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SO COS ON ri no - "Fence it ts evident that the Mofla has a hold on every class of eovirty, In faet, ifig even in the clergy in the form of sponging. This pleaked by sopeertiGedw? heliefe unter tre form of voluntary cheyity, In fhe ericicers y, beeause of tho sbeolute command “fish poene can aefone, isaet of alla servant or a dependent of came pobleman vho hacn't yok abandoned his feudal ways. Proof ofthis ds seen din the pretection and asylum which the great landovners afford the thieves in the country and in the city. They also give them the oppartenity to go through thefr possessions vithont foar of pynishment. The Mefia is scon tn other classes neorpetp enabling vactodey, intrigues, highway robbery, and Ihe qronmy ethee crfpieg vbich have been committed and are still hofue copmep lied in Press provinces, “foam what Thave cata nn fo this point and because of my limited knovledge, I cannot fay v hat the main cenicrs are, To my way of thinking, T would any that they do not exist because of the lack of © an ennrapricte and distin t ore nization, Ty tie flack bet Pe dtbctoc the names of (thee vho, because they ere heporfont avd frope Vin the provinces, cre the greatest obstacle to fiehting and overcoming doo Mafia. ‘In the second Iict, Fwill name the subordinates of the bigwigs upon whom the centers are dependent, whe lomand obedience, and vho atter pt to instill fear in ethers, regardless of whether they do coon their ean reeord or whether they wers instructed to do 50." The Mata Veveribed as Not One but a Number of Associations: 1.0 The "Cosehe” or Asrocistions oe _ wee - (39) Goetano Masea, a etudent of "ia history, bas pointed out that the Mina wes notenc rast association of metefactores with a hierarchy of leaders 0 51 52 53 54 35 56 57 58 4 by rather a numbcr of small autonemous assoctations. Each assoctation was ~ 94 - ~ . ~~