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On January 21 2011 04:59 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
When I think of the dangers and affects of organized crime here in the states I think of groups working for the Cartels in major cities such as Chicago, and Atlanta not the Italian mafia. I mean comparing the two the Italian mafia looks peaceful. Though I'm sure the two have connections and possibly work together in some aspects.
I think of the Police.
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Wow it's like the Dark Knight. Mobsters aren't watching enough movies it seems.
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On January 21 2011 06:04 hugitout wrote:
when a number is more important than a name how important can these people possibly be
In the video it's said it was middle managment and some of the big guys
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Hyrule19266 Posts
I doubt they got only henchmen if they've got arrests in Italy. Good day though. Not entirely sure how much good it'll do. After the mob got driven out of Philly shit went to hell in a hand basket.
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On January 21 2011 06:20 Alexson wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2011 06:04 hugitout wrote:
when a number is more important than a name how important can these people possibly be Agreed. Id like to see some big names.. I'm afraid the FBI only got the henchmen. Show nested quote +On January 21 2011 06:14 t3hwUn wrote:
Its funny how much hate Fox News gets just for presenting things in a different light than you're accustomed too. Quite strange indeed. lol... its much more then just that.
No it isn't. BBC and MSN and every single major news agency in the world deliberately change and falsify their news stories. With friends and family in Honduras during their constitutional solidarity there was almost no backlash against these major news agencies for deliberate deceit. I think Fox News is complete garbage, but the reason that they get flack and the rest of the garbage news sources don't is because they are the press minority position (presenting things in a different light than you're accustomed too). The scary thing is that both "sides" are nothing more than a powerful Lobby.
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On January 21 2011 06:34 pi_rate_pir_ate wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2011 06:20 Alexson wrote:On January 21 2011 06:04 hugitout wrote:
when a number is more important than a name how important can these people possibly be Agreed. Id like to see some big names.. I'm afraid the FBI only got the henchmen. On January 21 2011 06:14 t3hwUn wrote:
Its funny how much hate Fox News gets just for presenting things in a different light than you're accustomed too. Quite strange indeed. lol... its much more then just that. No it isn't. BBC and MSN and every single major news agency in the world deliberately change and falsify their news stories. With friends and family in Honduras during their constitutional solidarity there was almost no backlash against these major news agencies for deliberate deceit. I think Fox News is complete garbage, but the reason that they get flack and the rest of the garbage news sources don't is because they are the press minority position (presenting things in a different light than you're accustomed too). The scary thing is that both "sides" are nothing more than a powerful Lobby.
I don't trust any of those shitty news companys. Imo Al Jazeera + wikileaks > any other news agency.
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United States12607 Posts
Cool story. I'm curious about the FBI's investigation. Must have been massive. This remind anyone else that you need to go back and finish watching The Sopranos?
Why is this thread about Fox News now? Stay on topic please.
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On January 21 2011 06:43 JWD wrote:
Cool story. I'm curious about the FBI's investigation. Must have been massive. This remind anyone else that you need to go back and finish watching The Sopranos?
Haha, I started watching the show just two days ago.
What's the season that I should look forward to? At the moment I'm in the middle of Season 2 and it's good, very good, but in no way rivalring The Wire or anything.
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Good work on the investigation and all. But other than the drug running, I don't see the mafia in nearly as bad a light as most would. Sure their not the most law abiding bunch. But when they do put their efforts into something, they do it well, and run it like a business.
I wouldn't say their your average, walk around the streets with guns ready to shoot the place up kinda bunch. Subtly is big part of it. Not to mention, from what i can tell, they seem to like keeping the real "trigger happy" types out of the way as to not get in the way of their business. This can only be a good thing.
Think about it, if you have a choice of 2 crooks, would you prefer the ones who won't kill you unless you cross them? Or the one who will just kill you if their in a bad mood? 
Even on the drug front, the quality would be a lot better and safer than those made by an average joe with a drug lab in his basement. You want repeat customers in a business right? Customers can't repeat if their dead. XD
Ohh yeah, and any Mafia action due to these arrests will more than likely be extremely subtle and effect very few regular civilians. Their not going to take a bazooka to a cop shop lol.
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Quick hide the mafia forum!
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In 5 years we'll have 3 books and a movie about this.
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On January 21 2011 13:07 Fraidnot wrote:
In 5 years we'll have 3 books and a movie about this.
Yeah I see that as well.
Nice work from the FBI though. Not going to shut down all future work of the mafia of course, but it's a nice start for some changes.
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I'm currently watching the Sopranos (almost done season 5), and I wonder how similar, if at all, the depiction is to the real mafia. It's probably completely unrealistic like most shows, but that's fine because the show is really a work of art.
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Well the mafia seem to have been doing well at staying low-key all this time
but I wonder how many will be convicted in the end? the defendants are sometimes pretty tricky.
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On January 21 2011 06:04 hugitout wrote:
when a number is more important than a name how important can these people possibly be
A fair point, but in the full article it describes
About 125 people, including several high-ranking members and much of the Colombo family leadership,
On January 21 2011 12:59 Rodregeus wrote:+ Show Spoiler +Good work on the investigation and all. But other than the drug running, I don't see the mafia in nearly as bad a light as most would. Sure their not the most law abiding bunch. But when they do put their efforts into something, they do it well, and run it like a business. I wouldn't say their your average, walk around the streets with guns ready to shoot the place up kinda bunch. Subtly is big part of it. Not to mention, from what i can tell, they seem to like keeping the real "trigger happy" types out of the way as to not get in the way of their business. This can only be a good thing.
Think about it, if you have a choice of 2 crooks, would you prefer the ones who won't kill you unless you cross them? Or the one who will just kill you if their in a bad mood? Even on the drug front, the quality would be a lot better and safer than those made by an average joe with a drug lab in his basement. You want repeat customers in a business right? Customers can't repeat if their dead. XD Ohh yeah, and any Mafia action due to these arrests will more than likely be extremely subtle and effect very few regular civilians. Their not going to take a bazooka to a cop shop lol.
There's still plenty of random violence that the mob commits.
"Some allegations involve classic mob hits to eliminate perceived rivals," Holder told reporters. "Others involve senseless murders."
He described two murder victims who were allegedly killed in a public bar over a dispute concerning a spilled drink.
The bottom line is, the mob isn't this bunch of ultra-professional businessmen who do the odd shady thing. They're a bunch of ruthless killers and criminals. However much shows like The Sopranos and Hollywood movies tend to inadvertently glorify them, or induce sympathy by showing the human angle of their characters, they're still a group of very nasty and violent people. Yes they're more 'professional' and organised than the average killer, but the downside is that makes them harder to stop. In total, the human misery they create far exceeds that caused by the random killer.
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