Complex sentence: In the early 1980s the mafia started recruiting members offering $1,000 for joining by 1984 they had more than 30 members in their family by 1986 they started building their empire by buying $20 million worth of coke from the Colombian Cartel known as Cali Cartel.
Split into simpler sentences: In the early 1980s, the mafia started recruiting members offering $1,000 for joining. Bb 1986 they started building their empire by buying $20 million worth of coke from the Colombian cartel known as Cali Cartel.