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Organized Crime with The Gambino Family
Family Trust, making a profit, violence and being powerful, are all characteristics which the Honor Society also know as the Mafia followed and lived by. People may ask what does this all have to do with life in history, but this is all what the Mafia was based upon. “You have to be like a lion and a fox. The fox is smart enough to recognize traps, and the lion is strong enough to scare away the wolves. Be like a lion and a fox, and no one will ever beat you” Carlo Gambino. Carlo Gambino was a mafia prince and eventually he would help create the Gambino Family and set a standard for organized that no one would be able to touch or come close to. Carlo Gambino escaped being murder at all cost many thought that the reason being was because he ruled quietly. Many may ask what is the importance of Carlo Gambino and how is he tied with the Gambino Family. The Gambino Family was one of the five mafia families recognized in New York City. The Gambino Family was possibly the most recognizable and most powerful Crime Family, and may still be to this day. The Gambino family was created under another name in the 1800s and slowly evolved into what is known as the Gambino Family today. Organized Crime and Crime Families were big in New York City and controlled a lot of entities from loans, bootlegging and controlling shipping yards. With this came violence and murders due to certain Crime Families or members wanting to be in control. Throughout history the Gambino Family has always been in headlines and it shows us how money actually runs a lot of the world including government systems and other parties.
The mafia is know to come from Palermo, Sicily, Italy - this is where many bosses were born includi...

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...ithin typical families due to the double lives being lived or fathers being thrown in jail for sometime. Even children would be intimidated by kids in school because the teachers knew who the parents were and also told others just watch out what you do because that girl you are talking to she has power. This was all recognized by a name that one man created.
Recognizing a certain name or authority you know how to view the name and why it stands for. Whether the name of the Gambino Family from Palermo, Sicily, Italy stands for power and trust many will disagree. Everyone can agree on this Crime Family has achieved many milestones in history by their violence and authority created by a 19 year old immigrant that learned from one of the best Don’s ever lived. You could even say there are some sort of conspiracies are related with our government and the Crime Families.

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