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• Others?” Journal ofPublic Economics 85: 207–234.Alesina, Alberto, and Enrico Spolaore. 2003. The Size of Nations. Cambridge, MA:MIT Press.Anderson, Annelise. 1979. The Business of Organized Crime: A Cosa Nostra Family.Palo Alto: The Hoover Institution.Anderson, David A. 1999. “The Aggregate Burden of Crime.” Journal of Law andEconomics 42: 611–642.Anderson, Gary M., and Adam Gifford, Jr. 1991. “Privateering

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• ion of Mafia crimes - and organisation - since the days of ‘Kid Twist’ Reles. Valachi began by revealing that the term ‘Mafia’ was long out of date; it had been superseded first by ‘Unione’, then by ‘Cosa Nostra’. He went on to confirm what the justice department had long suspected: that Dewey’s intensive campaign against the Syndicate, culminating in the execution of Lepke and Pittsburgh Phil and the deport

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• . The temperance movement in Britain was as powerful as in America in the early twentieth century; but it would have been inconceivable for the British Parliament to vote for Prohibition. In America, Cosa Nostra derives a huge part of its income from drugs. In Britain, a drug addict can get his drugs on the National Health, provided he agrees to treatment; so the opportunities for a British drugs syndicate a

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• ion of Mafia crimes - and organisation - since the days of ‘Kid Twist’ Reles. Valachi began by revealing that the term ‘Mafia’ was long out of date; it had been superseded first by ‘Unione’, then by ‘Cosa Nostra’. He went on to confirm what the justice department had long suspected: that Dewey’s intensive campaign against the Syndicate, culminating in the execution of Lepke and Pittsburgh Phil and the deport

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• . The temperance movement in Britain was as powerful as in America in the early twentieth century; but it would have been inconceivable for the British Parliament to vote for Prohibition. In America, Cosa Nostra derives a huge part of its income from drugs. In Britain, a drug addict can get his drugs on the National Health, provided he agrees to treatment; so the opportunities for a British drugs syndicate a

• obliged to resignafter remarking in an interview with the Los Angeles Times that the actions ofthe Catholic Church in enforcing silence about the sex crimes of priests couldbe compared to those of la Cosa Nostra – the Mafia. District Attorney RickRomley, of Phoenix, Arizona, can testify to the veracity of Keating’s remark. Hehas convicted eight paedophile priests in his diocese to date, and succeeded inforci

• d in front of the Commission – atmidnight (to avoid reporters) on 17 February 1970, he lied as usual about hisconnections, claiming that he had no knowledge of Sam Giancana’s reputation as amember of Cosa Nostra (the Mafia) or of Lucky Luciano’s.When Governor Ronald Reagan of California announced in 1970 that he was apresidential candidate, Sinatra once again outraged his friends by deciding tosupport him, a

• nd power, and were not known for squandering their wealth.”In a murky cloak-and-dagger operation, western intelligence services worked withblack market profiteers, leading banking houses, the Italian Cosa Nostra, theAmerican Mafia and the Russian Thieves’ World, former KGB officers, veterans ofthe Afghan war, and unemployed military officers to expedite illegal allianceson a colossal scale meant to destabili

• e apparentlyhad no love for Jewish people to say the least and he became a bitter enemy ofMeyer Lansky, the head of the Organised Crime Syndicate. There were two maingroups within organised crime, La Cosa Nostra, better known as the ItalianMafia, and the Jewish operation dubbed the “Kosher Nostra”. Lansky led thelatter and, contrary to popular myth and media stories, it was he, not theItalians, who was the “

• e apparentlyhad no love for Jewish people to say the least and he became a bitter enemy ofMeyer Lansky, the head of the Organised Crime Syndicate. There were two maingroups within organised crime, La Cosa Nostra, better known as the ItalianMafia, and the Jewish operation dubbed the “Kosher Nostra”. Lansky led thelatter and, contrary to popular myth and media stories, it was he, not theItalians, who was the “

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• is book Red Mafiya: How the Russian Mob Has Invaded America that the 'Russian Mafia' is really the 'Jewish Mafia' - hence one of its nicknames is the Kosher Nostra in contrast to the Sicilian/Italian Cosa Nostra. Friedman died in 2002 of a 'tropical disease' after those he named put a price on his head. He wrote that the so-called Russian Mafia were all Jewish with connections into Zionist organisations the

