"The mafia has a habit of doing good things for legitimate people as well."
"Vincent Giganti's crime career spanned a turbulent time in American mafia history."
"The mafia wanted the rules obeyed, and when they were broken, retribution was sure to follow."
"We have now proven in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt not only that there's a mafia but there's a commission that it runs the mafia."
"It was just amazing to see this very powerful, well-dressed mafia boss down on his knees."
"Joe the boss's real problems began when he started to meddle with other mafia families."
"The most effective way to destroy a violent and bloody mafia or any criminal organization is to force it to become legit through legalizing its product."
"It harkened back to the day when the mafia would stage a field position with coffins stacked to the hill with booze."
"From his beginnings as a petty thief to his rise as boss of the most powerful family in the mafia." - Frank Costello's criminal career
"Living opposite a member of the mafia was like living next to a local curiosity."
"We would never have toppled the mafia in New England if not for Whitey Bulger."
"With Messino's demise comes the end of the old guard; he was one of the old school, the last of the old school."
"The Mafia never really dies; it simply grows another head."
"And despite it being acknowledged that this is the way Mafia men behave, it understandably devastates the wives."
"The Japanese Mafia isn't hidden right I mean the fact that we have fan magazines... they've got comic books about their lives... like the Boy Scouts of Japan preserving Traditional Values..."
"Currently, the major motivations of the other mafia families The Zodiacs and the Phantom Troupe is to stop the Hail Lee family."
"At this point, John Gotti Junior would be around forty-five years old, but this looks like a high school play is putting on a cheap production of Goodfellas."
"John Gotti became the boss. A couple of weeks later, I became a captain."
"There was a guy named Andrew Russo who was a captain in the Colombo family who has some sort of tie to a veto and a few mo."
"When a man is a made member, he goes to his captain which is his supervisor right above him, he goes to him and he puts it on record with him."
"Since I was a little boy, I've heard a lot of stories about the mafia, and I've watched enough movies about the mafia. But I never actually realized how much it can affect places like this."
"The mafia announced that they will drop their time-honored greeting of gently kissing each other on the cheek. But as for shooting people and stuffing them in the trunks of cars, full steam ahead."
"La Casa Nostra runs a profitable and Bloody Business there, gambling alone sharking and extortion rackets."
"The ultimate goal is to destroy the Philadelphia family as a crime problem."
"John Gotti was ambitious, powerful, and ruthless."
"It's basically mafia and we're doing it in real life."
"You've got your story straight, you've spent months prepping to go undercover and infiltrate The Italian-American Mafia."
"The moral lesson from this film is just because you're a Mafia Boss doesn't mean you should steal people's body for decorations. Keep your decor game ethical."
"There's no magical Rose or kiss that will turn him into a prince, all Carter cross will ever be is a beast, a coldhearted and ruthless Mafia King trapped in a castle of his own making."
"Sounds good. Mafia King trapped in a castle of his own making and I'm the daughter of his enemy and his new possession, a mafia bargain for War. I thought that's all I was to him."
"Maranzano declared that he wanted Joe the Boss's head and after that he wasn't going to touch the others."
"Most people didn't become fully initiated members of the mafia until they were because of his father. He killed his first man at 11."
"The fashion language and mannerisms depicted in mafia movies and TV shows have influenced popular culture. Certain phrases, clothing styles, even iconic movie scenes have become synonymous with the mafia, further shaping public perception."
"What year was he running around but he was running around from late 62 I think 85 87 he found 85 was really killed Castellano so it's the movies dirty is late."
"What Herculean task have you encountered that you're like, man, I really wish I could use the Mafia right now."
"The word mafia does not exist. They don't call themselves that. It's just an ethnic slur to paint the brush."
"The grandma mafia head got 25 years in her role in cocaine and money laundering."
"He was probably the last Mafia boss to command the kind of respect, the kind of power, quiet power that the fictional Godfather had."
"Joe was the epitome of a true Mafia: minimum publicity, maximum power."
"Nicola Gratteri stepped up to lead Italy's largest Mafia trial in three decades."
"This is what the mafia expert John Dickie said about Riina in an interview, 'He assassinated his rivals. He killed all of them, hundreds of them, he literally ethnically cleansed them out of Palermo.'"
"If honor was sacrosanct to the mafia, backstabbing was contagious."
"The Maxi trial from 1986 to 1987 resulted in 338 convictions, the largest trial against the Sicilian Mafia."
"In 2018, 58 people connected to 16 mafia families were arrested in various Sicilian cities."
"Initiation into the mafia typically involves the requirement to commit murder."
"The mafia's primary activities include protection racketeering, resolving disputes among criminals, and overseeing illegal agreements and transactions."
"Focused on controlling the mafia."
"The mafia still making money hands over fist."
"I knew the reputation of the mafia, but it was music to my ears to hear someone tell me that he would never backstab or lie."
"The film features a real-life mafia hit that takes place in Costa Rica when the Chicago mob learns of a low-level accountant's thievery."
"It's straight out of a mafia don movie."
"That's why everybody loved the mob because everybody made money."
"In a single meeting, the American Mafia was born."
"Montreal is never short of news when it comes to the mafia."
"One of the most interesting people in the history of the mafia is Vincent assaro."
"There is no premium on human life. These people make the mafia look like Boy Scouts. They are totally violent. They will kill almost for the sake of killing."
