Travel

I will be traveling by train in the 1920s, since they aren't any cars of what I'm used to. To be completely honest, the train systems, in ew !or" especially, are utterly frightening. ot only are they ric"ety and bumpy, but there is always the uneasiness of pending crime. There is always a threat. I am always scared out of my mind that the trains will be held up by a mafia member. I "now I sound stereotypical, but trust me, it happens often in the 1920s. #hen my life isn't flashing before my eyes on the train systems, I sometimes en$oy myself. It's a time to rela% before I have to get off and out into the dangerous streets. &on't get me wrong, the streets aren't as dangerous as I'm ma"ing them out to be, but when danger is a threat, it gets brutal. 'nyway, the trains are nice on the inside and outside, they are very intricate and elo(uently made. It's always toasty inside because there is always a herd of people ne%t to you wherever you turn. )asically, everyone's body heat "eeps you especially warm. The trains are all routed between ew !or" *ity, +hiladelphia, and 'tlantic *ity. It's (uite convenient, especially for the traveling mobsters.

a run-down of organized crime

,irst, the mafia has many $obs. This time period was the pea" of it all. The worst $ob of all, is ta"ing someone's life. The members I follow around on a daily basis commit many crimes, but murder is the worst by far. These men thin" they have valid reason to "ill people. #hether someone has done them wrong, or they have snitched in any sort of fashion, they would be chased whether the victim was aware of it or not. The men are brutal. They don't $ust shoot a guy, they send a very obvious message in each "illing. &epending on how they've be wronged and how it affected their 'way of They never to they life,' it was shown in the murder. send messages to ma"e it clear mess with them again. -ost times won't, but other times there are retaliations. This always ends in war.

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The Italian mafia doesn't only commit murder. 'lthough it is the worst crime they commit, there are plenty other crimes they didn't have trouble doing. They never seemed to run out of new crimes to commit. Their favorites consisted of rac"eteering, counterfeiting, drug traffic"ing, e%tortion, prostitution, blac"mailing, and loan.shar"ing. /ac"eteering is mainly an illegal way to ma"e money. #hether it be illegal gambling, illegal sports.betting, or holding people up. The mobsters illegally bet on horses during races so they would win, or illegally bet on sports teams so they win. 'lso, they promise wor"ing owners and businesses security by ma"ing them pay them0 they would also ma"e them pay interest if they didn't get their money on time. *ounterfeiting is fraud. The mafia fa"es people out nonstop. They are notorious for deceiving people into their false promises. They would also have professionals carry out tas"s they promised to do and pretend li"e they performed the $ob themselves. *learly, the mafia was entirely deceitful. &rug.traffic"ing consisted of ac(uiring illegal substances 1drugs2 from the blac".mar"et. 'fter having people get the drugs to them, they pawn them off to the consumer. 3bviously, every part of this deal is completely illegal. 4%tortion is when they ta"e money from people. They 5do6 certain $obs for people, whether it be an illegal one or not, for e%ample $ust promising them security or receiving recompense from a wrong.doing, they were getting paid. ' huge part of the mob revolves around getting money in any way shape or form. +rostitution was when they hired women to be prostitutes for people. #ith the money the prostitutes got for whatever se%ual favors they did, they would give the money they made to the mafia, and the mafia would give them their cut. The mafia owned and ran many clubs, so they had easy access to this particular crime.

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)lac"mailing is basically a threat. The mafia is infamous for threatening. ' lot of times, they will blac"mail high officials. ,or e%ample, the mafia has spies. They will spy on certain people, li"e a $udge or other officials who may have done something illegal, to "eep their "ind out of $ail. 'lso, they would bribe the officials to protect their mob members from being put in prison cells. They will find things to have against people to have the conse(uences for their actions be lessened for themselves. The mafia strongly believed in 5(uid pro (uo,6 'something for something.' 7oan.shar"ing is when people borrow money from the mob. It's an illegal lending of funds. There is always a catch though. They must pay them bac" with outrageous interests and within incredibly short time frames, ma"ing it very difficult, if not, almost impossible, to repay them, giving the mafia more crime to commit.