It seemed that the powerful mafia families, united in a criminal syndicate — Cosa Nostra — were indestructible. Five allpowerful New York families controlled not only drugs and prostitution for many years but also construction, restaurants, and much more. Moreover, they exerted tremendous efforts to convince the authorities and the public that the very idea of the mafia was a myth.

It took many years and painstaking work by lawyers to develop a law that could imprison not only the perpetrators but also the heads of the New York Mafia. But does this mean that the mafia has been defeated? Why then do we watch movies about the mafia with great interest, know all the rules of mafia life, and quote Don Corleone? Perhaps there is something about mafia life that attracts us? Something is not right here.

Books on the topic:
Selwyn Raab. Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America’s Most Powerful Mafia Empires
Eric Hobsbawm. Bandits.
The series "The Offer" — about the making of "The Godfather."

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00:00:00 Introduction. Lecture topic
00:01:40 Announcement of Tamara Eidelman's lectures in Canada and the USA
00:02:49 The novel "The Godfather" and its film adaptation
00:08:18 Who opposed the filming of the movie?
00:13:31 The success of "The Godfather"
00:15:36 Does the film "The Godfather" romanticize the mafia?
00:19:30 The "Sopranos" series
00:22:52 Etymology of the word "mafia"
00:24:56 Sicily — the birthplace of the mafia
00:30:07 How and why did the mafia appear in the USA?
00:32:56 The "Black Hand" organization in the USA
00:34:17 Prohibition and the rise of organized crime
00:38:16 Benito Mussolini's conflict with the mafia
00:40:59 Cesare Mori and his fight against the mafia
00:43:16 The rise of Al Capone
00:46:18 The empire of Al Capone
00:50:16 How was Al Capone caught?
00:52:54 Arrest and last years of Al Capone
00:54:46 The Castellammarese War
01:00:01 Charles Luciano and cooperation with other groups
01:01:30 The rise of Charles Luciano
01:02:53 Formation of the Mafia Commission
01:06:36 The prosperity of the mafia in the 1930s
01:07:54 The mafia and unions
01:13:19 The mafia and casinos
01:14:13 Thomas Edmund Dewey and his attempts to catch the mafia
01:17:00 Arrest and imprisonment of Charles Luciano
01:21:21 Life of Charles Luciano after imprisonment
01:22:37 Speculations about the existence of the mafia commission
01:23:30 Congressional commission and the hearing of Frank Costello
01:25:35 The Mafia summit in Apalachin
01:27:54 Vito Genovese's assassination attempt on Frank Costello
01:28:50 The mafia and the distribution of illegal substances
01:30:35 The mafia in Las Vegas
01:32:38 Robert Blakey and the RICO Act
01:37:47 FBI Special Agent Joseph Pistone
01:42:59 The FBI's acquaintance with the RICO Act
01:45:40 Using wiretapping in the fight against the mafia
01:48:54 Rudolph Giuliani and the fight against the mafia
01:50:34 Arrest of the heads of the 5 New York families
01:52:27 Can the mafia be defeated?