Polish Syndicates (North America)

Polish Syndicates (red - known, pink - possible)

The Polish Syndicates are ethnic crime syndicates in North America.

Background

When magic returned to the world with a vengeance in the Awakening, the La Cosa Nostra took advantage of the chaos and opened its doors to the smaller criminal outfits. Most of the Polish-American syndicates joined the new multi-ethnic Mafia. They were either absorbed into one of the 12 major families or became one of the 100+ minor families and associated groups. One Polish crime family became one of the 12 major families, the Kozlowski Family.

Trivia

By the late 20th century the Polish Mob which was a player during Prohibition but never reached anywhere near the level of wealth or power of the Irish, Jewish, or Italian mobs barely had a presence in the underworld. There are or were two small Polish organized crime outfits (the size of third-tier gangs) in New York City and Philadelphia at the start of the 20th century, both of whom are affiliated with the Italian families..

Index

• o05084094Underworld Sourcebook, 28, 73, 89
• o94379615Target: Smuggler Havens, 16-17

Polish Mafia in the Real World

• Wikipedia: Polish-American Organized Crime