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Mafia Monograph — Part 1

70 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Mafia Monograph · 46 pages OCR'd
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7 The "guardians" were allegedly a set of rogues and parasites who 4 fojlowed the custom of their masters in giving hospitality to roaming brigands, a te ° 10 ce | aminstructed| them to commit crimes against their enemies, The "guardians" 12 anftex collectors, according to this account, increased each year the amount wi Bheld for thelr personal use from the taxes they collected from the peasants, ons 18 These possible ancestors of the Mafiosi (as Mafia adherents are joss - 7 erafed) are sold to have joined forces with "guardians" of neighboring estates insgriminal ventures. In order to protect their interests they followed the evsgom of their Spanish masters, using a type of inquisition to dispose of ‘ : ‘ reanious persants, The nobles are said to have often favored the use of this - . : ap M syigem | | 3i The majority 0% theories concerning the rise of the Mafia attribute its. | origin to the untrustworthy system of law enforcement which prevailed under the - Bgfebon tangs (A.D. 173 5-188) _ 1° (1) Diserfer In the Early 19th Century i A number of cempliceted circumstances were involved in the confusion artBlawlessness that prevailed Ja Fictly in the late 1%th and early 19th centuries, Ag part of the "'Minedom of the Two Cicilics" (incline the southern portion of 1S a ~ e
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