The "Mafia" is sometimes used as an informal term to describe criminal organizations that bear a strong similarity to the Italian Mafia (Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta and Camorra), the original "Mafia". The central activity of such an organization would be the arbitration of disputes between criminals as well as the organization and enforcement of illicit agreements between criminals through the use of or threat of violence.[1] Mafias often engage in secondary activities such as gambling, loan sharking, drug-trafficking, prostitution, and fraud.