A literal mafia state?

Medibee

Medibee

Due to their supporting of drugs and other illicit things, Transnistria has often been called a mafia state. That got me thinking, was there ever a chance or opportunity for the actual Mafia to control a country? The notion of a president Al Capone is a funny one to say the least.
 
Michel Van

Michel Van

Belgium in 1990s was analog to e mafia state
not run by Italian mafia, but by the Socialist party

lucky a series of scandals, a murder case and biggest corruption scandal in history of this kingdom
ended this system and rip the Socialist party into pieces.
 

Napoleon IV

The Mafia basically controlled Sicily (and much of Italy) for a long time. They bought votes and killed those who opposed them. As a result many of the politicians of Sicily (including a few Presidents) were bought and paid for. The only difference was that they didn't decided policy. As long as you let them do their business unimpeded they worked for you.
 

Delta Force

Banned
The DPRK isn't run by an organized crime organization, but many people have made the comparison because the leadership is primarily concerned with staying in power and making money.
 

Napoleon IV

Delta Force said:
The DPRK isn't run by an organized crime organization, but many people have made the comparison because the leadership is primarily concerned with staying in power and making money.
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North Korea has been called "The Tony Soprano of Asia" with good reason. They are one of the biggest counterfeiters in the world, they have industrial scale meth labs and opium fields, they sell weapons to anyone with money, and even the diplomats are involved in smuggling drugs (diplomatic immunity means you can't search their diplomatic pouches, making them the perfect mules). Also the Kim family itself is incredibly mafia-like, from the strict organization with one man at the top to the violence that they display to anyone who goes against the family. In fact I created this image to illustrate this point:

 

Zaius

What's the difference between your average Warsaw Pact "communist" regime, where only lip service is paid to the discredited communist ideology, where unfairly aquired wealth is the only incentive the party can provide to its members, where opposition figures routinely experience unfortunate "accidents" or suddenly "commit suicide", and a mafia?
 

hx87

Zaius said:
What's the difference between your average Warsaw Pact "communist" regime, where only lip service is paid to the discredited communist ideology, where unfairly aquired wealth is the only incentive the party can provide to its members, where opposition figures routinely experience unfortunate "accidents" or suddenly "commit suicide", and a mafia?
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Their institutions were too strong and personal loyalties not important enough for a proper mafia state.
 

Michele

Kosovo stood good chances at some time in the recent past. Albania, too. Montenegro has been called a mafia state. Panama at the time of Noriega could be described as a drug cartel state.
 
Neoteros

Neoteros

There were plans to make Sicily an independent state after the second World War. Some of which were backed by the Mafia itself.
 
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