Editing Gang (section)

===Mafia===
One of the most infamous criminal gangs are [[Mafias]], whose activities include racketeering and overseeing illicit agreements.<ref>Gambetta, Diego (2009). Codes of the Underworld: How Criminals Communicate. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691119373: ''"The mafia's principal activities are settling disputes among other criminals, protecting them against each other's cheating, and organizing and overseeing illicit agreements, often involving many agents, such as illicit cartel agreements in otherwise legal industries. Mafia-like groups offer a solution of sorts to the trust problem by playing the role of a government for the underworld and supplying protection to people involved in illegal markets ordeals. They may play that role poorly, sometimes veering toward extortion rather than genuine protection, but they do play it."''</ref> These include the Sicilian [[Sicilian Mafia|Cosa Nostra]] and the [[American Mafia|Italian–American Mafia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carpenoctem.tv/mafia/mafia.html |title=Introduction to the Mafia |work=source <!-- |access-date=2009 --> |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102151111/http://www.carpenoctem.tv/mafia/mafia.html |archive-date=2016-01-02 }}</ref> The Neapolitan [[Camorra]], the Calabrian [['Ndrangheta]] and the Apulian [[Sacra Corona Unita]] are similar [[Italy|Italian]] organized gangs. Outside of Italy, the [[Irish Mob]], Japanese [[yakuza]], Chinese [[triad (organized crime)|triads]], British [[British firms (organised crime)|firms]], and Russian [[Bratva]] are also examples.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heuni.fi/uploads/mmadzpnix.pdf |title=Organised Crime Around the World |work=The European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, affiliated with the United Nations (HEUNI) <!-- |access-date=2009 --> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016055450/http://www.heuni.fi/uploads/mmadzpnix.pdf |archive-date=2013-10-16 }}</ref><ref>Britannica Academic, s.v. "Yakuza," accessed 30 September 2018, https://academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/article/yakuza/77739.</ref>