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• is book Red Mafiya: How the Russian Mob Has Invaded America that the 'Russian Mafia' is really the 'Jewish Mafia' - hence one of its nicknames is the Kosher Nostra in contrast to the Sicilian/Italian Cosa Nostra. Friedman died in 2002 of a 'tropical disease' after those he named put a price on his head. He wrote that the so-called Russian Mafia were all Jewish with connections into Zionist organisations the

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• rently had no love for Jewish people to say the least and he became a bi tter enemy of Meyer La nsky, the head of the Organised Crime Syndicate. There we re two main groups within organised crime, La Cosa Nostra, bett er known as the Italian Mafi a, and the Jewish operation dubbed the "Kosher Nostra". Lansky led th e latter and, contrary to popular myth and media stories, it was he, not the Ital ians, who wa

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• rently had no love for Jewish people to say the least and he became a bi tter enemy of Meyer La nsky, the head of the Organised Crime Syndicate. There we re two main groups within organised crime, La Cosa Nostra, bett er known as the Italian Mafi a, and the Jewish operation dubbed the "Kosher Nostra". Lansky led th e latter and, contrary to popular myth and media stories, it was he, not the Ital ians, who wa

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• 128 upon the countereconomists by coll ecting “protection” taxes, re gulating trade, and fighting wars. The Cosa Nostra and the Purple Gang and such serve no function in the Counter-Economy save that of parasite in exactl y the same way the official government does in the market. In certain backward communities and ne

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• interred with the corpse of J. Edgar Hoover. We now know that each year, J. Edgar Hoover, the fabled Director of the FBI, held an annual press conference at which he denied that there was a Mafia, a Cosa Nostra, or an organized crime problem in the United States. We also know that, despite his vaunted stand against Communism, he catered to the desires of a succession of pro-Communist, left-wing presidents w

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• tried "the Syndicate" and even "the Combination,'" but those terms didn't work. Then a wiretap picked up a conversation in Italian that referred to the criminal society as "our thing" (in Italian, la cosa nostra). The press pounced on a term that would finally fill the label vacuum, and they still won't let go. Of course, they keep the term in Italian, because ,it would look a bit silly to report that "the F

• of history small groups of men have existedwho have conspired to bring the reins of power into their hands. History booksare full of their schemes. Even Life magazine believes in conspiracies like theCosa Nostra where men conspire to make money through crime. You may recall thatLife did a series of articles on the testimony of Joseph Valachi before theMcClellan Committee several years ago. There are some asp

• of history small groups of men have existedwho have conspired to bring the reins of power into their hands. History booksare full of their schemes. Even Life magazine believes in conspiracies like theCosa Nostra where men conspire to make money through crime. You may recall thatLife did a series of articles on the testimony of Joseph Valachi before theMcClellan Committee several years ago. There are some asp

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• by the AMA's code of ethics, the code of silence. (This is akin to the notorious Omerta, the code of silence of the Mafia, which invokes the death penalty to any member who reveals the secrets of the Cosa Nostra. The Medical Gnostics, the AMA, has set up its own Cosa Nostra, which passes a sentence of professional death against any physician who reveals any medical omissions or crimes, the result being ostra

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• heir coffers at the National City Bank of Cleveland, Rockefeller was never an independent power, nor does any department of the Rockefeller Syndicate operate as an independent power. We know that the Cosa Nostra, or Mafia, with which th e Syndicate is closely allied has somewhat autonomous power in the regions which have been assigned to that particular "family" by the national directors, but this always imp

• d he hadnothing to lose by cooperating with authorities. Over the next year, he providedfederal agents with a bonanza of information on the national crime organizationknown variously as the Mafia, La Cosa Nostra (Our Thing), the Outfit, the Arm,the Syndicate, and so on.On September 25, 1963, Valachi took his story to the public, testifying beforeMcClellan’s Senate committee. He presented a wealth of detail a

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• ies—Japan, Germany, France, and so on— whose geopolitical, economic, and cultural interests are seen to coincide with that of the Anglo-American faction; 2) the international criminal underground, or Cosa Nostra, or Mafia; 3) an international Fascist element, or “Nazi International”. In this and the next two chapters, this factional structure, representing the major financial interests and commitments, will

