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1999
Scholars dispute the origins of the word mafia although it is generally thought to have entered the Italian language during the Arab occupation of Sicily in the ninth century AD. It may be derived from ma afir, the name of an Islamic tribe which dominated Palermo in the period.
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Scholars dispute the origins of the word mafia although it is generally thought to have entered the Italian language during the Arab occupation of Sicily in the ninth century AD. It may be derived from ma afir, the name of an Islamic tribe which dominated Palermo in the period.
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Suggestions from the Antimafia Struggle in Sicily
Anthropological Quarterly, 2002Although not ideologically driven, the Sicilian mafia is a secretive organization whose "families" nurture violence. Moreover, after the breakup of the French Connection, in the context of Sicily's becoming a crossroads of global narcotics trafficking, this violence turned terroristic, with a rising toll of assassinations and increasing resort to ...
Jane Schneider, Peter Schneider
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Mafia and antimafia: a brief history
Global Crime, 2016The definition of organised crime has been a long controversial issue among social scientists. On the one hand, criminal organisations cover a wide range of topics, as they range from economy to po...
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Antimafia efforts in Italy, 1992–1997
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 1998The Mafia murders of judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, Falcone's wife, and eight bodyguards in Palermo in 1992 occurred within an institutional vacuum, when the new antimafia police and judicial services created six months previously were barely functional.
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The shared boundary: Sicilian mafia and antimafia land
Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 2020Theodoros Rakopoulos
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