and ti Dixie sorry no mafia in Alabama.. sorry buddy..
According to Joe Bonanno, until 1938, there was a Cosa Nostra family in Birmingham, Alabama..
And there was most definitely an organization that was identified by the FBI as the Dixie Mafia:
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/copy3_of_a-byte-out-of-historyThe funny thing is that it is getting worldwide notoriety at the moment through the new popular game Mafia 3, in which the organization plays a big part..
Beginning in the late 1960s, the Dixie Mafia began working as a loosely knit group of traveling criminals performing residential burglary, robbery, and theft. The gang did not function with a set chain of command, but was led by whomever had the most money. Despite the informal structure, the Dixie Mafia had one rule that members were expected to obey: "Thou shalt not snitch to the cops".
Unlike members of the Sicilian 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 make money and wield control over illegal moneymaking operations by any means, including influence peddling, bribery of public officials, and murder.
