2007-02-04 22:27:48 · 8 answers · asked by maia 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
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2007-02-04 22:30:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anarchy99 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The term "Mafia" originated in Sicily and was applied to members of organized crime there. During the immigration in the early 1900's many of there members immigrated to the U.S. and they became the "Black Hand". As more and more Sicilian Mafia members arrived in New York they displaced all the Black Hand and Murder Incorporated members and Organized them into the Five Families of the Mafia. They still maintained there ties to the Sicilian Mafia.....Now adays the term "Mafia" is applied to any Organized Crime gang i.e. The "Russian Mafia", "Chinese Mafia", etc.
2007-02-05 08:46:54 · answer #2 · answered by Tom M 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mother And Father Italian Association.
2007-02-05 06:37:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
MAFIA is just a term referring to the Italian organized crime groups.
2007-02-05 07:33:44 · answer #4 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
short for Mafiso....or La Costa Nostra....also known by such things as the stickers that say "Mafia Staff Car-Keepa U Hands Off"....
2007-02-05 06:32:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As in the criminal Italian organisation that operates through family members and recruits that prove themselves by killing people in a horrible barbaric manner?
2007-02-05 06:31:01 · answer #6 · answered by Frankie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia#Origin_of_the_term_.27mafia.27
2007-02-05 06:34:16 · answer #7 · answered by jc 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-02-05 06:47:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