Vendetta is reputedly still practiced in some areas in France ( especially Corsica ) and Italy ( especially Sicily , Sardinia , Campania , Calabria , Apulia , and other areas of Southern Italy ) , in Crete ( Greece ) , among Kurdish clans in Iraq and Turkey , in northern Albania , among Pashtuns in Afghanistan , among Somali clans , over land in Nigeria , in India ( a caste-related feuds among rival Hindu groups ) , between rival tribes in the north-east Indian state of Assam , among rival clans in China and Philippines , among the Arab Bedouins and Arab tribes inhabiting the mountains of Yemen and between Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq , in southern Ethiopia , among the highland tribes of New Guinea , in Svaneti , in the mountainous areas of Dagestan , many northern areas of Georgia and Azerbaijan , a number of republics of the northern Caucasus and essentially among Chechen teips where those seeking retribution do not accept or respect the local law enforcement authority . Vendetta is reputedly still practiced in some areas in France ( especially Corsica ) , Italy ( especially Sicily , Sardinia , Campania , Calabria , Apulia and other areas of Southern Italy ) , in Mani and Crete ( Greece ) , among Kurdish clans in Iraq and Turkey , in northern Albania , among Pashtuns in Afghanistan , among Serb tribes in Montenegro , Somali clans , among the Berbers of Algeria , over land in Nigeria , in India , between rival tribes in the north-east Indian state of Assam , among rival clans in China and Philippines , among the Arab Bedouins and Arab tribes inhabiting the mountains of Yemen and between Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq , in southern Ethiopia , among the highland tribes of New Guinea , in Svaneti , in the mountainous areas of Dagestan , many northern areas of Georgia and Azerbaijan , a number of republics of the northern Caucasus and essentially among Chechen teips where those seeking retribution do not accept or respect the local law enforcement authority .