Almost as if he were propounding a theory, Anronino Calderone explains how the risk of "unfair" competition between protectors begins at home. Salvatore Torrisi, under boss of the Catania family at the time, was secretly extorting protection money from Carmelo Costanzo. "Costanzo informed my brother, who then began treating Torrisi coldly. Realizing that my brother knew what had happened, Torrisi decided to take up the matter with the whole family during a meeting. The matter was serious because protection was being supplied by my brother, and it was therefore not acceptable that others should ask for additional sums on their own initiative. In addition, there was the risk that others in the family might follow Torrisi's example"

DEFINE: Illuminates the internal logic of 'fair' competition in protection rackets within the Mafia hierarchy.

Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Busi…, loc. 451