What led to the decline of the American Mafia in the later parts

they moved onto the corporate world or got ate up by it

>>3225871
Anti racketing laws

>>3225871
Without prohibition, it was much harder to tap into a market that was simultaneously illegal (meaning that you could have people susceptible to their extortion rackets who couldn't just go to the police), profitable (So they could pay out) and considered a harmless vice (limiting the willingness of people to crack down on them and cut into their own booze supplies). The decline in prohibition led almost inevitably to the decline in the mafia's revenues, and then in turn to the decline of their power.

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Ethno mafias pray upon their own people the most. Italian neighborhoods in nyc have been consistently shrinking since the 80s, what's left of the five crime families went into semi legit construction and trucking cartels. Also more white collar crime. Stronger laws designed specifically to hurt them and better FBI surveillance did a lot to do them in as well.

Pic related, current rumored boss of the Genovese family.

>>3225871
FBI became increasingly powerful and competent.
Also a special act was passed just to combat them, which was the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations act, which can send to jail anyone *remotely* tied to racketeering.
Federal Witnesss Protection Program of 1970.

>>3225871
RICO and the increasing power of the U.S Federal government.

>>3225871
Spics and niggers took over

ran out by the albanians, all the italians are in long island now arent they?

>>3225871
They feared the Irish warrior

increased scrutiny and prosecution in the 80s and early 90s. a notable example would be rudi giulianis cases against the five families culminating with his commission trial in 85/86.

in chicago thanks to testimony by guys like bob cooley the fbi was able dismantle much of the outfits political and legal apparatus they'd constructed over the past century. what has been more damaging than any single case however, has been general attrition. the traditional demographics, namely young, violent italian men in the ghetto, have been increasingly shrinking which has resulted in smaller and older membership.

>>3226001
they're still in all five boroughs and jersey. not as many tho.

Italians growing out of their shitty criminal immigrant phase and the RICO act doing an end run around centuries of principles in western law to make it easier to prosecute criminal organizations.

>>3225871

1. The RICO act gave the federal government much greater powers to prosecute organized crime.

2. Italians assimilated into the mainstream of American society and consequently the Italian Mafia no longer really had its niche anymore.

>>3225871
Italians are non whites, and non white organizations with any sort of power never last long. This is historically evident as well as modern, the white anglo system has prevailed to this day, a bunch of nonwhite criminals never stood a chance against higher intelligence and genetics.

Everyone in this thread pretty much has it, but something else to consider is the rise of chain businesses and it's effects on racketeering and extortion. No longer could the mafia go to a store owner and threaten to break their legs for money; as soon as corporate found out the manager was skimming money away to pay for protection, they'd be fired and the mafioso would have to go back in and persuade the new guy to pay up. It's not a self-sustaining business model and cuts into their revenue.

>>3226317
Don't forget about improved security measures and police techniques. When every mom and pop starts getting cameras, valuable shipments having trackers etc it gets harder to do work.

>>3225871
They ran into the Kennedy crime family who had the government on their side.

>>3226317
>as soon as corporate found out the mob was shaking them down, they'd call their guy in Washington and rain down a massive shitstorm

FTFY

>>3226437
damn....

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>>3226317
It's over for the little guy...