Rival protectors escalate dealer disputes into gang wars
Evidence
A tangled case of territorial sharing is reported by Antonino Calderone. Under the protection of a local man of honor, a dealer had a monopoly on bulldozer and tractor sales in Bagheria, near Palermo, until a rival dealer, also from Bagheria, went into business in the same area under the protection of rival mafiosi. The ensuing conflict was protracted. When the first dealer sought additional protection from the Carcagnusi, an independent gang from Catania, the second retaliated by recruiting the Catania mafia family, traditional archenemies of the Carcagnusi (AC: II, 355-356). — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 524
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships