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COA AW Ew me” sentencing of over 1, 200 persons to terms ranging from a few months to life. SO ee Meda actlvity was femd to be concontrated in the Palermo area and the wa pern rertion of the fetand, thouch it had alse spread to the southernmost 15 ting y the Holisn perinsula, referre’ toes Calebria. Charges -cainst the ‘17 MbSiosi included, inthe main, controtied extortion practiced for many ysis, “handing torether fer criminal purposes, " and substantive crimes 94 si) asomurder, Ulaekmall, accent!) rabhery, endtheft. Mass trials as o4 aggsult of additional roendupe ef Mofiest were held In 1935, and again 26 ine E937. Later events ware to revel, however, that the Mafia had 7 e§pviver the wholesale attack agotoot it by the Haljan authorities, It résived Curing Vorld Wer Tp with the resitfency of an established 33 igkitutier and resumed its deadly end] nefarious activitles. 35 | 3 Information from 1¢th Century observers supplemented by 928, Ceveloped by Ttaltan avthorttte (in the 1920's and 1930's revealed adgural pheromenon corpriaire a tv aditional protection racket on the 4y if de estetes; QO) rather thon composing a compact, centrally organized ey ety, the Mafia was loosely comrounded of local gangs operating under 51 52 5 - - 35 | vill 56 97 58 59 pe ee ae ee ee vt