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• ies—Japan, Germany, France, and so on— whose geopolitical, economic, and cultural interests are seen to coincide with that of the Anglo-American faction; 2) the international criminal underground, or Cosa Nostra, or Mafia; 3) an international Fascist element, or “Nazi International”. In this and the next two chapters, this factional structure, representing the major financial interests and commitments, will

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• l prison because of it. Believe me, I know firsthand what I am talking about. Why haven't you heard this before? Well, for decades what went on in the Mafia was a secret. No one even admitted that La Cosa Nostra existed. Finally, one person, Joe Velacci, came forward and blew the whistle on the inner workings of organized crime. Since that time, dozens of former mafiosi have come forward to share the secrets

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• l prison because of it. Believe me, I know firsthand what I am talking about. Why haven't you heard this before? Well, for decades what went on in the Mafia was a secret. No one even admitted that La Cosa Nostra existed. Finally, one person, Joe Velacci, came forward and blew the whistle on the inner workings of organized crime. Since that time, dozens of former mafiosi have come forward to share the secrets

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• A high fever is symptomatic of many illnesses. syndicate n. 1 trust, monopoly, bloc, cartel, syndication: They were part of a syndicate that controlled the worldwide sale of nickel. 2 (crime) family, Cosa Nostra, mafia: Guido used to be an enforcer for the syndicate. --v. 3 affiliate, ally, associate, amalgamate, consolidate, league, confederate, synthesize: Mrs Cartwright was successful in syndicating the m

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• , agreement, vow, guarantee or guaranty, warranty: You gave an undertaking to complete the work by Friday. underworld n. 1 Usually, the underworld. organized crime, the syndicate, the Mafia, the mob, Cosa Nostra, criminals, the criminal element, Colloq gangland: Lorenzo was fast becoming a well-known figure in the underworld. 2 nether regions, abode of the dead, Hades, Hell, Avernus, Dis, Orcus, Facetious Eg

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• brother, who would be a Mason, come into court and commit perjury against him to help his brother Mason. This custom also survives in other organizations (which may be related to Freemasonry). In La Cosa Nostra, leaders often request a member to murder a close relative upon whom the death sentence has been passed, as the ultimate test of his loyalty. The name of Cain also survives in a second important elem

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• about Atlantis at all traces his family, or his clan, or his club, back there. Some of the old dons in the Maf even try to trace la Cosa Nostra back there. All bullshit. Just like all the WASPs tracing themselves back to the Mayflower. For everyone who can prove it, like Mr. Drake, there's a hundred who are just bluffing. "You see," Maldonad

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• about Atlantis at all traces his family, or his clan, or his club, back there. Some of the old dons in the Maf even try to trace la Cosa Nostra back there. All bullshit. Just like all the WASPs tracing themselves back to the Mayflower. For everyone who can prove it, like Mr. Drake, there's a hundred who are just bluffing. "You see," Maldonad

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• political problem for Mitchell. An Italian antidefamation league, with such notable sponsors as Frank Sinatra, was claiming with some justification that the use of terms like "Mafia," "Mafiosa," and "Cosa Nostra" was creating the false impression that Italian-American citizens were behind all organized crime in America. Since Italian Americans were a group that the Nixon strategists hoped to appeal to in the

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• nderground empires. All of those criminal enterprises are, by strict definition, conspiracies, and unless they are investigated and prosecuted as such, they can't be defeated. Consider the case of La Cosa Nostra — the multi-genera- tional, international criminal syndicate more commonly known as the Mafia. As late as the early to mid-1980s, some "re- spectable" opinion still maintained that the Mafia was a fi

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• rates PHE, Inc. — the nation's largest distributor of hard- core porn videos and other sex-related products. Like Mafia chieftains trekking to New York City to confer with the "Commission" heading La Cosa Nostra, the leading produc- ers of smut films regularly travel to Hillsborough in search of financing and project approval. 37 Harvey himself regularly treks to Washington, D.C., to su- pervise Population S

