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The impact of organized crime is generally regarded as a global phenomenon, and the Italian Mafia in the United States is seen as having connections to other ethnic criminal organizations operating within the United States (including Asian gangs, Russian Mafiya, Albanian Organized Crime, Biker Gangs, etc.), to their counterparts in Sicily and southern Italy, as well as to other international criminal organizations including stolen car rings and drug cartels abroad.
The Gambino Crime Family has been connected to narcotics trafficking, labor racketteering, counterfeiting, loansharking and extortion, gambling, and automobile theft among other criminal operations that bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in profit each year, in addition to many legitimate enterprises over which they exercise control.
Law enforcement estimates that the Gambino family consists of approximately 200 members, and perhaps 800 associates, and operates in all five boroughs of New York City, and throughout the country especially in Hartford, Connecticut, Atlantic City and Newark, in New Jersey, Miami, Florida, Atlanta, GeorgiaThis article is about the state capital of Georgia. For other things named Atlanta, please see Atlanta (disambiguation). skyline Atlanta is the capital and largest city of the state of Georgia, a state of the United States of America. It is the county sea, San Francisco, CaliforniaFor other meanings, see San Francisco (disambiguation). Bay Bridge. In the distance is fog covering the western third of the city. Click for additional information The City and County of San Francisco (population 776,773), the fourth-largest city in the s, Los Angeles, CaliforniaThis article is about the city in California. For other uses of 'Los Angeles' see Los Angeles (disambiguation The City of Los Angeles widely known by its abbreviation L. is a large coastal metropolis in Southern California in the western United States., Las Vegas, NevadaAlternate meanings: Las Vegas (disambiguation). Highway 93 Interstate 215 Las Vegas is the largest city in Nevada and a major tourist destination. At the 2000 census, the city had a population of 478,434 making it the largest city in the state of Nevada., Baltimore, MarylandThis article is about the city in the US state of Maryland. For other meanings of the word "Baltimore", please see: Baltimore (disambiguation Baltimore is an independent city located in the U. State of Maryland. As of July 1, 2002, the population is 638,6.
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