Mafia

Mafia is a term uised tae descriev certain faimily- or culturally-based organisit crime enterprises. The best kent o thaim, an the oreeginator o the term, is the Sicilian Mafia, a criminal syndicate that cam aboot in the mid 19t yeirhunner in Sicily, Italy. Accordin tae the classic definition, the Mafia is a criminal organisation oreeginatin in Sicily. The American Mafia arose frae Sicilians Mafia members immigratin tae the Unitit States durin the late nineteent yeirhunner, follaein waves o Italian emigration. Thay carriet on the criminal tradeetion an structur o thair Sicilian coonterpairts, but evolved intae a pan-Italian group.

Thare wur seemlir affshuits in Canadae amang Italian Canadians. The same haes been claimt o organisit crime amang Italians in Australie. Housomeivver, the term "mafia" haes become a generic term for ony structured organisit crime group.

Creeminal organisations

Italy

• Camorra, a Mafia-teep creeminal organisation, or secret society, oreeginatin in the region o Campanie
• 'Ndrangheta in Calabrie
• Sacra Corona Unita in Apulie
• Stidda in Sicily

Ither kintras

• Albanie mafia
• American Mafia
• Black Mafia Family in the USA
• Bosnie mafia
• Bulgarie mafia
• Chaldean mafia
• Chechen mafia
• Croatie mafia
• Dixie Mafia in the soothren USA
• Indie mafia in Indie
• Erse Mob in the USA
• Jewish mafia
• Kkangpae, kent as Gundal/Jopok, in Sooth Korea
• La Mafia, Mexican drog cairtels
• Macedonie mafia
• Mexican Mafia in the USA
• Mungiki in Kenyae
• Pashtun mafia in Afghanistan
• Pols mob
• Romanie mafia
• Roushie mafia (Organizatsiya) in Roushie
• Serbie mafia
• Triad (unnergrund society) in Cheenae
• Unione Corse in Corsicae (Fraunce)
• Yakuza in Japan