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• s throughout the world," he says. "The connection stretches back to the pre- decessor organization of the CIA, the OSS [Office of Strategic Services], and its involvement w ith the Italian Mafia, the Cosa Nostra, in Sicily and Southern Italy. When the OSS was fighting communists in France they 'mingled' with the Corsican brotherhood, who were heavily into drugs at that time." Many of these contacts were fo r

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• e od or He rzl ’s ra c ist vis ion . T he fa c t th a t th e Mo ssa d is a stat e s p o n s o r e d in s ti tu ti o n r e n d e r s it n o le s s s e c r e ti v e a n d n o le s s d e a d ly than the Cosa Nostra. Of course , as wit h the I talian m afia , no g ener alization to all persons of J ewish d es ce nt can f airly be made based on the activities of those who a re ag g ressively disloy al. To do so w

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• rs throughout the country. The name “Barney,” with three of Baker’s phone numbers, was found in one of Ruby’s notebooks. [111] Frank Caracci was identified in a 1970 Judiciary Committee hearing as a “Cosa Nostra involved” gambler and strip joint operator. Life magazine described him as a “Marcello mobster,” and the Wall Street Journal reported that he was “closely affiliated” with Carlos Marcello. [112] Jose

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• r simplicity, I use the term “Mafia” and “organized crime” interchangeably, although there is a distinction. “Mafia” generally means the Sicilian arm of organized crime—sometimes also referred to as “Cosa Nostra.” “Organized crime” includes both the Mafia and its affiliates such as Meyer Lansky (“the Jewish Mafia”) and Jimmy Hoffa of the Teamsters Union. Evidence of CIA involvement with the Mafia is included

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• pparently had no love for Jewish people to say the least and he became a bitter enemy of Meyer Lansky, the head of the Organised Crime Syndicate. There were two main groups within organised crime, La Cosa Nostra, better known as the Italian Mafia, and the Jewish operation dubbed the "Kosher Nostra". Lansky led the latter and, contrary to popular myth and media stories, it was he, not the Italians, who was th

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• d the small fry, Meyer Lansky and Max Jacobs went untouched. Lansky's biographer, Hank Messick, could ev en report that "Lansky could deplore the loss of Newport and Hot Springs, but the attack on La Cosa Nostra caused him no loss of sleep. Instead, from 1960 to

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• bal HEROIN traffic, serv- ing as middlemen between the Chinese TRIADS , the French UNIONE CORSÉ , and various syndicates in the United States. The U.S. Mafia is a hybrid organization, often dubbed La Cosa Nostra (“Our Thing”). The latter term was first publicized by informer Joseph Valachi in the early 1960s and then adopted by the FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION when J . EDGAR HOOVER could no longer defend

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• ic, multi - ethnic, partially institutionalized syndicate." 207 According to Scott: "What Robert Kennedy had meant by the `syndicate' was very different from what [Mafia experts meant by the term] La Cosa Nostra." 208 According to Scott, "anyone speaking about organized crime . . . does so under conditions of great political restraint." 209 To put it bluntly: the term "Mafia" does not account for the substan

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• [80] Final Judgment 141 Cohen differentiated between the Italian elements in organized crime, popularly known as "the Mafia" and "La Cosa Nostra" and the Jewish forces sometimes sat irically called, "the Kosher Nostra." "It's an organization. It's more what I would refer to as a syndicate.. . So it was an organization, but it wasn't the Mafia

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• LANSKY'S 'KOSHER NOSTRA' Interestingly, Ruby biographer Seth Kantor differentiated between what he called "Lansky's 'Kosher Nostra" and what the separately referred to as "the hot - blooded Sicilian Cosa Nostra." 363 Certainly, Carlos Marcello breathed a sigh of satisfaction when John F. Kennedy died in Dallas. However, Meyer Lansky was, of course, the ultimate beneficiary. Any major operation such as the a

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• confirmed Ruby's claim that the Crescent City had become a hub of syndicate financing and activity. According to the prosecutor, "There is too much money here. We feel that it's flowing in from other Cosa Nostra [Mafia] organizations in other parts of the country for investment by the local mobs. This could be their financial center, with a lot of nice safe places w here campaign contributions and outright b

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• [170] Final Judgment 231 As Scott has concluded (and rightly so): "The so - called Cosa Nostra has been systematically misrepresented by law enforcement investigators and prosec utors. For this active misrepresentation has deformed the two official investigations into the Kennedy assassination

