How the Mafia Works 【黑手黨】
Ed Grabianowski /作 愛俐思/譯
黑手黨的勢力範圍從街頭的毒品交易到政府最高階層，上天下海，無所不在。電影電視美化他們，執法單位緝捕他們，仇家敵人追殺他們，黑手黨成員總是槍裡來，刀裡去，過著出生入死的生活，而且往往英年早逝。黑手黨的利益核心是金錢，除此之外，這個組織並靠秘密儀式，繁縟規定與盤綜錯結的家族忠誠信念來維繫。
接下來請點閱
http://www.howstuffworks.com/mafia.htm，讓我們一起了解黑手黨的由來和運作方式，看看執法單位如何阻止其非法行為。此外，我們也會花些篇幅認識這個半公開組織的重要人物與事件。
The Mafia has controlled everything from the street corner drug trade to the highest levels of government. Glorified by movies and television, hounded by law enforcement officials, marked for death by their enemies, mobsters live violent and often brief lives. The Mafia at its core is about one thing -- money. Still, there are secret rituals, complicated rules and tangled webs of family loyalty.
In this article series, we'll find out how people get into the Mafia, what the Mafia does and what law enforcement agencies have done to stop them. We'll also learn about the important people and events that have shaped this not-so-secret society.
Click here to read How the Mafia Works, Part I:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/mafia.htm
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