Organized Crime is one of the oldest and longest running businesses in the world. But did it start out as a business and is it really a business like everyone thinks? The Mafia has a lot more history than most people think. When people hear the word Mafia they think of clam bars and Tommy guns, when in fact the Mafia had nothing to do with crime and gangsters when it was first formed. The Mafia has been around for a long time. It started in Sicily and was carried over to America. Since it's beginning organized crime has been doing nothing but growing to this day.

The Mafia started in ninth century Sicily as a rebel force fighting invading Arab forces. After they defeated the Arabs, The Mafia stayed in power in order to preserve their Sicilian heritage

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