re: Which country has the scariest Mafia?

Scariest is an odd word to categorize organized crime groups.

They all deal in death

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Which country has the scariest Mafia?

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The correct answer is Mexico

Where else is the news reporting school children being rounded up for slaughter or bodies being dissolved in barrels?

ISIS = Muslim Mafia

Mexican cartels are shitty, but move down the social standing ladder and you can find worse in Central America

the gangs of Guatemala and El Salvador make Mexican outfits look tame

the biggest difference is that Mexico has basically been in a civil war for a while now, so it's not really "gang activity" anymore

do the russians ever whack people in the US? everyone says they're the "baddest' but you still hear more about la cosa nostra.

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Italy, where the Mafia was born.

They run the country.

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probably the least scary mafia. They are less into torture.

I'm just trying to make sense of this 'scariest' premise. The end result is death for the most part if you are going to tangle with these groups.

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i think they're even scared of the police

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I don't think you can be scared of the police in this business. It's a big part of it and everyone knows this going in.



Yea I think a lot of people trust movies too much with this topic

Yea. Plenty of groups, historically, contract hits to other groups. Easier to conceal where it came from.

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but you still hear more about la cosa nostra.

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Right now, the American(american-italian) mafia is 'back to the caves'.

RICO was a big uppercut to them. No doubt in my mind though that they will be back front stage and center in the future.

Fwiw, it's just Cosa Nostra

in Japan it's more like 2 economies. you are either above ground or black market

if you want to participate in the black market, you can't go "above ground"

if you want to participate in the above ground economy, the yakuza leaves you alone

i have to go look but joe rogan has had guys from japan on talking about this very topic. they even have funny stories about how joe wasn't allowed to work out in normal gyms if he showed his tats (b/c that's a major yakuza symbol and normal people would just leave)

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One does not frick with a Russian

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Paulie and Christopher did and nobody did jack shite to him.

That guy was just a shitty interior decorator, though.