So we’ve talked about Omertà and other stuff which made up the mafia, but what exactly started the organized crime which is The American Cosa Nostra? Well that answer’s pretty simple: The Prohibition.
Prohibition
business organisation
The Commission
As one may notice, the mafia community was quite the violent one. Families occasionally declared war on each other for many reasons. For this reason, in 1931, Charlie “Lucky” Luciano and Meyer Lansky initiated The Commission in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Commission’s aim was that of uniting the families back together after the Castellammarese war and reduce the chances for any other wars of the like.
The Mafia Hierarchy
The Mafia is just like a business organisation
The mafia and a regular are practically identical to one another. Take a look at any business and think about it’s aims; when starting a business one must always consider that first. The aims of a business are those of making profits and gaining power above their competitors .. in other words being number one! The Mafia is the same; being on top of the other families and making loads of money. However this is not the only similarity. In fact both The mafia, particularly the Cosa Nostra and any top running business are structured in the same way. The latter is referred to the hierarchy.
The mafia-pedia 