MoneyPurpose – This paper aims to focus on the Sicilian mafia, exploring its evolution and the challenges it poses today for the economy.Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form of a discussion of the issues.Findings – The present situation of Sicilian organised crime is the ...
Mafia - a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia Cosa Nostra, Maffia omerta - a code of silence practiced by the Mafia; a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities crime syndicate, syndicate...
YMCA get volunteer photographers to take snaps of servicemen's families to be sent abroad. ITALY: SICILIAN SOCIAL REFORMER LEADS DEPUTATION TO PARLIAMENT ON ISSUE OF BELICE RIVER DAM SIGNOR DANILO DOLCI, THE SICILIAN SOCIAL REFORMER, TODAY (FRIDAY) LED A DEPUTATION OF SICILIAN TOWN OFFICIALS TO ...
Mafia Support Allied Perceptions of Sicily Aftermath Further Reading At left: U.S. Army Sicily Campaign ribbon Prelude to War Nobody ever commended George Patton for his tact, but he was one of the best "motivational speakers" of his day. The hapless Axis soldiers who found themselves in Sic...
3.oftenmafiaInformalA tightly knit group of trusted associates, as of a political leader:"[He]is one of the personal mafia that[the chancellor]brought with him to Bonn"(Christian Science Monitor). [Italian, back-formation frommafiuso, mafioso,Mafioso; seeMafioso.] ...