Mafia

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Areas Of Involvement	gambling • prostitution • organized crime • heroin • narcotic • bootlegging • smuggling • extortion • usury • omertà
Related People	Bernardo Provenzano • John Gotti • Paul Castellano • Richard Kuklinski • Lucky Luciano • Salvatore Maranzano • Joseph Valachi • Joseph Colombo • Carlo Gambino • Albert Anastasia

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