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. * . + t - ‘ - rat) tae nh pe The dockside Mafia extorts from the day laborers, Anaking them sh A 1 a aoe, Ae ue Bos % ack" part of their wages to work on the Hocks. It forces acceptance by, She: NO ae who. a 14 merchants who have a percentage contract with the Mafia. In addition, . a 2 16 1kontrolling the docks as it does, the Mafia is able to control omugeling in aad 18 spat of the important port of Palermo. ae (4) The Mafia of the Markets 23 rett =a ae. ee eat us Wok ’ s 1 rs = 24. The so-calied "Mafia of the Markets" is a group of only about a-- 25 2¢hundred Mafiosi who are assisted by a large number of strong-arm men, » eT 3pmiddlemen. They have In this way gained control of almost all of the city's : 3 ye food supply, and have the most lucrative racket of all the Mafia groups. The, a 44 3 control of a few Maftosi over the economic fortunes of thousands of people’! 42can be readily aeen in the fact that Palermo is a city of a half-million people 43 is - Like Mafla groups everywhere, these Palermo groups struggle fo 1 Seconomic supremacy among themselves, leading to gang killings that are. 18 ectacular. There is obserxable among these groups however, lo spite 50 “at 51: 52. 53. 54 55.