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This is a list of members of the Sicilian Mafia born in Sicily. A. Mariano Agate (1939–2013) Pietro Aglieri; Gerlando Alberti (1927–2012) ...
This is a glossary of words related to the Mafia, primarily the Sicilian Mafia and Italian American Mafia. administration: the top-level "management" of an organized crime family -- the boss, underboss and consigliere. [1] associate: one who works with mobsters, but has not been asked to take the vow of Omertà; an almost confirmed, or made guy ...
The webpage provides a list of Sicilian Mafia members categorized by city.
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 Sicilian Mafia, known to its members as Cosa Nostra, is a criminal society and criminal organization originating on the island of Sicily and dates back to the mid-19th century. It is an association of gangs which sell their protection and arbitration services under a common brand.
In the 2018 book, The Good Mothers: The True Story of the Women Who Took on the World's Most Powerful Mafia, Alex Perry reports that the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta has, for the past decade, been replacing the Sicilian Cosa Nostra as the primary drug traffickers in North America. [17] Musitano crime family – a Calabrian mafia family, based in ...
Mafia boss Vito Cascio Ferro with his son and a hunting dog. [13] Back in Sicily, Cascio Ferro rose to the position of a local notable. He was the capo elettore (ward heeler) of Domenico De Michele Ferrantelli, the mayor of Burgio and member of Parliament for the district of Bivona, as well as on good terms with the Baron Inglese. [4]
The character of Don Fanucci in The Godfather Part II is based on Ignazio Lupo. [19] [20] Australian band Sticky fingers release their new album called "Lekkerboy", which contains a song called "Lupo the wolf", they tell the story of a “sicilian gangster famous for becoming a kingpin and chopping people into taters.” [21]