How many times do you think about females in the organization? What would think if one day the daughter was really the one running things? How many times have you often wondered about a Boss who had no son or who had a daughter or granddaughter that kept the highest quality of secrets and had more knowledge and very well respected by several groups? Given the modern day underworld mixed with the original code?

I read that in the camorra women sometimes happen to be in charge, but not in the Sicilian Cosa Nostra.
Here in Italy I once watched a TV-series about the mafia which had women as bosses but I think it was presented in a laughable way, the mafiosi wouldn't obey young girls, if a woman has a chance to run things in a criminal organization, it would rather be an experienced "grandmother".

You're right dwalin it seems the Camorra has had some powerful women.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-08-23-godmothers_N.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Licciardi

Yea they def let women run the clans in italy.Maria licciardi.there's a little movie about her on youtube cut remember what its called but they talk about women Getn in shootouts n all

From what ive read it seems that with all the men in prison they have to put someone experienced in charge.so the persons who have the required experience and are bound to the omerta are sometimes women.not that there are whole clans with only women,but im sure.that the cosa nostra also had some females in charge.
there are few books about that subject in english. if you ar interested i could upload this book. http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-0-387-36542-8/page/1

Yes I am very interested. I would like for you to upload that book.

10 Unfuhgeddable Facts About Women in the Mafia written by Cristen Conger on Howstuffworks.com...

1.The traditional role women play in the Camorra crime family involved housecleaning, cooking — and cutting up cocaine and heroin for distribution.
2.In 1983, a Palermo court ruled that women didn’t have the brains to get involved with mafia business. Twelve years later, the government would indict 89 women for mafia-related crimes, and in 2000, police arrested 100 mob ladies.
3.Arrested in 2001, Camorra godmother Maria Licciardi plays such a powerful role in mob activity, she’s was considered one of Italy’s Top 30 Most-Wanted criminals and was eventually taken to the country’s toughest prison.
4.Rival Neopolitan godmother Erminia Giuliano (nicknamed ‘Heavenly’) also earned a spot on that Most-Wanted list, although police caught her before Licciardi.
5.History’s most famous mafia woman is Assunta Maresca, called La Pupetta, or Little Doll. In 1955, the pregnant Pupetta gunned down her husband’s murderer and bore her child in prison.
6.The body of La Pupetta’s victim, Tony Esposito, was riddled with 29 bullet holes.
7.Unlike Camorra family in Naples, the Cosa Nostra crime family is much more restrictive toward women due to Sicilian regard for maintaining traditional gender roles.
8.Though often married, mafia men take on mistresses “because it reinforces his strength (via Associated Press).”
9.In 2002, high-ranking women in the Graziano and Cava crime families broke out into a deadly shootout after trading insults at a local hair salon.
10.Women are becoming more active in American mob families as well. In 2010, an FBI sweep of the Gambino syndicate in New York included one female defendant. FBI agent Richard Kolko told CNN: “It’s extremely rare to grab up a woman in an organized crime case because it’s a male-oriented criminal society.”

that wiki article on that lady is nuts...im not sure how true that is...maria licardi im gutta check her out

Maria Licardi was a tuff lady,she was taken into the life,most women are taken into the life,as some1 here before sad that thouse women are showin respect for their husbands.So sometimes when the husbands are in jail or dead,the wife takes the place as boss.But thats gotta be a street smart and very very tuff lady,not some average housewife

Those women aren't average housewives. They do it out of obligation when their husbands are away. There's no other motivation for them than that. They're devoted to their husbands. End of story.

Yes,that was my point as well.They only act as average housewives,they are charming and god knows what else,but behind closed doors,its a different story

Women in the mafia
if you want to downloaf it you have to register(for free) and upload one document yourself.seems to be policy there to get new users. but you can just use any pdf document.they also have some other books for free.

if you dont want to register,i can opload it on mediafire.

There's a sister of the boss of Agrigento (jail for life), who has recently been found out to have been working for her brother, while he was on the run for 11 years and even after his capture. She's also pregnant right now.

Carmine Galante wanted his daughter Nina to be the first made woman in the Bonanno crime family.

