interests of the Italian mafia.

In 2010 in Las Vegas there will be a museum, devoted the organized crimes and struggle against it. According to initiators of the project, the museum will tell about the bright and rich past of the criminal organizations. The museum will settle down in the center of Las Vegas opposite to former city court. The museum of the organized crime will be created at participation and support of FBI.

Vlasti Italii vydelili 50 tysyach evro dlya perevozki tel afrikanskih emmigrantov, besposchadno ubityh neapolitanskoi mafiei "kamorra" 18 sentyabrya 2008 goda. Reshenie o vozvraschenii tel pogibshih na rodinu bylo prinyato v svyazi s mnogochislennymi pros'bami obschestvennyh organizacii, kuriruyuschih voprosy ital'yanskih immigrantov.

Italy will present on the competitive program of the American film-academy of arts film about the Italian mafia "Homorra". The picture will apply on "Oscar" in a rank " the best film in foreign language ".
"Homorra" has taken the second place in the competitive program of the Cannes film festival, last in the spring. The picture which has been removed under novel Roberto Saviano, narrates about activity of criminal Neapolitan syndicate Kamorra. Robert Saviano, is taken under protection of police as on pages of the book has presented too frank description of illegal activity of a mafia.

On September, 30th, 2008 from air station in northwest Mexican state Sinaloa it has been stolen at once peyat' legkomotornyh planes Cessna confiscated from a drug mafia in the end of January, 2008. Planes, were in small air station and were used sel'hozaviaciei. According to the policeman protected object, it was found unawares by group consisting to an extreme measure from two tens armed people. Criminals have connected the guard of the order, behind that five malefactors lodge in cabins of planes and have departed in a unknown direction.

Not being content with the control over drug traffic, the building industry and gathering of dust in Naples the local mafia has started hands in baking business and achieves that city dwellers preferred the bread made by this criminal organization. Besides the mafia already starts to trade and other basic food stuffs.

And inspectors suspect authorities of city, that behind the majority of the street bakeries which are not having the licenses, mafia families cost. Bakeries deliver bread to dealers who sell bread directly from luggage carriers of cars.

in the Evening on September, 5th in Spain have detained the largest Colombian narkobarona Edgara Guillermo Valeho-Guarina by a nickname the Gipsy. Edgar Guillermo - one of the most searched drug-dealers in the criminal world. The criminal sold drugs in the USA and in the Europe. Besides to it incriminate washing up narkodeneg in banks, mullions-strong bribes and participation in a number of custom-made murders.

Each trade has professional terms, and such organization as "Mafia" does not make exception. In this clause the present dictionary of a mafia is published. If you wish to understand, about what picciotti, cugines, Capos and Consiglieri speak in borgata and cosca with Donami, the glossary of a mafia can give you initial data.

A Friend of ours: (amer.) Our friend. A brief way of representation of one correct mafiozo to another. " My friend " - " A friend of mine " - means only one more priblatnennogo pridurka.

In what degree, negative image of the Russian business is justified? Perhaps, domestic businessmen - "guilty though guiltless"? No, the Russian businessmen are difficult for naming innocent lambs. Representations of " simple people » about businessmen as about swindlers, alas, not too miss a real state of affairs.

Racket is a gathering by gangsters of "tribute" under threat of causing physical and property harm. Collecting a tribute, the criminal organization usually guarantees to the businessmen imposed by "tribute" protection from vymogatel'stv other criminal groups or criminals-singles. To guarantee a stable payment, racketeers aspire to incur a role of the Supreme arbitrator in the disputable situations connected with receivership proceeding between the clients (promissory notes, execution of contract agreements).

In New York is arrested one of the most known Mafiosis John Gotti "Younger". Gotti has headed a clan cosa nostra in 1992 after arrest of its father John Gotti which has died in prison in 2002. It consider as the organizer of criminal community which operates already more 25-ti years. At present John Gotti is accused of racket, the illegal traffic in arms, three murders in Kvinse and on Manhattan in 1980-90-h years. Its name well-known America at all east coast.