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• ry small group s of men have e xisted who h ave c onspired to b ring the reins of power into their hands. History books are full of their schemes. Even Life magazine believes in conspiracies like the Cosa Nostra where men conspire to make money through crim e. You may recall t hat Life did a series of articles on the testim ony of Joseph Valachi before the McClellan Committ ee several years ago. There a re s

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• t BBC NBC Royal families of England, Holland, Denmark, Spain, Sweden Der Spiegel Sandoz (LSD -producers) P enthaouse Magazine Playboy Magazine The Round T able International Monetary F und T errorism Cosa Nostra Oil Cartel The Round T able New Age Religions Universities RAND Labor Unions Different Law firms Du P ont Coca Cola P epsi Cola Levi Strauss General Electric F ord Industries Sony Boeing Company Rock

• of the covert society is not motivated by traditionor even influence over lower-level members, but necessity. Both the much dreadedspectre of the Illuminati and the vow of silence practiced by the La Cosa Nostrasyndicate are glaring examples of the occult operations of a covert secretsociety.Other times, the revelation of the covert society’s existence could cause somuch damage to well-established institutio

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• a result of the wave of attacks. 57 The anthrax infected envelopes to key members of Congress were a direct threat, with the clear message of “pass this legislation or else.” It is similar to the La Cosa Nostra mafia trademark tactic of leaving a newspaper-wrapped fish on someone’s doorstep as a warning. So, are you going to continue to believe that Al-Qaeda stole a batch or a sample of highly secure ultra-

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• t is not identical to it, and while associations may legitimately give rise to suspicions, a careful distinction must always be drawn between suspicions suspected and facts found. As the long-time La Cosa Nostra leader in an area that is based in New Orleans but extends throughout Louisiana and Texas, Marcello was one of the prime targets of Justice Department efforts during the Kennedy administration. He ha

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• back then. There was just no way of penetrating that area. He was too smart.” Any evaluation of Marcello’s possible role in the assassination must take into consideration his unique stature within La Cosa Nostra. The FBI determined in the 1960s that because of Marcello’s position as head of the New Orleans Mafia family (the oldest in the United States, having first entered the country in the 1880s), the Loui

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• e were dressed in black le ather jackets as were Lenin's com- missars. Mussolini's rhetoric recalle d the violent language of Lenin, saying: "There is no li fe without bloodshed!" Under Mussolini the Cosa Nostra was persecuted and forced to go underground. Many mafiosi fled to the United States, where they could operate freely. During the Second World War the Mafia supplied the American troops with informati

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• e funds of larger businesses, which were all confiscated at a later stage any- way. The Bolsheviks tortured people to get at their jewels. They began ruling with starvation as a weapon, just like the Cosa Nostra mafia in Sicily began ruling by exploiting the drought. All kinds of goods were sent to Berlin. In 1918 alone, 841 wagons of timber, 1218 railway carriages of mea t, two million pounds of flax, etc.,

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• hen it was founded in 1993. There are many high-ranking EU officials, who are also freemasons, and who organise crime within the framework of Masonic Lodges of the Girand Orient and the Italian Mafia Cosa Nostra, according to information from Brian Freemantle's book "The Octopus: Europe in the Grip of Organised Crime" (London, 1995). High-ranking party functionaries in the Soviet Union also organised crime t

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• at ed up to 50 years ago in the shadow of the overt Cold War. By the 1980s, the CIA and its controlled cadres were engaged in a convoluted hidden drug-traffick ing programme involving high-ranking La Cosa Nostra figures, the Gambino crime family, the Japan ese Yakuza - with various associated cabals engaged in political intrigue at both the State and national levels - espionage, weapons technologies includin

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• ry small group s of men have e xisted who h ave c onspired to b ring the reins of power into their hands. History books are full of their schemes. Even Life magazine believes in conspiracies like the Cosa Nostra where men conspire to make money through crim e. You may recall t hat Life did a series of articles on the testim ony of Joseph Valachi before the McClellan Committ ee several years ago. There a re s

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• ry small group s of men have e xisted who h ave c onspired to b ring the reins of power into their hands. History books are full of their schemes. Even Life magazine believes in conspiracies like the Cosa Nostra where men conspire to make money through crim e. You may recall t hat Life did a series of articles on the testim ony of Joseph Valachi before the McClellan Committ ee several years ago. There a re s

