The Mafia Bosses

Al Capone is perhaps the most well known Boss in the mafia world. Along with him are, Lucciano, who created the main american mafia. Capone headed the main Chicago mafia that was mainly into bootlegging. In THE GODFATHER, by Mario Puzo, Vito Corleone was The Biggest Don in New York.

Ruskie Mafia

People often say that there is a russian mafia. This is not true, there is a form of organized crime in Russia, they are too reckless and trigger happy to be considered "Men Of Honor" as the sicilians say.
There is however a jappenese mafia known as the Yakurza, but they to hold the same title as italian wanna be.

Ma Fia

When the mafia was formed and it's name given they called it the mafia. In the Itallian language the phrase ma fia is my daughter. The cheiftan of the original clan may have lost his daughter to the invaders and was tributing her memory to the world knowing that the name would survive through the ages. The true meaning of the mafia's name and why it forms the phrase "my daughter" will never be known.

The Origins of the Mafia

First of all, the mafia was actually formed to proctect Italy, and Sicily from the Arabic invaders. They were an underground (hints the word Underworld) organization that followed the ancient sicilian law of, omerta, a law that stated if they were caught they would say nothing. Those who broke omerta were killed. After the punic wars, the mafia laid in rest until it rose again, this time in illegal activities. In Italy the mafia is like the police for the smaller villages, they helped those who could not go to the police. When the mafia came to America it smuggled alcohol and drugs to there territories. Some families emerged themselves In prostitution. Almost all the mafia families were into gambling. When Prohibition came along, intending to stop the mafia, actually made it stronger. Now in 2008 we here less and less about the mafia.