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Ammazzateci tutti
anti-Mafia movement in,
59
deaths in,
120
percentage of population in ’Ndrangheta,
121
See also
Reggio Calabria
;
San Luca
Calò, Pippo,
9
Calvi, Roberto,
9
Camilleri, Andrea,
68
Cammarata, Diego,
76
Camorra,
28
,
79
,
121
,
167
,
212
,
215
,
216
,
218
,
220
,
222
,
226–227
,
230
and markets of everyday consumption,
228
,
229
and politicians,
227
Campanella, Francesco,
75
Campania,
121
,
215
,
226
Canada,
42
,
51
Cancemi, Salvatore,
8
Capaci,
29
Carabetta, Dr. Mario,
158
Carabetta, Michele,
57
,
153
Carabetta, Sonia,
167
Carabinieri
,
25
,
56
,
61
,
115
.
See also
Police
Casalesi clan,
215
Casini, Pier Ferdinando,
131
Cassarà, Ninni,
69
,
184
Castellammare del Golfo clan,
24
Castelvetrano,
240
,
242
,
243
,
244
Catania,
88
,
133
,
135
Catholic Church,
91–92
,
95
.
See also
Religion
Cease-fires,
59
Chiara, Anna,
233
Chile,
42
China,
248
Christian Democrats,
97
.
See also under
Cosa Nostra
Ciancimino, Vito,
52
,
68
Cinà, Gaetano,
132
,
137
Cinisi clan,
24
Clothes,
2
,
6
,
26
,
31
,
46–47
,
54
,
60
,
98
,
106
,
129
,
166–167
,
195
,
203
,
205–206
,
229
burning of,
180
Cocaine,
42
,
43
,
49
,
50
,
77
,
118
,
122
,
125
,
185
,
212
,
227
.
See also
Drugs
Collesano,
192
Colombia,
42
,
43
,
50
,
118
,
185
,
245
Competition,
126
Conservatism,
97
Contractors,
227
Contrada, Bruno,
118
Coppola, Don Agostino,
104
Corleone (town),
88
,
95–111
,
171–172
,
173
,
210
Chiesa Madre church in,
100–101
Corleone family,
72
Corriere della Sera
newspaper,
73
Corruption,
8
,
113
,
130
Cortese, Renato,
144
,
149
,
155
Cosa Nostra,
1
,
50
,
90–91
,
124
,
131
,
139
,
167
,
227
betrayal of,
10
,
84
(
see also
Turncoats
)
bloodthirsty era of,
100
,
108
(
see also
Mafia: Mafia wars of the eighties
)
and Camorra,
28
and Christian Democrats,
68
,
70
,
134
,
135
,
137
commission of,
8
,
49
first female boss of,
169
hierarchical structure of,
8
,
28
,
49
initiation ceremonies of,
7–8
(
see also
Fava, Marcello: initiation of
)
maxi-trial for,
73–74
,
88
,
208
,
209
and politicians,
204
,
226
,
228
(
see also
Mafia: political connections of
)
See also
Mafia
Costa, Rita and Gaetano,
31
Costanzo, Maurizio,
184
,
186
Cottone, Carla,
183–186
,
188
Craxi, Bettino,
134
Crucifixes,
54
,
83
,
103
,
108
Cuffaro, Salvatore “Totò,”
33
,
76
,
114
,
188–189
,
192
D’Ali, Antonio,
243
Dalla Chiesa, Carlo Alberto,
184
Dell’Utri, Marcello,
76
,
77
,
118
,
128–130
,
188
,
189
,
204
,
210
Marcello Dell’Utri Club,
78
sentencing of,
130
and Vittorio Mangano,
138
,
193
,
194
See also under
Berlusconi, Silvio
Democracy,
123
,
126
De Vasco,
108
Dewes, Richard,
123
DIA.
See
Direzione Investigativa AntiMafia
Dicillo, Rocco,
29
Di Filippo, Emanuele and Pasquale,
180–181
Di Gregorio, Rosalba,
194
,
199
,
200–212
marriage of,
202–204
,
207
,
208
,
212
Di Maggio, Baldassare,
21–22
Di Matteo, Giuseppe,
242
Direzione Investigativa AntiMafia
(DIA),
220
Dr. Erich Salomon Prize,
72
Don Pino,
41
,
45–56
,
151
,
158
Drugs,
26
,
33
,
41
,
42
,
55
,
108
,
124–125
,
138
,
145
,
152
,
193
,
211–212
,
222
,
227
,
229
.
See also
Cocaine
;
Heroin
Duisburg
Da Bruno pizzeria in,
57
,
150–151
Landhaus Milser hotel near,
156–157
massacre in,
27
,
28
,
40
,
45
,
47
,
55
,
58
,
115–116
,
117
,
119
,
120
,
146–147
,
149
,
151
,
152
,
153
,
155
,
157
,
188
,
226
,
229
Earthquakes,
223

E carcerate
” (song),
219
Edizione della Battaglia,
79
Election fraud,
75–76
El Pais
,
48
EU.
See
European Union
European Court of Human Rights,
99
European Union (EU),
53
,
59
,
77
,
116
,
193
Explosives,
222
.
See also
Bombings
Extortion,
196
.
See also
Protection money
Falcone, Giovanni,
8
,
10
,
29
,
30
,
37
,
73
,
86
,
100
,
113
,
115
,
128
,
135
,
168
,
184
,
186
,
198–199
,
209
,
248
,
249
,
250
memorial day for,
74
Family
preservation of,
90
betrayal of,
164
blood families,
169
Fasullo, Padre Nino,
96
,
97
,
105
Fate,
210
Fath, Jacques,
106
Fava, Marcello,
1–22
,
83
brothers/children of,
14
,
15
,
17
,
18–19
growing up,
13–14
initiation of,
7
,
9–10
,
13
wife of,
17–18
Feast days,
39–40
Ferdinand IV (King),
230
Fernando, Don Stefano,
45
Feuds,
39
Fininvest,
133
Focoso, Joseph,
142–143
Food,
14
,
141
,
146
,
155
,
183
Forged goods,
229
Forgiveness,
31
,
48
Fortugno, Francesco,
59
Forza Italia party,
8
,
9
,
75
,
77
,
78
,
128
,
135–136
,
188
,
210
,
228
,
243
Frankfurt Stock Exchange,
44
Freemasons,
7
,
68
Frittitta, Padre Mario,
56
,
84–93
,
97
,
206
Ganci, Calogero,
64–65
Garantista
,
130
Germany,
54
,
72
,
119
,
123
,
143
,
229
criminal law issues in,
118
,
120
,
125
,
144
,
154
,
155
Duisburg Murder Commission,
149
(
see also
Duisburg
: massacre in)
German vs. Italian
investigators,
142–143
,
144
,
154
See also under
’Ndrangheta
Getty, Jean Paul,
49
Giorgi, Francesco,
48
Giuffrè, Antonino,
9
,
210
Giuliano, Boris,
69
Giulianos clan,
221
Godfather, The
,
55
,
99
,
147
Godfathers,
7
,
9
,
15–16
,
17
,
101
,
102
,
169
,
184
,
221
Gomorra
(Saviano),
229
Grand Hotel Excelsior (Reggio Calabria),
38
Grassi, Libero,
184
Gratteri, Nicola,
116
,
118–120
,
121
,
122
,
124
,
125
,
126
,
155

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