Mafiosi embedded their offices inside legitimate business premises.

Evidence

Ciccio Intile, a prominent boss in the Vicari region, had his base of operations in a room inside his mill, which, like Colletti’s office, was separated by a glass partition from the rest of the premises (VM: 58). Giuseppe Settecasi, for many years the top mafioso in the province of Agrigento, used to receive bis friends and customers in the traditional equivalent of a wine bar (AC: I, 79). — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 822