[FreedominJesusChrist]

Sorry, I only know some about the big shots, like Capone, Ghotti, Anastasia, Luciano, etc.

Jewish Organized crime was pretty inter-related with the Italian stuff. Arnold Rothstein is considered by many to be the father of organized crime in America. You know that Bugsy Segall was Jewish and not Italian?

[Howlin]

Sorry, I only know some about the big shots, like Capone, Ghotti, Anastasia, Luciano, etc.

Ah, you should have stopped when I begged you to.

It's GOTTI. And Bruce Cutler was HIS attorney.

And Gotti was the "Boss of Bosses" and lived in New York City.

Anybody who has a "good knowledge" of the mob would know those facts even if they didn't know a thing about the mob/mafia.

[TLBSHOW]

Come on Larry you said you could answer. Here is the question again.

When did the mafia first appear in America and under what circumstance, Larry?