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July 26 – Rita Atria, a witness of justice in a major Mafia investigation in Sicily. She committed suicide a week after the Mafia killed Antimafia prosecutor Paolo Borsellino. [32] July 27 – Giovanni Lizzio, police inspector. [1] November 10 – Gaetano Giordano, merchant. [1]
Clans in the Sicilian Mafia are united under a Mandamento, led by a Capo madamento, that represents the clans' bosses to the Cupola. In Sicily , there are 94 Mafia families subject to 29 mandamenti.
The webpage provides a list of Sicilian Mafia members categorized by city.
This category is for high-profile victims of the Mafia in Sicily, such as politicians, judges, police chiefs, etc., as opposed to the less publicized victims claimed by day-to-day Mafia business. The phrase is a translation from the Italian "Cadaveri eccellenti".
This is a list of Italian organized crime groups around the world. This list does not include all groups, clans or families identified as Cosa Nostra (Mafia crime families). This list does not include all Camorra , 'Ndrangheta or Sacra Corona Unita clans ( "crime families" ).
This is a list of members of the Sicilian Mafia born in Sicily. A. Mariano Agate (1939–2013) Pietro Aglieri; Gerlando Alberti (1927–2012) ...
The Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra (Italian: [ˈkɔːza ˈnɔstra, ˈkɔːsa-], Sicilian: [ˈkɔːsa ˈnɔʂː(ɽ)a]; "our thing" [3]), also referred to as simply Mafia, is a criminal society and criminal organization originating on the island of Sicily and dates back to the mid-19th century.
The Second Mafia War was a period of conflict involving the Sicilian Mafia, mostly taking place from 1981 to 1984 and involved thousands of homicides. [2] Sometimes referred to as The Great Mafia War or the Mattanza (Italian for 'Slaughter'), it involved the entire Mafia and radically altered the power balance within the organization.