"Real mafia members aren't lame enough to just throw their name around for everything. They only show their strength when they actually need to."
"A good way to go out when you're in the mafia."
"Bobby Borriello would ultimately become a made member of the Gambino crime family."
"Vito Cassio Ferro is the one who established the real Mafia here in New York City. He installed a code of honor. He also made sure that they organized their system better, and thus the real Mafia of New York began right here."
"The investigation into the alliance between the Salvatore Manusco and the Andretta Mafia revealed just how far the Italians had come."
"Before The Godfather, neither Mario Puzo nor Coppola had any knowledge about Mafia."
"A civil rights league ensured the words Mafia and Cosa Nostra were removed from the film."
"The detective, uh, has guessed all of the mafia but I don't think it's ever been three out of the first four nights so that was very impressive."
"Like it or not, mafia mythology is murderously melded with the history of modern America."
"The Gambino crime family stands as one of the most notorious Italian-American Mafia organizations."
"Albert Anastasia, known for his violent and ruthless nature, quickly rose through the ranks of the Gambino family."
"Tony Salerno, in my estimation, is the biggest earner in the history of the mafia."
"It's important to say that whether it was 1974 or 1976, Vincent Cafaro would talk about the night he was made."
"We're going to discuss sadly another death that we had this week: Thomas 'Tommy' Gambino."
"The murder of Patricia Shemtov is arguably one of the most depraved things ever done in the mafia. It's that simple."
"Do you have to do something specific like go kill somebody to become an official member?"
"Well, you have to, uh, that's one of the, uh, requirements, you have to make your bones so to speak."
"Yes, he did. And you had to do that to be made, you have to make your bones so to speak, correct?"
"You could have been a pretty big guy in the Banana family if you were that close to Sonny Black, couldn't you?"
"Once you're making money from the Mafia though, why do you need expense money?"
"But there was a consolation prize - crazy reveals about how the CIA may have been cutting deals with the Mafia to kill one of their most famous enemies - the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro."
"It has a very 1930s 1940s mafioso feel."
"James that at remember in the American Mafia has been murdered in Manhattan Paul Castellano was executed along with his bodyguard outside an east side restaurant late this afternoon."
"He erased mafia traditions and destroyed the code of silence as he brought the Sicilian mafia onto the world stage."
"Through fear, through intimidation, through murder and treachery, Reina's reign of terror had taken hold."
"Godfather Part Two, there is no discussion here, that is one of my top three movies."
"To understand the mafia, you got to understand the history of Sicily."
"Paul Castellano's hit happened to be one of many that dictated the history of what was going to go on with the five families in New York and in the United States."
"I sat down with the children of the late John Gotti who for the first time spoke openly about what it was like to have a mafia boss as a father."
"Within American Italian Mafia families, the individual with the most power, influence, and wealth is known as the boss."
"It revolved around the Italian mafia consular named Vincenzo."
"It's absolutely amazing, especially if you're a fan of mafia romances."
"He managed to lure out the traitor who set up Vito; he had the Dons of the other five families cower into hiding."
"My goal as a content creator was to unearth the other side of Cosa Nostra that is not typically spoken about."
"Italian mafia is about the fusion between the high class lifestyle of these old school gangsters and their involvement in the dirty world of crimes and killings."
"I don't think the mafia should be included in the garbage or anything else for that matter."
"We're playing Mafia, but this time it's gonna be with a twist."
"That was such a great game of mafia."
"This was a street that was lined with social clubs, lined with all different places that the mafia would hang out."
"It shows you too very clearly that the structure of the mafias long reach and long memory."
"It's a now Mythic fact within Mafia lore that you live for years with a $500,000 contract hanging over your head."
"Hi, my name is Maz, and welcome back, Mafia part two."
"Thumbs up means that they are good, thumbs down means that they are Mafia."
"The captivating island of Cuba... had witnessed a remarkable journey of the mafia in the 1920s."
"The mafia had transformed into an international criminal syndicate, with the core operations still rooted in the Italian mafia in America."
"Veto Genovese, the Pitbull, completed the quartet with his unyielding strength."
"Las Vegas stood as a unique haven boasting legal gambling, prostitution, and liquor, all under the mafia's influence."
"Joe Bonanno, he was one of the founding fathers of the Cosa Nostra."
"The Triple Crown of the mafia: loved, feared, respected."
"The whole mob world takes heavy inspiration from the mafia world and story of Don Corleone."
"This whole plot with the mafias against each other... they hinted to it in the first movie, and they kind of did a little bit more of it in this movie."
"I personally love them. Like if you like mafia romances, you're probably gonna love some of these."
"The first mobster to break the infamous code of silence, the omerta."
"At the heart of the American Mafia lies the concept of the family."
"It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes."
"There's no question that Luciano invented the modern mafia."
"Prepare to be enthralled as I delve deep into the captivating saga of mafia families ruling New York."
"The Commission was established late in 1931 as the new governing body for the Italian Mafia."
"Frank Costello was unquestionably one of the most significant figures in the history of the Italian mafia in America."
"He was a Mafia don who was smart enough to avoid the limelight."
"It's the same today as it was 30 years ago when authorities began to recognize the existence of the mafia."
"Mob stories are always hot, especially if they're based on a true story."
"That involves messing up the mafia? You don't like them, me neither."
"What good is there in keeping people like that alive? After all, that's how we do business. The mafia rectifies everything with violence."