James of O.Finkenauer, the author of the book " Russian mafia in America ":

Bosses of a mafia, and the gangsters known in the criminal world.

the Known or widespread nicknames and names of gangsters

Sonni Visconti
Floor Kastell'yano
Nikki Korozzo
Andjello Delakruz
Angelo " Duche Don " Bruno
Antonio (isp. - "best") "Toni Bananas" Kaponigro
Vinsent (an armour. - "victorious") "Chin" the Giant
Vinsent (an armour. - "victorious") Palerma
Winnie (umen'sh. From Vinsent)
Vladimer Lem
James Mladshy "Uaiti" Baldjer
John " Jackie Nouz " D'Amiko
John Gotti
Dominik (an armour. - " the son of the God ") " the Kid the House " Kurra

According to Kressi the functional system of a mafia consists from korrupcionera (the person responsible for adjustment of corrupted communications), the corrupted official and the executor.

The mafia uses imperfection of laws and on it does money. Certainly without it mafia business simply could not exist. The mafia provokes corruption. Its way is covered by bribes to the high-ranking government officials, judges, politicians and corpses resisting. Despite of long-term struggle of law-enforcement structures all over the world, mafia groupings continue the existence.

Capo di Capi, Don, the boss, sometimes "godfather" - the chapter of "family". Receives data on each business lead by any member of "family". The boss is selected voting kapo; in case of equality of quantity of voices to vote also the assistant to the boss should. Till 1950th years members of family participated in voting in general all, but then this practice have stopped, as it drew too big attention.

The Sicilian guide, tired to answer the same questions on a mafia, has created the pocket book from which, in its opinion, any tourist will not refuse.
The booklet "About a mafia for tourists" is published in Italian, English, Japanese, German, Spanish and other languages. In it following questions are mentioned: how looks the Mafiosi, whether really the mafia is immortal and "why for ten days of a trip we did not see any firing?".

Joseph Bonnano (1905-2002) expressed in the letters razocherovanie modern Mafiosis: " They are too greedy to observe our code of behaviour. They allow nesiciliicam to become full members of family, they do not respect with seniors. Slowly, but steadily our traditions have destroyed, ideals to which we have given a life, are hopelessly perverted. " Remains nadeyatsya, that these ideals will be revived.

the Recipe
390 gr. A butter to pound until white, to put 385 gr. Powdered sugar peremeshennoi with 18 fibers to take two grated lemons and one crushed nutmeg, all this to mix, shake up with 18 fibers in dense foam, to put in a dough, pouring gradually 150 gr. Potato and 150 gr. A grainy flour to mix, fill the form, to bake, water on edges with rum, oglazirovat' glaze of a pink shade, to water shikoladom.

The mafia does not have what that one concrete style. The mafia as well as any commercial organization would use that style which provided for it the greatest profit and safety.

The police of Naples believes, that buffalo s of which milk do cheese, gangsters have poisoned.
" The Italian mafia has damped reputation of the main national product of Italy. " South Korea has stopped import of the Italian mozzarella after messages that in cheese dangerous poison dioxine has been found out. Annually South Korea imports up to ten tons of the Italian mozzarella. Seoul is going to to spend own examination, to achieve the truth.

In well-known clause " the Lion has bent down a pistol ", written by known journalist Jury ShChekochihinym and published in " the Literary newspaper " in 1988, it was a question of results of research of A.I.Gurova of sources and conditions of the Soviet mafia. Since then A.I.Gurov, nowadays the general-lieutenant of militia and the deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from "Unity", had many books, devoted the organized crimes.

The Latin American and African mafia. Even more unique in structural construction are the Colombian cartels. Among other famous transnational criminal organizations, the Colombian families are most vysokoorganizovannymi corporations for employment by criminal business which is based on such effective principles of management as specialization and a division of labour. Traditionally Colombian cartels represented known trading dynasties , the majority from which had the patriarchal authoritative structure demanding absolute discipline and fidelity.

All history of mankind includes set of paradoxes. The history of a mafia is not exception.

Garibaldi, the national hero and a banner of patriotism, has released the country, leaning to the aid bosses of a mafia. In 1860 Garibaldi has landed to Sicily all with one thousand soldier. This legendary "thousand" grew with each step. But other mafia, Kamorra, has killed it in Naples.