... the extent to which the Sinaloa Cartel, the most prominent Mexican drug syndicate, has the characteristics of a mafia. The study uses Paoli’s 2020 mafia framework, which identifies seven typifying characteristics of mafias, such as the Sicilian Cosa Nostra or the Japanese Yakuza. It relies on a broad...

...://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract This paper wishes to explore some characteristics of the relevant interconnections between mafias/mafiosi and masonic lodges/masons...

... by Cavallaro et al. (2020) from a pre-trial detention order from the Court of Messina’s preliminary investigation judge in 2007, a result of the anti-mafia ‘Montagna operation’ conducted by the Special Operations Unit of the Italian Police. The network is comprised of mafia members and mafia-affiliated...

... approach to crime. The argument is based on the Italian Mafia’s infiltration of legitimate businesses. The focus is on the power dimension of this infiltration. I begin by emphasising how the traditional branch of crime economics is unable to correctly address this issue. I then use the tools provided...

... organizations constantly face challenges that threaten their existence. This paper discusses the effects that state repression and state transformation have on criminal organizations and how such organizations respond. We focus on the case of the Russian mafia, known as the vory-v-zakone. We identify...

..., and crucially the Mafia was much more likely to spread to municipalities with more severe drought in 1893 as well. This relationship is robust to controlling for various determinants of the Fasci movement, other potential causes of the Mafia (such as its previous strength in the area, the presence of sulphur...

... reconstructs the internal structure of the organization. The last section draws the main conclusions. The competing view maintains that mafias are highly localized and stationary. Peter Reuter, while discussing US ‘illegal enterprises’ (of which mafias are a subset), notes that they tend to be ‘local in scope...

... a magpie has a parasitized replacement clutch, which implies no further opportunity to lay additional replacement clutches in the case of depredation, it is predicted by the mafia hypothesis that the magpie should not eject a cuckoo egg (even in the case of recognition) and should try to rear some of its...

... hypothesis evolutionary‐lag hypothesis Mafia hypothesis Pica pica. Commission of the European Communities SC* CT92‐0772 Literature Cited. Arias de Reyna , L. , P. Recuerda , J. Trujillo , M. Corvillo , and A. Cruz . 1987 . Territory in the great spotted cuckoo...

...When the convict code collapsed, prison gangs, such as the Aryan Brotherhood, Mexican Mafia, and Nuestra Familia, rose to fill the gap and to provide governance and to promote exchange of contraband in the underground economy. Gangs create order in the inmate social system. This chapter examines...

... resources. In addition to the Union of Participants in Armed Struggle, his lifetime achievement became the aforementioned “Świt” construction corps. The chapter considers the concept of Mafia clientelism. Wiślicz's strategy invariably depended on maneuvering between the law that he nominally represented...

...Table 3. Mafia Filtering of Regional Drug and Arms Traffics Drug traffic Arms traffic Kosovo South Ossetia Kosovo South Ossetia Regional opportunity Yes Yes Yes Yes Mafia capacity Yes No Yes Yes Mafia...

...This chapter examines a filone of mafia films that proliferated in Italy between 1972 and 1974, and analyses how they inherit, recycle and perpetuate a number of pre-existing popular myths that frame the mafia as a repository for elegiac nostalgia. Transatlantic myths that crystallised...

...This chapter emphasizes that Guadalupe had historically produced street gang members, several of whom during their incarceration had become involved with the Arizona Mexican Mafia. Its street gang culture appears to belong to a particular generation whose members are in their thirties and forties...

... organized crime remains an understudied topic. This chapter introduces the numerous myths that arose in the late 1990s about a ruthless, hierarchically structured and ethnically homogenous Albanian Mafia that was quickly taking control over foreign territories. It also elaborates on the research methods...

..., maintain order, and survive in hostile environments. The dynamic between the Albanian codes of honor, secrecy, and violence lies at the heart of this analysis. Albanian organized crime “Albanian mafia” besa word of honor Broken April Kadare decapitations drive by shootings FBI Federal Bureau...

...The concluding chapter of this book elaborates on the alleged threat posed by Albanian organized crime groups to both Balkan and Western societies. It summarizes the main findings of the book and it attempts to demystify the term “Albanian Mafia.” It reminds readers that the power of politically...

...This chapter discusses the demand of Harry J. Anslinger, then director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN), to deport the mafia bosses who administered the island's casinos, asserting that they were directly responsible for importing drugs from Cuba to the United States. Fidel Castro...

...The chapter presents a comparison between the Sicilian Mafia and the Colombian paramilitary. The Mafia in Italy was born when the feudal system collapsed. An emerging class of land lords used private security groups to defend themselves.From its origin, the Mafiosi counted on the complicity...

... original street crew neighborhoods. The chapter reviews the history of organized crime in each of these street crew neighborhoods and offers a sociological explanation for their emergence in conformance with social organizational theories of crime. It argues that Mafia traditions had no bearing...