1. La Mafia Italiana

2. What is la Mafia italiana? Organized crime in Italy. “Families” of criminals. In certain places in Italy. Causes great stress and fear in some societies.

3. La Mafia Italiana Where is la Mafia italiana? Camorra Sacra Corona Unita ‘Ndrangheta Cosa Nostra

4. La Mafia Italiana Cosa Nostra, Sicilia. Structures: Boss Underboss Caporegime Soldiers Advisor Associates

5. La Mafia Italiana How did it start? Modern Italy formed: 1861. Sicily was ignored. Local people took it upon themselves to protect themselves and the Mafia was born.

6. La Mafia Italiana Traditional Mafia 1860s – 1940s. Acted as a police in Sicily. Sense of honour. Familial ties. Poor people. Protected community.

7. La Mafia Italiana Transitional Mafia 1950s and 1960s. Relationship between Mafia and politics. Mafia became richer. Moved into construction.

8. La Mafia Italiana Entrepreneurial Mafia 1970s to today. Became involved in international criminal activity. Heavily involved in drug trafficking. Mafiosi themselves involved in politics. Became richer, more business orientated.

9. La Mafia Italiana Mafia in the 1980s and 1990s A lot more violent; many murders. Bombings outside Sicily; Florence, Rome, Milan. Drug trafficking. Mafia crackdown by police: Giovanni Falcone.

10. La Mafia Italiana Mafia in the new millennium. A lot quieter. They realized that if they weren’t in the public eye that the authorities left them alone. Still active in Sicily and underground activities. Bernardo Provenzano.

11. La Mafia Italiana What do the Mafia do? Pizzo: protection (tax) of Sicilian businesses. Drug trafficking. Smuggling. Construction. Money lending. Refuse collection (Naples). Annual turnover of €6.5 billion.

12. La Mafia Italiana Omertá Code of silence. No-one in Sicily talks about the Mafia because they know and fear that they will be punished. «La miglior parola è quella che non si dice.» Punishable by death.