The Commission

The Commission is the representative body of the Sicilian Mafia, where the bosses of every crime syndicate gathered for important conferences, such as during the Five Families War, the Philadelphia War, and the retirement of Michael Corleone in 1979.

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The idea of a united commission for the Italian Mob was founded by Lucky Luciano and Vito Corleone, who interviewed local gang leaders and decided whose gang was going to be spared the mass purge of 1935, the Pacification of New York. Thus created the Five Families of New York City organized crime, while the rest were destroyed. The Commission had representatives from each major family, while weaker organizations like the Pegorino crime family were not enabled to join because of their lack of organization or power. They had a chairman who managed the commission, but were essentially a group of rulers, without a national leader. The Commission were called to settle important matters, such as initiating a Soldier who was not fully-Italian, settling gambling problems, whacking a mob boss, adding a new family, recognizing the succession as a Don, and peace matters. It has been called memorably in 1947 to introduce gambling to Havana, 1951 to end the Five Families War, 1963 for the hit on John F. Kennedy, 1979 for the retirement of Michael Corleone (which resulted in the Atlantic City Massacre, a purge of the old bosses, and 1981 after the murder of Atlantic City boss Angelo Bruno.

The Commission

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