Does anyone have a picture of Nina Galante?

http://cache3.asset-cache.net/gc/73444813-nina-galante-the-daughter-of-organized-crime-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=GkZZ8bf5zL1ZiijUmxa7Qe69CK6b%2B4ekmlJwgRTfTjb6RuEpllH6vbKYIrQkLAINT8YzWUGiTv6yCAOqCkKF5Q%3D%3D

Nina @ Carmine's funeral.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19790712&id=22gdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H1wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5441,4678530

News story on the slain Galante accompanied by a picture of Nina chasing down a photographer.

Not yet but I think but it's a possibility down way the road. Women are getting into everything. Reading local crime reports, I have noted a fair number of women being arrested for breaking and entering, once just a man's crime. Look at that broad from mob wives who tried to rob a guy in order to recoup her money. I think a woman being "Made" sure won't happen in my lifetime. As Pizzaboy has stated above, they might do things in support of their jailed men. There are some pretty tough ladies out there.
(Guidettes)

Women have/need to be semi-involved operating in some grey areas. But what Big-boy said that doesn't surprise me there usually Un- indicted co-conspirators

Brenda Colletti loved the life and was even willing to kill skinny Joey and Mike C. by spicing their drinks with arsenic. She was also a conspirator with Veasey and her husband in the shooting of Michael Ciancaglini and Joey by arranginging the hit and the getaway.

Back in the Iron Tower heroin case Ignazio "Tony" Mannino's wife Grace was charged with all the others. She didn't get much time though and i don't think she ever handled the dope or actually arranged any sales. But she was charged and she either pleaded guilty or was found guilty.

Phil Coletti's wife was also charged in one of the murder conspiracies with her husband and John Stanfa and John Veasey she also became a government witness like her husband and John John

Philip Rastelli´s wife, Connie was very much involved with her husbands rackets. She was charged in 1954 with trying to bribe and threaten a withess against her husband just before the witness, Michael Russo was killed. Connie had previously been arrested on Sullivan Law charges and was also known as a loanshark! She was gunned down in the 1960s, allegedly because she had informed the FBI that Rastelli was a drug trafficker.

apperently alyson borgesi, aka "alyson corleone", was pretty intricate in her husbands operation, delivering messages etc. that is if we believe "fuck finger lou"

What about Rosemary Uva? or does she only qualify in sticking up mobsters?

While in the US it's one here and one there, in Italy/Sicily it's common. Behind every top mafia man is his woman. They hold onto grudges longer and make sure their husbands/sons/brothers never forget. They groom their sons to take over for their husbands. They don't go on tv and talk about it, they don't talk about it between girlfriends, but it's known.
They will never be made though. In Italy, a woman married to a mafioso is not considered an accomplice and can never be forced to testify. If she would be a made woman and formally inducted into the mafia, the rules change. And when their men go away, it's their women who they rely on to keep the lines of communication open and carry on what's needed. They're more ruthless than the men, believe it.

So not alot of women get swept up in those "mafia association" laws they have over there? Not that i follow things too closely over there but that seems like a pretty vague law, that if they really wanted to squeeze a mobster they could charge his wife with.

"In Italy, a woman married to a mafioso is not considered an accomplice and can never be forced to testify."

Are there any other countries that do that for women married to OC?

Or is that just in Sicily/Italy being the orgin of the mafia?

In Sicily(South Italy Generally) it is common.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Gwb6rzcdBrQ

5:00 womens....


"In Sicily women are more dangerous than shotguns"

You have to have a strong backbone to come from a place like Naples.

Not really. The govt really doesn't have anything to indict them with. Nothing concrete anyway. Not that it matters in Italy. The way their constitution is set up, it's guilty until proven innocent. But just being married or a family member and having contact even with a fugitive doesn't mean you'll be arrested.
The girl I mentioned several posts up, was the sister of a cousin of mine and she had her baby and far as I know, she hasn't been indicted. They just seized her bank accounts, driver's license, passport (so she couldn't flee), etc. They knew she had something to do with running envelopes, etc, in her brother's absence but I guess nothing they thought could be proven.

And it's not like here. They couldn't get anywhere threatening to charge a wife. A woman there would never allow it. She'd go to jail or lay down and take a bullet for her husband or son.