About the mafia

Italian Mafia has a history of 100 years. It is the largest, most influential, most closely organized and notorious underworld organization in the world. Italians call it "Maffia"

The early "Maffia" was a gang organization composed of sub-lessors of feudal land and their thugs. They used weapons to treat serfs cruelly and killed people like hemp. After entering the19th century, this "Maffia" who advocated violence from the beginning quickly turned into a violent criminal group, engaging in extortion and committing all kinds of evils.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Italian mafia has developed into a huge underworld organization, forming a mafia family linked by blood relationship. They constantly expand their influence and set foot in all walks of life. In order to achieve the evil purpose of plunder and occupation, looting, burning and killing, fighting, kidnapping, shooting and other activities were carried out on a large scale, and gradually one or more mafia gangs whose industries were monopolized by several families were formed. The gang is well-organized, hierarchical, with a clear division of labor, unwritten rules and unique argot and slang. On this basis, various gangs have also set up higher-level committees, which they call "honor clubs" to solve the contradictions between gangs.

The monopoly of the industry gradually extended the mafia's sphere of influence to cities and began to contact with the upper bureaucracy. In order to find their associates, they planted henchmen in key government departments. During the election, they even used bribery and violence to monopolize regional votes, manipulate the situation and elect cronies to power. Although there is no clear political program, the mafia often embraces some politicians and their political groups with its strong economic strength and a large number of fugitives.

Not only that, the mafia has also strengthened its penetration into the legitimate economy. They invest heavily in industries that can make huge profits, hide illegal sources and may dominate the market. In this way, after money laundering, illegally obtained money enters legal enterprises and reappears in the form of goods and services.

Before World War II, during Mussolini's coming to power, he suppressed the Italian mafia in an extremely cruel and bloody way, which made its powerful power almost disappear, but it also unexpectedly promoted the development of the Italian mafia overseas, especially in the United States.

With the influx of immigrants into the Sicilian mafia in the United States, while setting foot on this land, it also brought a set of "effective" organizational systems and rules of action in Italy here. In addition, the prohibition of alcohol passed by the US Congress in 1920 gave the American underworld organizations unprecedented opportunities for development. They took the opportunity to produce and sell bootleg liquor and accumulated a lot of money. Therefore, the Sicilian mafia has a closer relationship with the American mafia.

During World War II, the Allies used the relationship between the United States and the Italian Mafia to successfully land in Sicily, and soon liberated Italy, and the Mafia also got a chance to revive.

After World War II, mafia activities became more rampant, and they brought evil to every corner of Italy. However, the good times did not last long. Due to the contradiction between the old mafia and the new mafia, fierce fires frequently occur, and the bodies of mafia members and innocent people fly on the streets. In the 1970s, the neo-mafia finally gained the upper hand, began to engage in drug smuggling, and gradually joined hands with mafia in other countries to carry out illegal activities. These aroused the strong dissatisfaction of the Italian government and people. The mafia brutally killed some policemen and government officials, and an unprecedented anti-mafia wave was launched on a large scale throughout Italy.

At present, although the Italian mafia has not been completely eliminated, it has been hit hard and their arrogance is no longer so arrogant.

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