Mafia and mafia in Lithuania

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• MAFIA in Lithuania
Where the word MAFIA was originated
Where the word MAFIA was originated
By whom the word MAFIA was originated
• “MAFIUSU”
• MAFIA
• Playwright, Gaspare Mosca, and the actor Giuseppe Rizzotto created a play called “I mafiusi di la vicaria di Palermo“
• Now, the word MAFIA is used almost everywhere where organized crime is, even though other crime organizations has no connection with Italy.
How MAFIA was started
• In the 19th century, the European feudal system finally collapsed in Sicily. With no real government or functioning authority of any kind, the island quickly descended into lawlessness. Certain landowners and other powerful men began to build reputations and eventually came to be seen as local leaders. They were known as capos. The capos used their power to extract tributes from farmers under their authority (much like the feudal lords before them). Their authority was enforced through the threat of violence. Their criminal activities were never reported, even by the victims, because of the fear of reprisal. This was the beginning of the Sicilian Mafia.
MAFIA jargons
• La Cosa Nostra - The term cosa nostra, which is sometimes translated from Italian to mean "our thing," originally referred to the general lifestyle of organized criminals in Sicily. When the Mafia moved to the United States, FBI agents listening in on wiretaps heard the term. They began using the term La Cosa Nostra (which is grammatically incorrect) to refer to the Mafia. In time, La Cosa Nostra referred specifically to American Mafioso, differentiating them from "old world" mobsters.
• Omerta - Omerta is the Mafia code of silence.
• Made man - This...

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