Mafia

**Mafia** usa na klase sin organisado na *crime syndicate* na *nagpra-practice* sin protection racketeering  ngan nagamit sin violente na intimidasyun para manipula an lokal na aktibidades pan'ekonomiya, labi na gud *illicit trade*; ngan mga  actibidades sugad san drug-trafficking, loan shark nganfraud. 

An ngaran na Mafia una na gin-apply sa Sicilian Mafia, ngan nag'expand ngan gingaran na sa mga organisasyun na napaerho an mga pamaagi ngan katuyoanan, sugad san; "the Russian Mafia", "the Japanese Mafia", or "the Albanian Mafia". Mafia liwat an ginngaran san mga kriminal na organisasyon na may lugaring na ngaran. (halimbawa, an Sicilian ngan American Mafia gintatawag nira an kalugaringun na "Cosa Nostra", an Mexican Mafia gintatawag na La Eme ngan an "Japanese Mafia" gintatawag na *[[yakuza]]*). An tipikal na "Mafia" amo an  Sicilian Mafia ug an American Mafia.

## International
Mafia-proper can refer to either:
*Sicilian Mafia
*American Mafia
*Russian Mafia (including Chechen mafia)
*Albanian Mafia

### Italy
Other Italian criminal organizations include:
* Camorra, operating in the region of Campania
* 'Ndrangheta in Calabria
* Sacra Corona Unita in Apulia
* Stidda in Sicily

### iba na nasod
*Armenian mafia
*Azeri mafia
*Assyrian mafia
*Bosnian mafia
*Brazilian cartels
*British crime ''firms''
**including Turkish-Cypriot mafia and Pakistani mafia
*Bulgarian mafia
*Canadian Aboriginal organized crime
*Neo-paramilitary criminal gangs, also called BACRIM, in Colombia
*Corsican mafia
*Dixie Mafia
*Dutch ''Penose''
**including Riffian mafia and ''Kajahatan''
*French ''Milieu''
**including ''Caids des Cités''
*Georgian mafia
*Greek mob
*Indo-Canadian organized crime
**including Tamil organized crime
*Irish Mob in Ireland and USA
*Israeli mafia
*Jewish-American organized crime
*Kkangpae
*KKK or Klu Klux Klan
*Mexican cartels
*Mexican Mafia in the USA, also called "La Eme"
*Mitsri Mafia
*Montenegrin mafia
*Nigerian mafia
*Organised crime in India
*Preman
*Pathan mafia
*Sindikato
*Serbian mafia
*Triads
*Turkish mafia
**including Kurdish mafia, Laz mafia and Mhallami mafia
*Yakuza
*Yardies

## References

### Sources
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* Dickie, John (2007). *Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia*, Hodder. ISBN 978-0-340-93526-2
* Gambetta, Diego (1993). *[http://books.google.com/books?id=y3bv3tqWftYC The Sicilian Mafia: The Business of Private Protection]*. London: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-80742-1
* Hess, Henner (1998). *[http://books.google.com/books?id=izNdhCqsh5QC&dq=henner+hess Mafia & Mafiosi: Origin, Power, and Myth]*, London: Hurst & Co Publishers, ISBN 1-85065-500-6
* Paoli, Letizia (2003). *Mafia Brotherhoods: Organized Crime, Italian Style*, Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-515724-9
* Seindal, René (1998). *[http://books.google.com/books?id=kJf-oKqos1YC Mafia: money and politics in Sicily, 1950-1997]*, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, ISBN 87-7289-455-5
* Servadio, Gaia (1976), *Mafioso. A history of the Mafia from its origins to the present day*, London: Secker & Warburg ISBN 0-436-44700-2