For organizations like the American Italian Anti-Defamation League, reporting on the Mafia, or even using the term "Cosa Nostra," was an ethnic slur against Italian Americans.
Colombo plays Columbus
The social networks of Joseph Profaci
Joe Profaci owed his success to a network of so-called “cousins” from the old country.
The Mangano brothers and Joe Profaci
Sources claim Vincent Mangano emigrated in 1921 with fellow future Mafia boss, Joe Profaci.
The olive oil business
My father’s paternal grandparents, Louis Cascio and Lucia Soldano, immigrated as teenagers with their families and settled in East Harlem, on 106th Street. After they married, Lucia and her youngest brother, Tony, sold olive oil to their neighbors, produced and exported by Louis’ brother-in-law.
Mafia Genealogy 