The mafia [...] has long served as a model for organized crime. It follows that this substantial uniformity of organizational structure allows the term mafia to be used in a broad sense for all major criminal organizations.
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From an article published by Micromega, n. 3, Jan-Sept 1992; quoted in Alberto De Bernardi, Scipione Guarracino, La conoscenza storica: fonti e storiografia, vol. 3, Edizioni Scolastiche Bruno Mondadori, 2000, p. 507. ISBN 88-424-4472-3