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Despite the informal structure, the Dixie Mafia had one rule that members were expected to obey: "Thou shall not snitch to the cops". [6] Unlike members of the American Mafia, the members of the Dixie mafia were not connected by family or country of origin. They were loosely connected individuals of many nationalities with a common goal—to ...
The Georgia RICO Act was passed in 1980. [3] One of the first notable uses of the law was in 1983, when three members of the Dixie Mafia were prosecuted and found guilty in Monroe. [6] [7] Upon appeal, the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled in Chancey v. State, 256 Ga. 415 (1986), that the RICO Act was not unconstitutional. [8]
The first known Mafia boss of Milwaukee was Vito Guardalabene, who immigrated to the United States from Santa Flavia, Sicily in 1903 and became naturalized U.S. citizen in 1911. [5] Guardalabene was mentioned in the memoirs of Nicola Gentile as being "the king" of the Little Italy community in Milwaukee's Third Ward circa 1915. [ 6 ]
Many gangs started appearing in Georgia in the mid 1980s, as a result of the crack cocaine epidemic. [1] In 2003, there were an estimated 78 gangs in the Atlanta area alone. In 2015, Atlanta police announced that they were tracking an estimated 192 gangs. [ 2 ]
Vice President Harris and Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) will campaign together Thursday in the battleground state of Wisconsin, holding an event in the town of Ripon — known as the birthplace ...
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Catholic Memorial's Josh Oechsner (14) celebrates recovering a fumble during the WIAA Division 4 state championship football game against Columbus at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison on Thursday ...