What are Italian Mafias known as???

Answer 1

Cosa Nostra

Answer 2

Besides the Sicilian Mafia ( Cosa Nostra, as other answerer have already said) there are at least three major criminal syndicates originating from Southern Italy:
1. Camorra: Naples and surrounding areas, Caserta and surrounding area. ( etimology unknown)- a member is then a "camorrista"
2. Ndrangheta: Calabria ( etimology "Andragathia", valour in Greek- well there are some Greek-speaking communities in Calabria and other parts of Italy) -- I don't know the specific name of a single member but a clan is called a "ndrina"
3. Sacra Corona Unita: Puglia -- sometimes they are called "sacristi".

Mafia also has an unclear etimology, probably comes from and Arab words "majhas", "bragging". a mafia member is, obviously, a mafioso.

Answer 3

I'm not sure what answer you're seeking as your question as stated may have many answers. When I was young, the Mafia was also known as The Black Hand. Is that what you were looking for? Or do you want the title of an individual member? That would be Mafioso.

Answer 4

Collectively The Mafiosa. There are several factions originatingh in Sicily where the bandits come from. Thety are also known as Cosa Nostra which means 'Our family'.

The Mafia (also known as Cosa Nostra), is an Italian criminal secret society which first developed in the mid-19th century in Sicily. An offshoot emerged on the East Coast of the United States and in Australia during the late 19th century following waves of Sicilian and Southern Italian emigration (see also Italian diaspora). In America, the Mafia often refers to Italian American organized crime in general, rather than just traditional Sicilian American organized crime. According to historian Paolo Pezzino: "The Mafia is a kind of organized crime being active not only in several illegal fields, but also tending to exercise sovereignty functions – normally belonging to public authorities – over a specific territory..."

Some observers have seen "mafia" as a set of attributes deeply rooted in popular culture, as a "way of being", as illustrated in the definition by the Sicilian ethnographer, Giuseppe Pitrè, at the end of the 19th century: "Mafia is the consciousness of one's own worth, the exaggerated concept of individual force as the sole arbiter of every conflict, of every clash of interests or ideas."

Many Sicilians did not regard these men as criminals but as role models and protectors, given that the state appeared to offer no protection for the poor and weak. As late as the 1950s, the funeral epitaph of the legendary boss of Villalba, Calogero Vizzini, stated that "his 'mafia' was not criminal, but stood for respect of the law, defense of all rights, greatness of character. It was love." Here, "mafia" means something like pride, honor, or even social responsibility: an attitude, not an organization. Likewise, in 1925, the former Italian Prime Minister Vittorio Emanuele Orlando stated in the Italian senate that he was proud of being mafioso, because that word meant honorable, noble, generous

Answer 5

The Sopranos.

Answer 6

Mafia has many names, the first is "to kill" and "panic"......
but it existe in all the worls in many names.......................................
There is only the famous "mafia" We know....................
I'm from Sicily.

Answer 7

families

Answer 8

the mob or called mobsters

Answer 9

I don't know anything, I have not seen anything, I have not said anything.
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Answer 10

cosa nostra (our thing)