Word: mafiosi
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...drawn up by the Swiss National Bank, the country's central financial institution, and the Swiss Bankers' Association. No longer are clients allowed to open a Swiss account without revealing their true identity. Anonymous banking, when it was allowed, was a powerful attraction for corrupt dictators and Mafiosi, among others, seeking to hide their funds. Under the new rules, Swiss bankers are barred from providing active assistance to customers who evade taxes or export capital illegally from foreign countries. The code also forbids bankers to accept funds that they have reason to believe were acquired by acts punishable...
Your sentence, "Above all, there must be an end to America's tolerance for any kind of organized crime," should have been written in capital letters and red ink. We citizens are responsible for the Mafiosi...
...twelve-day run was virtually a sellout, but not all eyes were on Frankie and Dean. A few were on the audience, which included top Mafiosi from New York and other parts of the country. Among them were Jimmy ("the Weasel") Fratianno of San Francisco, Mike Rizzitello of Los Angeles, Tony Spilotro of Las Vegas, Russell Bufalino of Scran ton, Pa., and several associates of Philadelphia Boss Angelo Bruno...
...Mafia's code limits social activities. " 'Made' guys [Mafiosi] don't like their wives to mingle with the wives of other 'made' guys," says a former Mob lieutenant, "because they might reveal something about each other. The only thing wives go to is wakes, weddings and funerals...
Detroit News Reporter Shelley Eichenhorn interviewed for TIME the wives of three middle-to high-level Mafiosi. Her report...