There is actually an article called:"The Mala Vita Society" Counterpart to the Mafia in Southern Italy that says it exists in Apulia's Adriatic Provinces
I only have it in a series of 6 screen shots.May have originally been in the NY Times.Not sure where I have it from .Its very detailed of this secret society
The way that this article started was that the Mafia exists in Apulia as a Secret Society "Mala Vita"
Say it was discoverred in 1889 and had been terrorizing the Apulian Adriatic provinces for 9 years.
That recently the government had rounded up 179 of them who were on trial in Bari
Wish I could get the link to it or send the screen shots
