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Nonsense. The 1960s through 80s were when mafia awareness skyrocketed.

In terms of pop culture, The Godfather came out in the 1970s!

Anyway, Joseph Valachi and others turning states witness in the 60s broke down much of the secrecy. The RICO act was enacted in 1970 primarily to go after the mafia and led to numerous prosecutions over the next 20 years. If you lived in a large city you were aware of what was going on, and if not you heard about it on the evening news.

> Mafia was a very secretive organization.

The organizational structure and operations may have been secretive obviously but obviously they couldn't operate a large business if they were completely a secret.

Allegations that the 1960 presidential election was rigged by the mob were made at the time.