Sicilian Mafia - Wikipedia
WEBThe Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra (Italian: [ˈkɔːza ˈnɔstra, ˈkɔːsa-], Sicilian: [ˈkɔːsa ˈnɔʂː(ɽ)a]; "our thing"), also referred to as simply Mafia, is a criminal society originating on the island of Sicily and dates back to the mid-19th century. It is an association of gangs which sell their protection and arbitration services ...
List of Italian Mafia crime families - Wikipedia
WEBThis is a list of Italian organized crime groups around the world. This list does not include all groups, clans or families identified as Cosa Nostra (Mafia crime families). This list does not include all Camorra, 'Ndrangheta or Sacra Corona Unita clans ( "crime families" ).
Sicilian Mafia | History, Families, Leaders, & Facts | Britannica
WEBApr 16, 2024 · Sicilian Mafia, hierarchically structured organization of criminals in Sicily, Italy. The Sicilian Mafia is made up of a coalition of criminal organizations—called “families” or “clans” in English and cosche (singular, cosca) in Italian—which engage in extortion, smuggling, gambling, and the mediation of disagreements between other ...
Origins of the Mafia - Meaning, Location & Sicily | HISTORY
WEBOct 29, 2009 · The Mafia, a network of organized-crime groups based in Italy and America, evolved over centuries in Sicily, an island ruled until the mid-19th century by a long line of foreign invaders....
Organized crime in Italy - Wikipedia
WEBThe best-known Italian organized crime group is the Mafia or Sicilian Mafia (referred to as Cosa Nostra by members). As the original group named " Mafia ", the Sicilian Mafia is the basis for the current colloquial usage of the term to refer to organized crime groups.
Mafia | History, Organization, Boss, Family, & Facts | Britannica
WEBApr 23, 2024 · Mafia, hierarchically structured society of criminals of primarily Italian or Sicilian birth or extraction. The term applies to the traditional criminal organization in Sicily and also to a criminal organization in the United States. Most scholars agree that the Mafia emerged in Sicily in the 19th.
Italian Mafia: 'Ndrangheta members convicted as Italy begins huge …
WEB7 November 2021. Getty Images. Anti-mafia prosecutor Nicola Gratteri has spent 30 years tackling organised crime groups. An Italian court has sentenced 70 members of the powerful mafia...
Italian mafia: How crime families went global - BBC
WEB27 January 2018. By Laurence Peter,BBC News. EPA. Police arrested Carmine Spada (C), alleged boss of a mafia clan, near Rome this month. Italian police have carried out a spate of...
More than 200 mobsters jailed in one of Italy’s biggest mafia
WEBNov 21, 2023 · Rome CNN — An Italian court has sentenced more than 200 crime gang members to a total of 2,200 years in prison, following the country’s largest mafia trial in three decades.
Who is Messina Denaro, Italy’s Mafia boss caught after 30 years?
WEB17 Jan 2023. Italian police on Monday arrested Matteo Messina Denaro, the country’s most wanted Mafia boss, who had spent 30 years on the run. Who is Matteo Messina Denaro? Messina Denaro is...
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