====== Mafia ======
A **Mafia** is an organized criminal syndicate. The term is derived from the Italian mafia.



===== Various Mafias =====

==== Italian Mafia ====

=== U.S. Influence ===
Five mafia families that operated in [[New York City]] remain extremely powerful and influential in American and Western society: The [[Bonanno]], [[Colombo]], [[Gambino]], [[Genovese]], and [[Lucchese]] mafia families are sometimes suggested to have close ties to and even control over the U.S. intelligence agencies and mlitary.(([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oVpt_I9iQQ|Documentary: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick]]))


==== Military Mafia ====



==== Pharmafia ====