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How well do you know your mob bosses and gangsters? Take our organized crime quiz.

06/12/2013 1:06 pm ET Crime groups including the Mafia have long provoked both fear and fascination. Sometimes mob bosses have risen to wield extraordinary power 鈥� seemingly out of reach of the law 鈥� in cities in the US and beyond. And often they fall just as spectacularly. Here's a quiz that will test (and elevate) your street smarts in the world of "wise guys."