The author of the PDF was a man named Salvatore “Sammy” Costa, a low-level mob accountant who’d vanished six months ago. Everyone thought he’d been whacked. Instead, according to the file’s metadata, he’d been in a cabin in Vermont, writing the most dangerous book of the century.

Several countries have experienced the phenomenon of mafia democracy, including:

Leo’s cursor hovered over the button.

To combat mafia democracy, a multifaceted approach is required:

It wasn't a conspiracy theory. It was an operating manual.