Your right about saying that I misread your post. You did say Yakuza is Mafia. Sorry for that.

But what you say about the fact that Mafia originally started in Sicily during French occupation (I think you mean the period that Karel from Anjou was the ruler ?) I can't agree. For me the Mafia was something that came up over a long period of time and it started when the first occupation of Sicily happened.

(FYI Dont insult me by saying 'Read the history..or get a book about it'. I've read a lot about Sicilian Mafia and that's my main point of interest between different mafia's, gangs, organized crime. I didn't read so many about any other Mafia..)