it owns most government top official by paying them off
Members of Rome's richest and most important families are referred to as the Mafia. The Mafia originated in the country of Italy.
there's been close ties with mafia(especially in italy) and elected officials but NO the mafia is not the government.
Although the Mafia is thought of as a Italian organization, it is more correctly associated with Siicily. The organization itself does not refer to itself as the mafia but as the Cosa Nostra- approximately translated as "Our thing" in English.
Mostly In Sicilly.
The new areas of Italy are open the past 3 days or so
Under the property tab while in Italy
Mafia stands for Death to French is Italy's Cry.
do jobs in Italy
Investigative Reports - 1991 The Mafia in Italy - 2.8 was released on: USA: 4 December 1992
Industrialization in southern Italy has been hampered because of the criminal groups known as the mafia. The Mafia was created in the mid 1800's.
the global mafia's are from different places, for example there is not just one Italian mafia for the whole country of Italy, but there are different mafia's, for example the sicilian mafia based on the island of Siciliy. there are also a Russian mafia called Russkaya Mafiya, so groups similar to the mafia turn up and label themselves the mafia of the country or area. JK
The Catholic Church as never been known as the Mafia. Howerver, most members of the Mafia in Italy are, at least nominally, Catholics.