The Italian homicide rate is mostly dominated by organized crime. This was particularly extreme at the beginning of the 90's where homicides related to organize

The Italian homicide rate is mostly dominated by organized crime. This was particularly extreme at the beginning of the 90's where homicides related to organized crime where almost 40% of the total and the rate was closer to 3/100k. You basically see the homicide rate spike up in conjunction with mafia wars, which can kill up to 1000 victims in the span of a handful of years.