Criminal organizations everywhere have spread their tentacles into all walks of life: the Mafia in Italy and in the United States, where it is also called the Cosa Nostra; the drug cartels in South America; the Triads of China; the yakuza in Japan.
मौन की संहिता — इतालवी में, ओमॆर्ता — ने संघटित अपराध को कई सालों तक अधिकांशतः भूमिगत रखा ।