Cosa sono i clan mafiosi?

Cosa sono i clan mafiosi?

Una famiglia o cosca, nel lessico criminale, indica un'aggregazione di elementi criminali che hanno tra loro vincoli o rapporti di affinità, i quali si riconoscono in un capo e si danno una struttura gerarchica per riuscire a controllare tutti gli affari leciti e illeciti della zona dove operano.

What is another name for the Italian Mafia?

• The term is applied informally by the press and public; the criminal organizations themselves have their own terms (e.g. the Sicilian Mafia and Italian-American Mafia refer to their organizations as "Cosa Nostra"; the "Japanese Mafia" calls itself "Yakuza"; and "Russian Mafia" groups often call themselves "Bratva").

What is the origin of the word 'mafiosi'?

• The public's association of the word with the criminal secret society was perhaps inspired by the 1863 play "I mafiusi di la Vicaria" (it) ("The Mafiosi of the Vicaria") by Giuseppe Rizzotto and Gaspare Mosca.

Are the words mafia and mafiusi ever mentioned in the play?

• The words mafia and mafiusi are never mentioned in the play. The play is about a Palermo prison gang with traits similar to the Mafia: a boss, an initiation ritual, and talk of "umirtà" ( omertà or code of silence) and " pizzu " (a codeword for extortion money).

How did Luciano Leggio start the Mafia War?

• Second Mafia War. In the early 1970s, Luciano Leggio was boss of the Corleone clan and a member of the Sicilian Mafia Commission, and he forged a coalition of mafia clans known as the Corleonesi with himself as its leader. He initiated a campaign to dominate Cosa Nostra and its narcotics trade.