What Is The Mafia
Within the New World Community, the 'Mafia' is an intricate criminal organization that sits at the very top of the criminal underworld. No other type of criminal organization has as much power, money or influence as the mafia does.
Reminder: We are only discussing the organization as it is known in the New World Community. We are not talking about The Mafia as it is known in any other community, such as the Roleplay Community or the Mafia Community.
Contrary to popular belief, The Mafia within the New World Community is not actually one single mob, but is, instead, made up of lots of smaller mobs. However, they are all a part of the same organization which is commonly known as The Mafia. The Mafia is very self governing. Everything within The Mafia is handled internally, and The Mafia has its own rules and codes of practice. Violation of such rules can result in consequences being handed out by The Mafia itself. The Mafia never involved the police or the government in their workings, and they try to keep all law enforcement as far away of their operations as possible. Even though The Mafia is made up of lots of different mobs (known as "families"), there are also dozens of mobs that are not part of The Mafia. These independent organizations are not simply referred to as "mobs" and are not given the title of families - though this is a common aspiration amongst such mobs.
Reminder: All Mafia-related terminology will be written in green text.
The Mafia is a very secretive organization, and, until the past year, the extent of The Mafia's influence within the New World Community was not really known. Once this information came to light (though Mafia informants) many people were shocked with how much power The Mafia truly has. Law enforcement and the government were particularly surprised with how much influence The Mafia has in San Andreas, as The Mafia was formerly known as an east-coast organization, and it was not thought that they operated in San Andreas at all. This was simply not the case, and The Mafia had been operating in San Andreas since early 2014 - although the amount of influence they weld back in 2014 in San Andreas is debatable. The Structure Of The Mafia
As we stated before, The Mafia is extremely well structured. However, you may be surprised to realise just how well structured The Mafia really is, and how everything works internally.
So lets take a look at how it all works then...
Reminder: Law enforcement has always had a very hard time infultrating The Mafia because of their strict induction regulations (we'll learn more about them later). Therefore, most of this information comes from Mafia informants (of which there aren't many).
Additionally, we were able to reach out to a few current mafioso and persuade them to take part in this episode, but they were very strict about what we would include from their interviews and what we couldn't include. They did, however, give us permission to use the recordings of their interviews as long as we distorted their voices and didn't show their faces. At the very top of The Mafia's ranks is the Chairman of The Commission. The Chairman of The Commission is responsible for leading all Mafia meetings. He or she should make sure that all meetings are kept on topic and that the purpose of each meeting is fulfilled in each meeting and no meetings ever conclude without solving the issue at hand. As you may have thought, The Mafia regularly conducts meetings with all members who have a seat attending the meetings. However, the Chairman doesn't have any additional direct control over The Commission, but he does oversee all commission-related decisions.
Reminder: The Mafia doesn't refer to itself by that name. Instead, it refers to itself as
"The Commission". Additionally, The Commission is talked about an its own entity. Therefore, one should refer to The Commission 'itself', rather than talking about the people within it - 'themselves'. Also up there with the Chairman is the Secretary of The Commission. The Secretary of The Commission keeps track of the minutes at Mafia meetings, as well as keeping hold of all Mafia documents - both legal and illegal. Though positions can change at any time, these roles are currently held by;
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The Mafia is lead by the families with seats. A seat is a metaphorical name for a position at meetings. Essentially, seven organizations attend Mafia meetings and represent all of the families under them. These major organizations (five of which are families and two of them are external organizations that are linked to The Mafia and help to run it) all represent various other less-influential mobs (other than the two external organizations). The leaders ("bosses") of these mobs tell the family that represents them about anything that they want brought up at a meeting and the major family will make sure to bring the topic up and fight for the interests of the family they represent in a court-like system. Because of this, it is very important that the morals and motives of the smaller mobs align with that of the major family that represents them. For this reason, major families are very particular about who they will represent. This causes countless unrepresented mobs to be considered "outsiders" (not part of The Mafia). Families With Seats (and when they obtained their seats)
However, as William "The Jew" Sternberg (a member of The Jewish Mob) is also the Secretary of The Commission, he does receive good Mafia protection. Leaders Of The Families With Seats
Don Stephen Caruso
Families Represented By The Caruso Family Levanti (Boss Danielle Levanti - formerly Boss Zac Levanti - formerly Father Rio Levanti) Leventi (Boss Kenny Thorburn {"Kenny T"} - formerly Boss Jackson Fraser - formerly Boss Leo Levantine) Leonetti (Boss Leo Leonetti) Santora (Boss Nicholas {"Nico"} Santora) Santoro (Boss Vincent {"Vinny"} Santoro) Giovanni (Boss Giovanni {"Gio"} Wormwood) Hillock (Boss Valfredo {"Val"} Hillock - formerly Boss Alfon {"Al"} Hillock) Sansonetti (Boss Jon Sansonetti) Martinez (Marcus Martinez) Families Represented By The Greco Family Lee-Gee (Boss Liam {“Lee”} Greco) Costa (Boss Mil Costa) Costo (Boss Ryan Costa) De Luca (Boss Remy Den Luca) Moretti (Boss Vinny Salone - formerly Boss Jimmy Moretti) Conti (Boss Sam Conti) Families Represented By The DeFranco Family Florentino (Boss Brucie Florentino) Padavano (Boss Lucy Padavano - formerly Boss Tennessee Padavano - formerly Boss Martin Padavano) Siciliano (Boss Luca Siciliano) Beneventi (Boss Giuseppe Beneventi) Pisano (Boss Francesco Pisao - formerly Boss Neo Pisano) Families Represented By The Ruso Family Ganetti (Boss Sammy McVay - formerly Boss Sam Ganetti) Bianchi (Boss Antonio Bianchi) Rossi (Boss Victor Rossi) Ricci (Boss Roy {“King”} Ricci - formerly Boss Mitch Ricci) Romano (Boss Roman Abbott) Mazelli (Boss Jeff Stines - formerly Boss Griffon {“Griff”} Mazelli) Gallo (Boss Salvatore {“Sal”} Gallo - formerly Vinny Gallo) Families Represented By The Acardi Family Marino (Boss Marcus Marino) Rizzo (Boss Lenny Curry - formerly Boss Georgie Rizzo) Ameliano (Boss Jeffrey Stines - formerly Boss Nicholas Ameliano) All of the families listed above make up The Commission - what we refer to as 'The Mafia'. Should any of the families listed have something they want discussed at a Commission meeting, the Boss of that family should contact their parent-family who should then discuss the matter at a Commission meeting. This parent-family (NOT the official name for the families) must also argue the case of the family they represent. It is their responsibility to try and bring about the change or action that their subsidiary wanted. It is also the responsibility of these families to protect their subsidiaries from outside forces - although should any outside forces actually attack or kill a Made Man, the entire Commission should seek retribution. Notice the two phrases in green text? Both of these phrases are ranks (positions) within a particular Mafia family. With that in mind, let's take a look at the structure of a Mafia family and see what each role entails.
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