The document summarizes John Gotti, who became the boss of the Gambino crime family in 1985. As boss, Gotti engaged in illegal activities like racketeering, hijacking trucks, heroin dealing, and extortion to generate large sums of money. However, Gotti's flaunting of criminal activity and failure to properly cover his tracks led to his downfall, as he was convicted of numerous charges including murder and sentenced to life in prison, where he died.

1. John Gotti.
The mobster with an entrepreneur-
esque outlook.
Chaney Miller – Period 5 Econ (Gluck)

2. Background: The Gambino Family
 Active years: 1916 – present
 Territory: New York City
and New Jersey.
 Ethnicity: Italian
 Part of: La Cosa Nostra
 December 16th, 1985: John
Gotti appointed Boss of this
crime family.

3. John Gotti – “The Dapper Don”
 Born October 27th, 1940
in Brooklyn, NY.
 Started hijacking trucks at
an early age in order to
work his way into crime
family.
 Eventually earned the
respect and paid his
“dues” to become the
Boss of the Gambino
Family of La Cosa Nostra
(mafia).

4. Line of Work
•Gotti’s focuses included:  Racketeering: the act
of demanding money
from a business in
exchange for
“protection” by
members of the crime
family
 Hijacking trucks
 Heroin dealings
 Other forms of extortion
as well as gambling

6. Tactics of his “Economic Policy”
 All methods to protect his position in crime
family and maintain the income of large sums of
money:
 Murder those who came in the way of his fortune and
fame
 Threaten those who almost come in the way
 Abuse/beat those who potentially could consider
possibly coming in the way
Basically, take all means (primarily of immoral and illegal
grounds) to protect his money and Boss position in the
Gambino crime family.

8. Downfall
 Flaunting his illegal activity and not taking
necessary “cover up” precautions
eventually led to his downfall
 Gotti was charged with: murder, conspiracy to
commit murder, loansharking, racketeering,
obstruction of justice, illegal gambling, and tax
evasion
 His penalty was life imprisonment and he died
while serving this sentence.

10. Image links:
 In order of appearance:
 http://z.about.com/d/crime/1/0/a/c/gambino_carlo2.jpg
 http://www.fact‐archive.com/encyclopedia/upload/8/8a/John_Gotti.jpg
 http://www.lacndb.com/php/America/John%20Gotti%20and%20Junior%20Gotti
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 http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2009/01/09/gotti2_wideweb__470x360,0.jpg
 www.newcriminologist.com/ uploads/gott12.jpg