The Godfather: Did The Author Present An Accurate Portrayal Of Narcotics As A Major Part Of The Mafia Business

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in from over-seas. From Ecuador they could obtain opium poppies with which to make heroin, and virtually unlimited supply of coca leaves, with which to make cocaine from Bolivia and Peru. Plus their smuggling routes and expertise were solidly established. Hence, the first drug laboratories were established in Medellin, supposedly with Mafia money (Eddy and Hugo, 45). The New York Mafia as well as other American crime families, would buy the drugs from Colombian drug lords. One of the major Colombian syndicates- commonly referred to as the "Medellin Cartel". As opposed to actuality, in the Godfather, poppies, mainly used to make heroin would be harvested from Turkey (not the major supplier of opium in the 40’s and 50’s), then processed into heroin in Sicily.
Drugs have been appealing to any crime syndicates since the Chinese crime world that started way back in the 1800’s. Opium was the number one wanted drug as wars started by the Ch’ing Dynasty in 1839 to stop the illegal ...

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body, like a council, including such Chicago mob bosses as Al Capone, and New York bosses like Joe Bonano. La Cosa Nostra as it was called "this thing of ours"(Roemer, 63). La Cosa Nostra was set up as the high ffb council, it was in charge and had the last word in all of the major Mafia activities. La Cosa Nostra particularly the groups in New York, did not favor drugs they too felt it was not a right business for organized crime to go in to, it was dirty. Anyone caught dealing drugs or racketeering drugs, would be shot and killed. In fact, involvement in narcotics in any way continues to be reason for severe disciplinary action from leadership should any member be caught. This was ...

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