In the early 1900's, the communication between the mafia in Sicily and the growing mafia in America was started by Vito Cascio Ferro. Vito Cascio Ferro, was the first Sicilian

With less and less mafia activity many industries in New York are slightly changing because of the deteriorating mafia influence. Such industries include the Garment District, Fulton Fish Market, John F. Kennedy airport, the Javits Convention Center, Waste Hauling Industry, and The Construction Industry. For example in the in the business of waste hauling, the mafia was able to take over for the purpose of collection and disposals. They were able to dominate this industry and they had enough power to ward off any competition. When mafia business like this started declining, mostly due to court cases breaking them up, the mafia got more involved heavier business like narcotics and gambling. At this point many families felt this broke the mafia code of honor and refused to take part in such activities. A classic example of this is displayed in the book and movie trilogy The Godfather by Mario Puzo, it is showed when the Don, Vito, refuses to get caught up in narcotics and slowly throughout the novel/film you notice the decline in activity of the family. One will also notice the increase in investigations by the US Government. Similar trends happened all over the United States in the original 26 cities.

Capo de Tutti Capi. He fled to the United States in 1901 to escape arrest and ended up forming a group, the Black Hand. Its' members were hardened cr

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