Mad Max III

"Just when we thought Mel Gibson had had his rude awakening and sunk into the atonement of the last temptation, the Mashahdehs and the Dulaims have geared up to Mad Max III the sequence in full throttle."
Baghdad Connect

I think this reinforces my suspicion that all that tribal protection is very much like the mafia protection rackets we have here.
You pay and we will not blow you up.