In order for an Italian crew to be labeled as “mafia†or “mafia-associated†it needs to follow a specific set of rituals, rules and structures that were created over a century ago. It needs to belong to the same ethnic-criminal-subculture with a shared history and traditions...including those quasi-mystic esoteric/Masonic ones. It also needs to be accepted and officially being put “on the record†by the an actual Mafia family.
Being Italian and commiting crimes (no matter the profits) shouldn’t automatically categorize a group as “Mafiaâ€.
Just like two guys (or two hundreds) selling burgers doesn’t automatically make them part of the McDonald’s’ franchise.
Normies may use the term “mafia†to describe any criminal conspiracy but, as other poster rightfully stated, it should only be reserved to describe North-western Sicilian OC and its splinter groups worldwide.
Saying stuff like “Greek Mafia†or “Jamaican Mafia†to describe ethnic Greek, Jamaican, etc... underworld is as laughable as saying “Sicilian Yakuza†to describe Palermo’s vice scene.
