| LC control no. | sh 85079564 |
|---|---|
| Topical heading | Mafia |
| Variant(s) | Maffia |
| See also | Organized crime |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on criminal organizations originating in Italy, as well as the Sicilian Mafia. Works on an individual criminal organization are entered under the name heading for the organization. |
| Found in | Web. 3 (Mafia, also Maffia) Random House (Mafia or Maffia) World Book encyclopedia, 2010: v. 13, p. 41 (Mafia; a secret criminal society in Sicily; also used as a general term for any underworld criminal organization) Encyclopedia Americana, 2005: v. 18, p. 75 (Mafia; a name applied to criminal associations in Sicily and organized crime gangs in the United States; the Sicilian Mafia "has always been an alliance of many small, semiautonomous groups") FBI website, viewed on July 19, 2016: what we investigate, organized crime (Mafia; "Italian criminal societies known as the Mafia"; groups include the Sicilian Mafia, Camorra, 'Ndrangheta, and Sacra Corona Unita) |
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