People often have weird hobbies or are interested a strange subjects. Well I am not different in this perspective and since I was a child I have always been interested in the darker side of Italy. In clearer terms, the mafia. My hunger for this subject wasnt the fault of my parents (saluti Don Bosco) but I was always searching for books about it and movies. The origin of the mafia date back to the early 1812 and started obviously in Sicily. The word mafia means 'Morte Alla Francia Italia Anela' in proper English this reads ; Death to the French is Italy's cry'.
The mafia is a world that is obscure but yet is shaped like a huge multinational with a clear internal organisation and fantastic growth potential. Ok Ok, getting fired is being replaced by getting murdered, expanding is often helped by a more direct approach and finding a job with them is for life and you dont find it on monster.com. Not to mention that the products sold are often of the white powder kind.
Clearly the world created by the mafia is more an underworld that rules with an iron fist. So why than this fascination? Well, the mafia throughout history has been built up by colourful characters with names like Lucky Luciano, Teflon Don Gotti, Fat Vinnie, Al Scarface and Gaspipe Casso. Some made it big but the majority made it face down in the street cos natural deaths are not very common among mobsters.
The majority are often well dressed and really family orientated but just decided that a normal day job was not for them.
Many important figures in Italy and the USA have now been caught since some of key figures have started to 'sing' and the omerta has been broken. This has lead to great stories about the police hunting the bad guys, tapping phones or infiltrating the mafia. (have a look at Donnie Brasco, the movie)
Its seem that the mafia is larger than life and is playing a part in our culture but I just like to keep it as strange hobby ...
Erwin 'OrangeEmpire' Bosco
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