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• aul brought his entourage from Milan to the Vatican, they were dubbed by Roman Catholic writers as the Milan Mafia. 1 It is not within the bounds of this study to examine the Mafia in detail. But the Cosa Nostra, the Family, or The Mafia are a 100% Roman Catholic outfit. They originated in Sicily where Michele Sindona was also born. They control vast holdings in Italy and North America. They have gone what t

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• for a ride. The Sign of the Mafia, the Illuminati and of Druids According to Dr. Cathy Burns, in Hidden Secrets of the Eastern Star, the point within the circle is, "The sign of the infamous Mafia or Cosa Nostra," rather than the "black hand" as many believe. 6 But the real shocker is the importance given this sign by Adam Weishaupt and the Order of the Illuminati. Burns explains that because Illuminism was

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• about Atlantis at all traces his family, or his clan, or his club, back there. Some of the old dons in the Maf even try to trace la Cosa Nostra back there. All bullshit. Just like all the WASPs tracing themselves back to the Mayflower. For everyone who can prove it, like Mr. Drake, there's a hundred who are just bluffing. "You see," Maldonad

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• about Atlantis at all traces his family, or his clan, or his club, back there. Some of the old dons in the Maf even try to trace la Cosa Nostra back there. All bullshit. Just like all the WASPs tracing themselves back to the Mayflower. For everyone who can prove it, like Mr. Drake, there's a hundred who are just bluffing. "You see," Maldonad

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• Mail Assossiates, San Andreas Shoreline Properties, the Fast Buck Riding Academy, the Informed Sources News Syndicate, Fly-by-Night Drug Transport, Infinite Vistas, Ltd., Everglades Land Investment, Cosa Nostra Amusements of New Jersey and the Laughing Buddha Jesus Ranch of Pinga Grande, Texas, Inc. No doubt you are a little confused. Jesus, God and the Devil get such frequent billing in our religion - wher

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• r." "So? You had a day in the last five years somebody on the force wasn't trying to put you away?" Mendoza grinned. "Or you worried that Maldonado will think the coke's already his and put the whole Cosa Nostra onto getting it back? Balls. There's ten guys around here could do it, like you say. And ten more mi ght have come up from L.A. and another ten from Vegas or Chicago or Christ knows where. You go in

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• ould justify such a name. Were they the Nine Unknown Men who rule the world? The lo cal branch of the Bavarian Illuminati? The traditionalist faction of the old Black Hand, out of which the Mafia and Cosa Nostra had grown? Was Lament Cranston their leader, perhaps? Clem loved such speculations. Most of his life he had been a salesman in Arkansas and never thought of anything but commissions, net sales, tax w

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• d the small fry, Meyer Lansky and Max Jacobs went untouched. Lansky's biographer, Hank Messick, could ev en report that "Lansky could deplore the loss of Newport and Hot Springs, but the attack on La Cosa Nostra caused him no loss of sleep. Instead, from 1960 to

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• for a ride. The Sign of the Mafia, the Illuminati and of Druids According to Dr. Cathy Burns, in Hidden Secrets of the Eastern Star, the point within the circle is, "The sign of the infamous Mafia or Cosa Nostra," rather than the "black hand" as many believe. 6 But the real shocker is the importance given this sign by Adam Weishaupt and the Order of the Illuminati. Burns explains that because Illuminism was

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• k Mail Associates, San Andreas Shoreline Properties, the Fast Buck Riding Academy, the Informed Sources News Syndicate, Fly-by-Night Drug Transport, Infinite Vistas, Ltd., Everglades Land Investment, Cosa Nostra Amusements of New Jersey and the Laughing Buddha Jesus Ranch of Pinga Grande, Texas, Inc. No doubt you are a little confused. Jesus, God and the Devil get such frequent billing in our religion - wher

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• gical goals. In organized crime it's cotrunon to put new members to the test by having them commit a murder, possibly even of a close relative. Crirninal groups such as the Mafia, the Camorra, or the Cosa Nostra are a few examples that practice this custom. This practice is used to not only make the candidate subject to blackmail and thus easy to manipulate, but the main reason is probably to have the candid