The Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra (Italian: [ˈkɔːza ˈnɔstra, ˈkɔːsa -], Sicilian: [ˈkɔːsa ˈnɔʂː (ɽ)a]; "our thing" [3]), also referred to as simply Mafia, is a criminal society and criminal organization …

2024年12月4日 · The Sicilian Mafia is made up of a coalition of criminal organizations—called “families” or “clans” in English and cosche (singular, cosca) in Italian—which engage in …

2009年10月29日 · From this history, the Sicilian Mafia emerged as a collection of criminal clans or families. Did you know? The Sicilian Mafia is one of four major criminal networks currently …

The history of Sicilian Mafia goes back more than a century and a half. Even before that, the island was crawling with bandits. However, the organized Mafia in Sicily began with the …

La Cosa Nostra evolved from the Sicilian Mafia and is one of the foremost organized criminal threats to American society. Translated into English it means “this thing of ours.”

It is a common belief that the Mafia began in Sicily, primarily through the first major rulers and power-hungry groups that occupied the island. The only thing that we know for sure is the …

2023年8月28日 · The Sicilian Mafia, a secret society with a long and storied history, continues to cast its dark shadow over Sicily and beyond. From its origins in 19th-century Sicily to its global …