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CONT Oa EU be” SERRE ee - obgervations by police and other witnessea of associative Hes am 10” end ings, apparent similarity in modus operandi on the part of the - | sedan, and the fixing of responsibility 1 for. overt acts appearing as. = 9: wale, held by the Supreme Court of the Kington of Italy tn 1934 to oi of persons permanently bound by common agreement to impose uppR ‘and exploit honest and quiet citizens and to commit c crimes # aguinst, oN £26 property and persons; (15) the Mafia was distin eiaara in Sicily by ita monopoly of the protection racket, domineering pogition over local crime, ferocity, special clannishness and exclusiveness, trgéitions, and interlocking family ties. fete ake a Ret 135. ' pe During World War Il, the Mafia revealed the guauty of : ots es a te domineering over blact:-market operations on the « one hand,: , Migs developed know-how in the fields of racketeering and political sgeures and succeeded in baving adherents elected to the National "pL te "ett . Me ‘ . hee Ae aeKy 5 dey oe a eee? ‘ i] mM. 1 woes . . OL ar cnt “ae