1Introduction
12Myth 11: The Mafia Was Impossible to Infiltrate Until Modern Times
2Myth 1: The American Mafia Was Directly Imported from Sicily and Is Just an Extension of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra
13Myth 12: All or Most Italian-Americans Are Connected to or Secretly Proud of the Mafia
3Myth 2: The Mafia Is (and Always Was) 100% Italian and Excludes Everyone Else
14Myth 13: The Mafia Single-Handedly Built Modern Las Vegas
4Myth 3: There Is (or Was) a Single “Boss of All Bosses” Who Rules the Entire American Mafia
15Myth 14: Mafiosi Live Glamorous Lives with Mansions, Private Jets, and Endless Cash
5Myth 4: Omertà – The Code of Silence – Is Unbreakable and Sacred
16Myth 15: The Mafia Is in Constant War with Irish, Jewish, and Other Ethnic Gangs
6Myth 5: The Mafia Traditionally Bans Drug Trafficking Out of Moral Principle
17Myth 16: The FBI Denied the Mafia Existed Until the Late 1950s
7Myth 6: The Mafia Controls Most Labor Unions in the United States
18Myth 17: Once You’re a “Made Man,” Your Life Is Protected Forever
8Myth 7: Mafiosi Never Kill Innocent Civilians or Children
19Myth 18: The American Mafia Is Dead or Irrelevant Today
9Myth 8: The Mafia Killed President John F. Kennedy
20Myth 19: Carlo Gambino Was Morally Against the Drug Trade
10Myth 9: Al Capone Was a Classic Sicilian-American Cosa Nostra Member
21Myth 20: The Mafia Is One Big Loyal “Family” Bound by Blood and Honor, Just Like in The Godfather
11Myth 10: Every Initiation Ceremony Involves Blood, Guns, Burning Saint Cards, and Dramatic Rituals
