Gaining entry into the drug trade could itself be a fatal act

Evidence

Vincenzo Sinagra says that he and his cousin were politely asked to stay out of the drug trade because there was a war on and “we had to stay put, police the territories, and police our skins.” More unfortunate was the fate of two unemployed ex-smugglers who were killed just for asking to be allowed to join the trade (VS: I, 199). — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 641