...At the end of World War II, before and after the Allied landing in Sicily, the authorities used Italian immigrant criminals as a communication route to the home country, which led to speculation about the connection between the two countries' mafias. In 1950, Estes Kefauver, chairman of the Senate Investigations Committee on Organized Crime, declared that the Mafia existed as a nationwide criminal organization, and organized crime began to be explained in conjunction with the Mafia. Then, in 1963, Joseph Valacchi testified before a Senate Investigations Subcommittee chaired by McClellan that in the world of organized crime, the name "Cosa Nostra" was used instead of the Mafia, which caused a stir as the first insider revelation. ... *Some of the terminology that mentions "Kefauver, E." is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…第2次大戦末期,連合軍のシチリア上陸作戦の前後に,当局がイタリア人移民の犯罪者を本国との連絡ルートに使ったことから,マフィアの名がとりざたされるようになり,両国マフィアの結びつきについて憶測を生んだ。1950年,組織犯罪に関する上院調査委員長キーフォーバーEstes Kefauverが,全国規模の犯罪組織としてマフィアが存在すると宣言したことにより,組織犯罪をマフィアと結びつけて説明するようになった。次いで63年,マクレランを長とする上院調査小委員会でバラキJoseph Valacchiという人物が,犯罪組織の世界ではマフィアでなく〈コーザ・ノストラCosa Nostra〉という名が使われていると証言し,初めての内幕暴露として騒がれた。… ※「Kefauver,E.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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