The Stuppagghiari was an early predecessor of the
Sicilian Mafia. A 19th-century organized-crime group based in
Monreale, near
Palermo in
Sicily
(man) it, Siciliana (woman)
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, its initiation rite was one of the first such rites described to an outside audience.
[Gambetta, Diego. ''The Sicilian Mafia: The Business of Private Protection'' p. 262.]
References
Sicilian Mafia
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