Ethnic specificity makes mafia trademarks hard to counterfeit
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- The mafia first appears in official records as an established force (similarity 0.82)
- Mafia affiliation is tied to residence, not portable status or letters. (similarity 0.81)
- Mafia territory is jurisdiction-like but does not coincide with official boundaries (similarity 0.79)
- Entry into the mafia requires inherited skills or psychopathy plus no better options (similarity 0.79)
- Mafia secrecy is functional information control, not just cultural code (similarity 0.79)
- Illegality prevents mafia reputation from detaching from particular owners, blocking firm expansion (similarity 0.78)
- Mafiosi publicly attribute members to neutral territory to mask true affiliations (similarity 0.78)