Fascist policing drove one mafia family into exile in Tunis
Evidence
- The only independent mafia family outside Sicily, according to Calderone, was for a time in Tunis; it consisted of expatriate mafiosi who had fled the fascist police (AC: I, 64-74, 97, 316; Arlacchi 1992: 15-16). This family was mentioned also by Melchiorre Allegra in his 1937 testimony (MA-L’Ora, January 24-25, 1962). — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 1043
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in state enforcement failure — here the fascist state was effective enough to push mafiosi out of Sicily, a rare case of the state outmatching the private-protection market.