When nine candidates were killed before the local elections in Naples and Calabria in May 1990, Judge Giovanni Falcone, commenting on the fact that nothing of the sore had happened in Sicily, said: "Have you ever asked yourself why it is that in Sicily everything is quiet? This is the most eloquent proof, in its silence, in its uniqueness, of [the mafia] organization. Whereas the camorra and the 'ndrangheta, which do not have a common organization, fight against each other, the Cosa Nostra is a unified, organic structure, in which it is possible to find a standard of conduct adhered to by everyone" (Repubblica, May 11, 1990).

XREF: Connects to Falcone's broader argument that the mafia's strength lies in being a single, hierarchical structure unlike the fragmented camorra and 'ndrangheta.

Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Busi…, loc. 1034