Mafia (disambiguation)

Mafia (disambiguation)

The Sicilian Mafia, is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid 19th century in Sicily.

Mafia may also refer to:

Contents

Criminal organizations

Italy

Other countries

Entertainment

Film and television

  • Mafia!, also known as Jane Austen's Mafia!, a 1998 comedy film
  • "Mafia" (The Office), the sixth episode of the sixth season of "The Office"

Games

Music

Groups and organizations

  • Berkeley Mafia, a group of Indonesian economists
  • Bomber Mafia, a close-knit group of American military men who believed that long range heavy bomber aircraft in large numbers were able to win a war
  • Lesbian Sex Mafia, a New York City group for the support of alternative culture women
  • Memphis Mafia, a group of associates of Elvis Presley from 1954 until he died
  • Scottish mafia, a pejorative term for a group of Scottish politicians supposedly in control of the British Government in the recent Labour administrations

Other uses

  • Gay Mafia, pejorative term used to describe the amalgamation of gay rights groups in politics and the media
  • Kiambu Mafia, referring to people from Kiambu District, Kenya,
  • The Main Event Mafia (M.E.M.), a Professional wrestling stable
  • Mafia Island, part of Tanzania
  • MAFFIA, a pejorative name for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, a UK Government ministry
  • Mafia, misspelling of MAFVA, Miniature Armoured Fighting Vehicle Association

See also

  • Mafic, a geological / mineralogical term

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