Mafia

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criminal organization organized crime syndicate secret society

The Mafia is a powerful, hierarchical criminal organization involved in activities such as extortion, racketeering, and illegal trafficking, often depicted in popular culture as an underworld syndicate bound by strict codes of loyalty and secrecy.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Mafia canonical	12
American Mafia	7
American Mafia (in-universe inspiration)	1
Cosa Nostra	1
the Mafia	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	criminal organization ⓘ organized crime syndicate ⓘ secret society ⓘ
conflictsWith	law enforcement agencies ⓘ
engagesIn	arms trafficking ⓘ bribery ⓘ counterfeiting ⓘ drug trafficking ⓘ extortion ⓘ fraud ⓘ illegal gambling ⓘ kidnapping ⓘ labor racketeering ⓘ loan sharking ⓘ money laundering ⓘ murder for hire ⓘ political corruption ⓘ protection rackets ⓘ racketeering ⓘ smuggling ⓘ
goal	financial gain ⓘ power ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	code of loyalty ⓘ code of silence ⓘ family-based structure ⓘ hierarchical structure ⓘ use of violence ⓘ
hasConcept	omertà ⓘ
hasReputationFor	brutality ⓘ control of territories ⓘ influence over business ⓘ influence over politics ⓘ
hasStructure	associate ⓘ boss ⓘ caporegime ⓘ consigliere ⓘ soldier ⓘ underboss ⓘ
isAssociatedWith	organized crime culture ⓘ
isBoundBy	loyalty to the organization ⓘ secrecy ⓘ
isDepictedAs	crime family network ⓘ underworld organization ⓘ
isDepictedIn	films ⓘ novels ⓘ television series ⓘ video games ⓘ
omertàIs	code of silence ⓘ
operatesAs	underworld syndicate ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Buddy Israel → affiliation → Mafia ⓘ

Buddy Israel → conflictWith → Mafia ⓘ

Spangled Mob → basedOn → Mafia ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Mafia (in-universe inspiration)

I Heard You Paint Houses → mainSubject → Mafia ⓘ