What factors made Southern Italy hotbed of organized crime?

>>3146529
I have NO idea if this is actually true or not, as I've done no real research whatsoever, just traveled a bit and using my anecdotal experiences. With that caveat, I think it's the tightly bound family system. Southern Italy still has a lot of the cultural values of that old Roman Patron/Client familia structure, where you have one central patriarchal figure who trades out influence for support. It means that you can have organized groups that are less likely to sell each other out when the heat is on from the police, as well as an instant organizational structure that can serve the crime family in good stead.

>>3146529
Sicily was still fairly feudal and underdeveloped when Italy annexed it in the 1860's. The result was a transition of power from the wealthy landowners to the govt and private citizens, but at the same time the govt wasn't yet established enough to enforce the laws and transitions, so private groups established themselves to do it instead.

>>3146529
>not the Balkans
How little you know

>implying portugal and especially the balkans aren't hotspots for organized crime.
Not so sure about Greece, but they might have some too

>>3146529
Italians lived there.

>>3146529

all spic/nonwhite societies naturally trend towards mafia style governance, the idea of a "nation state" is a white thing that began in northern europe

>>3146595
France isn't in Northern Europe

>>3146529
Weak government. Once they became stronger and started cracking down on crime, the criminals moved to the US and started the "italian mafia" scene.