[ikka]

Sicily and Corsica (and many other places in the Mediterranean) were Moslem for centuries.
After they were re-Christianized, the traditionalists "went underground". That's the origins of your Mob.

Do you have a source for that? Wikipedia says it grew up in the 1800s.

[mikey565]

Don't even bother, mob started because the gov't in Rome could care less about Sicily so it was the old west. The mob moved in because of the lawlessness. They're not descendants of Muslims.

Actually, that post is so stupid, I don't believe I actually responded to it.

[muawiyah]

The Mob, no doubt, came into existence simultaneously with modern times ~ on the other hand, the Corsican Union (Union Corse) (the predecessor of the Mob) was in business in New Orleans way back when it was still part of Spain ~ and that's a long time ago.

Bandits in Sicily are nothing new, and neither are honor killings.

The problem here is the Wikipedia "source" is not fully informed.