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A mafia is an ethnic, family or culture-based organized crime enterprise. Mafia usually refers specifically to: *
Sicilian Mafia The Sicilian Mafia, also simply known as the Mafia and frequently referred to as Cosa nostra (, ; "our thing") by its members, is an Italian Mafia-terrorist-type organized crime syndicate and criminal society originating in the region of Sicily a ...
, the original "Mafia", often referred to simply as "the Mafia" *
American Mafia The American Mafia, commonly referred to in North America as the Italian American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob, is a highly organized Italian American criminal society and organized crime group. The organization is often referred to by its membe ...
, an Italian-American offshoot of the original Sicilian Mafia often referred to simply as "The Mafia" in the United States * Ethnic Italian organized crime in general and organized crime in Italy


Entertainment


Film and television

* ''Mafia'' (1993 film), Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Shaji Kailas * ''Mafia'' (1996 film), Indian Hindi-language film directed by Aziz Sejawal * ''
Mafia! ''Mafia!'', also known as ''Jane Austen's Mafia!'', is a 1998 American crime comedy film directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges (in one of his final films), Olympia Dukakis and Christina Applegate. The film spoofs Francis ...
'', also known as ''Jane Austen's Mafia!'', a 1998 American comedy film * ''Mafia'' (2002 film), Egyptian film * ''Mafia'' (2020 film), Indian Tamil-language film directed by Karthick Naren * ''Mafia'' (TV series), an Indian web series * "Mafia" (''The Office''), the sixth episode of the sixth season of ''The Office''


Games

* Mafia (social deduction game), also known as Werewolf * ''Mafia'' (series), a series of video games by 2K Games ** ''Mafia'' (video game), 2002 video game ** '' Mafia II'', 2010 video game ** ''
Mafia III ''Mafia III'' is a 2016 action-adventure video game developed by Hangar 13 and published by 2K Games. It was released in October 2016 for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, in May 2017 for macOS, and in October 2021 for Google Stadia. It is ...
'', 2016 video game **'' Mafia: Definitive Edition'', 2020 video game * '' Mafia Wars'', a social network game


Music

* La Mafia, a Tejano band * Swedish House Mafia, a Swedish electronic dance music trio *
Lisa Maffia Lisa Maffia (born 16 June 1979) is a British singer-songwriter, musician, rapper, actress, fashion designer, model and presenter, who originally came to the public's attention as the main female member of So Solid Crew. Whilst in So Solid Crew, ...
, British rapper *
B.U.G. Mafia B.U.G. Mafia (an abbreviation for"Bucharest Underground Mafia"), is a Romanian hip hop group from Pantelimon, Bucharest, widely regarded as one of the seminal acts of gangsta rap in Romania. Founded in 1993 as Black Underground, its original line ...
, or simply Mafia, a Romanian rap group ** ''Mafia'' (B.U.G. Mafia album), 1995 * ''Mafia'' (Black Label Society album), 2005 * ''Mafia'' (Fleshgod Apocalypse EP), 2010 * "Mafia" (Jala Brat and Buba Corelli song), 2018 * "Mafia" (Travis Scott song), 2021


Groups and organizations

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Bomber Mafia The Bomber Mafia were a close-knit group of American military men who believed that long-range heavy bomber aircraft in large numbers were able to win a war. The derogatory term "Bomber Mafia" was used before and after World War II by those in t ...
, a group of American military men who believed that long-range heavy bomber aircraft in large numbers were able to win a war *
Fighter Mafia The Fighter Mafia was a controversial group of U.S. Air Force officers and civilian defense analysts who, in the 1960s and 1970s, advocated for fighter design criteria in opposition to those of the design boards of the time. Their assertions include ...
, a group of U.S. Air Force officers and civilian defense analysts who advocated for fighter design criteria in opposition to those of the design boards of the time *
Maffia Maffia (''Maffie'' or ''Mafie'' in Czech) was a secret organization acting during World War I. It was founded after emigration of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk in 1914 by Czech politician Edvard Beneš, who later became second president of Czechoslo ...
, Czechoslovak secret organization acting during World War I *
Berkeley Mafia The Berkeley Mafia was the term given to a group of American-educated economists in Indonesia who were given technocratic positions under the Suharto dictatorship during the late 1960s. They were appointed in the early stages of the New Order adm ...
, a group of Indonesian economists *
Lesbian Sex Mafia The Lesbian Sex Mafia (LSM) is an information and support group for bisexual women and lesbians interested in sexual activities involving BDSM, fetishes, costumes, etc. Founded in 1981 by Jo Arnone and Dorothy Allison, it is located in New York Cit ...
, a New York City group for the support of alternative culture women *
Memphis Mafia The Memphis Mafia was the nickname given by the media to a group of Elvis Presley's friends, associates, employees and cousins whose main functions were to accompany, protect, and serve Presley from the beginning of his career in 1954 until his de ...
, a group of associates of Elvis Presley from 1954 until he died *
Scottish mafia The Scottish mafia, Scottish Labour mafia, tartan mafia, Scottish Raj, or Caledonian mafia was a term used in the politics of England from the mid 1960s, until the collapse in the number of Scottish Labour MPs at the 2015 United Kingdom general ...
, a pejorative term for a group of Scottish politicians supposedly in control of the British government in the recent Labour administrations *
The Main Event Mafia The Main Event Mafia (MEM) was an American professional wrestling stable in the American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Beginning in 2008, the group included former WWF/E wrestler Kurt Angle as leader, four of the former World C ...
(M.E.M.), a professional wrestling stable *
Gay Mafia Anti-LGBT rhetoric comprises themes, catchphrases, and slogans that have been used against homosexuality or other non-heterosexual sexual orientations in order to demean lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. They range from t ...
, or Velvet Mafia, a pejorative term for the amalgamation of gay rights groups in politics and the media *
Kiambu Mafia The Kiambu Mafia is a pejorative term referring to a small group of the Kikuyu people primarily from the then Kiambu District of Kenya (now Kiambu and a portion of Thika District) who benefited financially and politically from Kenya African Natio ...
, people from Kenya's Kiambu District


Other uses

* Mafia Island, part of Tanzania's Zanzibar Archipelago {{Disambig