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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Off shore are the spice islands of Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia, with their white sands, turquoise sea, old palaces, pirate tales, slave trade and rich history.
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Luigi Pascioni,
Auto Mechanic
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In the early 1980’s it was a blood bath, it was the worst spate of Mafia violence in the history of Sicily as over 1000 men were slaughtered in just over 18 months.
The history of organized crime in Philadelphia contradicts the idea of a "Mafia" dominated syndicate at every point.
Mafia, The History of the Mob in America Volume 3.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Organized crime also has a long history in our society, all the mafias as we know have histories even -- several centuries of history, and many of them, like in Italy or in the Chinese [triads] originate in political resistance against the invaders.
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Khalid Binalshibh,
Taxi Driver
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The islands of Zanzibar, Mafia and Pemba - such glorious romantic names; such history and intrigue!
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Mark Harris,
Priest
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Through their Mafia connection, the ceremonies and iconographic representations of the Roman Catholic Church have held a prominent place in the history of film and TV.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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The history of oil and gas exploration in Tanzania falls into three phases, beginning in 1952 when BP and Shell were awarded a concession covering the onshore coastal basins and the islands of Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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The Mediterranean World: History and Enthnography focuses on anarchists in Spain, the Mafia in Sicily, and rural townspeople, workers, and peasants in France, Italy, Greece, and the former Yugoslavia in order to address some of the most important issues that arise in the anthropological study of complex societies.
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Sveta Romanova,
Intelligence Officer
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Mafia experts said the arrests of Peter Gotti and two other relatives appeared to mark the end of one of the most notorious eras in underworld history.
Creating an elaborate history of the Mafia was accomplished by law enforcement officials in the late 1960s.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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Official law enforcement agencies have produced a detailed history of Mafia supremacy in Philadelphia's underworld from Prohibition days to the present.
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