Mafia tax collectors leveraged membership to avoid paying taxes
Evidence
Their membership was probably convenient for other mafiosi such as Stefano Bontade who, among other things, were thereby spared having to pay taxes and returned the favor with various forms of protection (SC: IV, 67). — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 414
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
Related
- Mafia tax collection reduced evasion better than the state’s own apparatus (similarity 0.83)
- Mafiosi only produce law and order where it can be monetized as protection (similarity 0.79)
- Theft became permissible within mafia territory once licensed and taxed (similarity 0.78)