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Move over Vito Corleone, the Amish mafia is out for retribution. A new Discovery channel television series “ Amish Mafia ” is set to premiere Dec. 12 and will explore the underground lives of a vigilante Mennonite group seeking eye-for-an-eye justice for crimes against their community members . The series focuses on the leader of this mafia group , Lebanon Levi, a Mennonite who was never baptized and so can remain distanced from the church, and his cohort, who are identified as Alvin, Jolin and John. The Amish mafia in the show, which is set in Lancaster, Pa., flaunt their body tattoos , drive cars, use cell phones and, most importantly, shoot guns. The technology these self-identified mafia members use are not approved by their church , which is characterized by the show as “looking the other way.” “The [ Amish ] Church denies that the Amish Mafia exists — yet, like any other person in a community who holds power, the Amish know who to go to if there’s a problem