Protection extends only within the mafioso’s own territorial domain.

Evidence

On one occasion Colletti acted as intermediary for the recruitment of woodcutters (just as others of his kind helped the film director recruit extras). “Why,” Cassina was asked, “did you contact Colletti?” The prosecutor’s question implied that while Colletti was a former cart driver and the owner of an olive mill and an automobile dealership, he had nothing to do with woodcutting. Cassina replied: “When you open a site in an area which is far away from the main base of the firm, it is natural for those responsible for the site to rely on locals who show they can solve various problems as they emerge. Colletti was the first person the firm’s engineers contacted when they arrived in Ribera” (OSAG Arnone: 149, 151). … The contract between Colletti and the construction firm covered a finite period. As soon as the operation moved outside Ribera’s borders, it was terminated (pp. 151-152). — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 429

Categorization

• XREF: This confirms Gambetta’s core territorial-scope point and gives narrative flesh to Milgrom’s observation that private judges’ authority is spatially bounded. Connects to the reader’s book on private judges and Champagne Fairs.
• DEFINE: Delimits the boundary condition of private protection: the mafioso’s guarantee is geographically finite, not fungible.