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Matteo Messina Denaro (Italian pronunciation: [matˈtɛːo mesˈsiːna deˈnaːro]; Sicilian: Matteu Missina Dinaru; 26 April 1962 – 25 September 2023), also known as Diabolik (from the Italian comic book character), was a Sicilian Mafia boss from Castelvetrano.
The sources for much of the current information on the history of the Los Angeles Cosa Nostra family is the courtroom testimony and the published biographies of Aladena "Jimmy the Weasel" Fratianno, who in the late 1970s became the second member – and the first acting boss – in American Mafia history to testify against Mafia members, [10 ...
His father died in 1989, according to what Michael DiLeonardo said during testimony against John A. Gotti. Almost every male member of his family was involved in La Cosa Nostra. After dropping out of high school in the 1950s he joined a violent street gang called the "Avenue U Boys". As a member of the "Avenue U Boys" Lino was involved in ...
Giuseppe Falsone (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe falˈsoːne]; born 28 August 1970 in Campobello di Licata), sometimes spelled as Falzone, is a member of the Sicilian Mafia. He was on the " Most wanted list " of the Italian Ministry of the Interior from January 1999, until his arrest in France in June 2010. [ 1 ]
Gianni Nicchi. Giovanni "Gianni" Nicchi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni ˈdʒanni ˈnikki]; born 16 February 1981 in Turin) is a member of the Sicilian Mafia.Despite his relatively young age – he is nicknamed 'u picciutteddu ("the little boy") – he is considered to be one of the leading mafiosi of Cosa Nostra in Palermo.
[128] [129] Valachi's testimony was the first major violation of omertà, breaking his blood oath. He was the first member of the Italian-American Mafia to acknowledge its existence publicly, and is credited with popularization of the term cosa nostra. [130]
Lawrence "Larry" Gallo (November 3, 1927 – May 16, 1968) was an American mobster who became a member of the Profaci crime family of La Cosa Nostra in New York City. His younger brothers Joey and Albert would follow him into organized crime. Larry was the leader of the Gallo Crew from President Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn. [1]
Capizzi had been nominated as the possible head of the Commission. Among the other members were other historical Cosa Nostra bosses, such as Gerlando Alberti, Gregorio Agrigento from San Giuseppe Jato, Giovanni Lipari, Gaetano Fidanzati, Giuseppe Scaduto from Bagheria, and Salvatore Lombardo, the 87-year-old boss from Montelepre. Many of those ...