It’s the same in English-speaking nations. “Mafia” most just means “organized crime syndicate” now. But originally it morphed from the name of a particular organized crime syndicate (before people used the term “organized crime syndicate”, apparently) into a common word for all organized crime. Sort of like people saying Kleenex instead of tissue. There was a time (long gone) when people were concerned about the mafia as a particular entity.
