Sicily inadvertently created the conditions where a "polylegal system" took form in the 1810s during its transition from feudalism to capitalism. As government

Sicily inadvertently created the conditions where a "polylegal system" took form in the 1810s during its transition from feudalism to capitalism. As government-sponsored police forces were sparse, private police forces formed that would protect from bandits and enforce contracts (src: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Mafia#Post-feudal_Sicily https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Mafia#Post-feudal_Sic... ). I think history pretty much shows what resulted from this.