Somewhere along the line, holiday tipping went from an optional thank-you for a year of services to a Mafia-style protection racket.

一路走来，节日小费从对一年的服务表示感谢的选择变成了黑社会性质的勒索保护费。

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Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia, were the first to set up soup kitchens for the victims.

还是日本的黑社会社团首先为灾民提供流动厨房。

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He points to plans for yet more casinos and public buildings, including a Mafia museum that is now a symbol of the misuse of federal stimulus money.

他提到仍计划兴建更多的赌场和共用建筑，包括一座黑手党的展览馆。但这座展览馆现在已成了滥用联邦刺激方案资金的象征。

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Italian police released the group, saying they did not find what they were looking for - leaders of the Russian mafia.

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The reason the mafia thrives in countries where it's hard to write legal contracts-- let's say some new parts of the former Soviet Union or some parts of Africa the reason the mafia thrives in those environments, is that it substitutes for the law and enforces both legal and illegal contracts.

黑恶势力在那些,书面协议不受保护国家不断壮大,比如前苏联新成员国 或者非洲,为什么黑恶势力在这些地方发展壮大,因为这是法律强制力的补充,它维系所有合同,不管是不是合法的

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Whatever it was that led to Mr Provenzano's capture, it could have big implications for the Mafia's future.

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Investigators allege that Vito Nicastri was a front man for the Mafia, or Cosa Nostra, investing illegal earnings in his business empire.

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What better way for the Mafia to launder revenues from illegal activities than to build schools and rent them to local governments for clean cash from taxpayers?

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