La Cosa Nostra

"La Cosa Nostra" is the name used by the inner circle of the Italian mob to describe their group. It roughly translates to "our thing". This is the name Cocky Robinson used to title his drug-peddling, arms-supply, liquor-selling enterprise that gripped the entire Eastern United States.

The name for Robinson's crime family did not become "La Cosa Nostra" until the Commission rejected his legitimacy as don. "La Cosa Nostra" then became his "thing", his way to prove to the Commission - and perhaps himself - that he was good enough.

Robinson built his empire without the Commission's help or approval. Under their noses he built a massive empire that would've lasted longer than it did, had his own men not betrayed him.