Mob Land Fix Today

However, Gotti’s flamboyance was the beginning of the end. The Federal Government, embarrassed by their inability to convict him, ramped up their efforts. The RICO Act (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) became the battering ram that finally broke down the walls of Mob Land. Designed to target the leadership of criminal organizations, RICO allowed prosecutors to charge bosses for the crimes of their underlings.

Today, organized crime is no longer confined to Little Italy. The modern mob operates in the suburbs—in strip mall parking lots, waste management boardrooms, and long-haul trucking depots. While the FBI has successfully decimated the traditional "Five Families" of New York, the spirit of survives in the cyber underworld and the infiltration of legitimate unions. Mob Land