That&#x27;s definitely an oversemplification of a complex problem, as anyone can understand. There is mafia also in the North of Italy, just a quick lookup to the news will do.<p>Really, Italy is a young and complex countries with regional differences that are almost ununderstandable to foreign people. There are many &quot;mafias&quot;, more or less violent, more or less connected with the economic and political powers, it&#x27;s not simple and it&#x27;s not dicothomic, there is a very big grey area.