Whilst the higher ups presumably have business fronts, surely not everyone has a business to launder money through?
In order to keep their people from moving on they must have to keep money in their pockets though.
Does the average grunt get paid a regular salary by someone? Can they use a bank or do they have to walk around with cash in their pocket all the time?
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They don’t. They pay. The mob is a pyramid scheme for criminals.
The lowest level, called associates in the Italian American mob, run various crimes and scams to make money. They pay a portion of their ill gotten money to a captain. Think of it like a tax. Each mob family usually has a defined territory or area of crime. And if you want to do crime in the mobs territory, you pay the mob for that.
Sometimes for special work, hits, you may as associste get paid by contract. A one time payment for a special
Job done. But if you’re just hijacking trucks, or extorting small business, or running illegal gambling. You will be paying the mob family that runs the territory you’re working in. Good criminals who consistently make money for their bosses are called earners.
Associates belong to crews run by a captain. They all pay the captain, or capo in Italian. The capo then pays up to the boss of the family. Rarely does money trickle back down.
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