What do/did the sicilian mafia do then? Sup tea and plough farms?
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Mob Wars: La Costra Nostra
Sicilian Mafia
The Mafia (also known as Cosa Nostra) is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering. Each group, known as a "family", "clan", or "cosca", claims sovereignty over a territory in which it operates its rackets – usually a town or village or a neighbourhood (borgata) of a larger city. Its members call themselves "men of honor", although the public often refers to them as "mafiosi".
According to the classic definition, the Mafia is a criminality originating in Sicily - i.e. Cosa Nostra.[1] However, the term "mafia" has become a generic term for any organized criminal network with similar structure, methods, and interests.
war/wôr/
Noun:
A state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state.
Verb:
Engage in a war.
Synonyms:
noun. warfare - battle - fight - struggle - combat - strife
verb. fight - combat - battle - make war
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