May 24, 2019 · America’s La Cosa Nostra and Sicily’s Mafia are old-style patriarchies. American crime families have been men-only clubs, and women can’t be “made.” In Mob movies, females typically portray mothers, wives, siblings, girlfriends, “molls” and, at …

Sep 16, 2022 · The wives, mothers, daughters and sisters in the Italian mafia aren’t often thought of as leaders within the organization. But women have played vital roles throughout its history …

Sep 12, 2022 · In Italy alone, though women make up only 2.5% of those sent to prison for Mafia-linked crimes, they control around a third of all Mafia financial resources. However, there are a number of historic female mobsters who were as ruthless, …

Nov 29, 2023 · For Selamta’s fashion special, we spotlighted Mafi Mafi’s Mela capsule collection for fall 2023, as well as some favourite archive items, with a photoshoot around Wenchi Crater Lake in Ethiopia’s Oromia region.

Jul 19, 2016 · Women played a big role in the fight against organised crime in Italy in other ways as well. Rita Adria (1974-1992) is considered a hero in the antimafia movement.

Women of Mafia: Directed by Patryk Vega. With Olga Boladz, Agnieszka Dygant, Aleksandra Poplawska, Katarzyna Warnke. A former police officer goes under cover in the mafia.

Feb 20, 2015 · Female gangsters are subject to arcane rules, rigorous rituals, and inseverable commitments. Caught in a confusing place between modernity and tradition, they can give death orders but can’t take...

But women are often part of the gangland landscape. In the fall of 2007, for example, mob moll Linda Schiro was the linchpin of a sensational murder trial of an ex-FBI agent that ended midstream when she was discredited by 10-year-old tape recordings that put the lie to her courtroom testimony.

Jan 15, 2018 · Italian prosecutors conceded that ’Ndrangheta women led tragic lives. But many didn’t consider the women to be of much use in their fight; they were just more victims.

Apr 25, 2019 · As women have become more involved in the work of the mafia, the number of women who become informants is also increasing. Mentally and physically exhausted by a life filled with fear, blood, and murders, female mafiosi eventually face the question: Do I really want this life for my child?