by Petra Reski
Barresi, Agata, 181
Bassolino, Antonio, 231, 234
Battaglia, Letizia, 26–27, 65–69, 82–83, 105–106, 113, 115–116, 127, 141, 146–147, 160, 162, 165, 179–180, 247–249
apartment of, 71–72
publishing company of, 79
Benedict XVI (Pope), 97
Berlin Wall, 154, 229
Berlusconi, Silvio, 75, 76, 77, 78, 114, 117, 131, 188, 204, 212, 248
and Marcello Dell’Utri, 8–9, 132–135
threatened by Mafia, 133
and Vittorio Mangano, 193, 194
and wiretapping law, 138–139
Bernardo, Fra, 101
Bingo halls, 233–234
Bodyguards, 6, 10, 18, 30, 68, 119, 192, 206, 222
Boemi, Salvatore, 116–118, 155
Bolivia, 42
Bombings, 134, 220, 246. See also Explosives
Bontade, Stefano, 133, 134
Borsellino, Paolo, 3, 10, 29, 32, 37, 73, 86, 100, 115, 128, 135, 138, 142, 161, 184, 186, 198, 206, 248, 249, 250
memorial day for, 74
Bosses, 8, 9, 11, 25, 28, 33, 36, 64, 67, 74, 83, 85, 88, 100, 133, 134, 135, 150, 161, 168, 189, 206, 222, 241
first female boss, 169
frugality of, 246
in hiding, 25, 211, 241, 243, 244
imprisoned bosses, 10, 109, 136, 137, 150, 165, 194, 201, 207, 211
and processions, 103–104
Boutiques, 39, 193
Brazil, 42
Bribery, 91, 135, 169, 227
Bugs (electronic), 126, 153, 205. See also Wiretapping
Buscetta, Tommaso, 8, 91
Calabria, 7, 27–28, 59, 116, 158, 226, 247
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
Graviano brothers, 104, 203
Greco, Michele (il Papa), 88
Grigoli, Salvatore, 104–105
Guttadauro, Giuseppe, 246
Hashish, 227
Heroin, 187, 212
and pizza connection, 68
History of the Mafia from 1943 until the Present, 19–20
Honesty, 90
Human Rights Commission in The Hague, 173
Human rights laws, 136, 208
Hungary, 229
Hunger strikes, 137
Iervolino, Rosa Russo, 231, 234
Il Giornale newspaper, 77, 79
Incaprettato, 193
Incognito, Enrico and Marcello, 181
India, 217
Ingroia, Antonio, 118, 131–132, 189
Interpol, 124
Invoices, 122
Inzerillo family, 211
Jewelry, 242
John Paul II (Pope), 97
Judiciary, 170, 175, 180, 185, 197, 198, 227
Kalsa, 81, 82
Kidnappings, 49, 50, 108, 118, 133
La Bella Napoli music agency, 216, 219, 225
La Repubblica, 61, 98, 175, 209
La Rete party, 27
La Standa supermarket chain, 134
Lavorato, Mario, 123
Lawyers, 64, 76, 85, 129, 143, 165, 173, 188, 194, 200, 201, 208
Letizia, Giuseppe, 101
Licciardi clan, 229
Liggio, Luciano, 100, 101, 103, 108, 109
Liggio (Monsignore), 109, 110, 111
Lima, Salvo, 86, 137
Lipari, Pino and Arturo, 89–90
Locri, 59–60
Bishop of Locri, 151
Lo Forte, Guido, 118
Lombardo, Raffaele, 76
London School of Economics, 246
Long Silence, The (film), 31
Lo Piccolo, Salvatore, 209, 211–212
L’Ora newspaper, 67
Lunardi, Pietro, 79
“Ma” (word), 35, 98
Madonia, Aldo, 184–185, 186, 187, 188
Madonia, Francesco, 184
Madonna del Carmine, 13
Madonna of the Clairvoyance, 59–60
Mafia, 79
annual business turnover of, 120
anti-Mafia laws, 33
arrogance of, 145 (see also ’Ndrangheta: arrogance of)
Mafia wars of the eighties, 72, 86, 134, 211
mafiology, 207
mafiosi “on the run,” 25 (see also Messina Denaro, Matteo: in hiding; Provenzano, Bernardo: in hiding)
political connections of, 9, 75–79, 117–118, 123, 128–130, 138, 169, 193, 194, 204, 228 (see also Cosa Nostra: and Christian Democrats; Dell’Utri, Marcello; Miccichè, Gianfranco)
power struggle in, 210–211
and religion, 4, 95–111 (see also Religion)
and social consensus, 246
as society/state/people, 12
values of, 169
white-collar Mafia, 74
See also Bosses; Camorra; Cosa Nostra; ’Ndrangheta; Turncoats
Mancuso, Domenico, 109, 110–111
Mandalà, Nino, 189
Manganaro, Giuseppina, 180
Mangano, Cinzia, 194, 195, 198–199
Mangano, Loredana, 194, 195, 196–197
Mangano, Marina, 194, 195, 199–200
Mangano, Vittorio, 9, 132, 133–134, 135, 138, 204
daughters of, 193–200
wife of, 193, 194, 197, 199
Mannoia, Marino, 86
Maradona, Diego Armando, 221
Marasà, Franco, 201, 202–203, 208, 209
Marchese, Vincenzina, 181–182
Marmo, Marco, 48, 55, 57, 153, 167
Mastella, Clemente, 75, 120
Mattarella, Piersanti, 184
Maxi-trial. See under Ucciardone prison
Messina, Leonardo, 88, 103
Messina Denaro, Francesco, 242–243, 244, 245
Messina Denaro, Matteo, 24–25, 52, 89, 204, 240–245
father of, 242–243
in hiding, 25, 211, 241, 243, 244
house of, 245
mother of, 244, 245
Messina Denaro, Salvatore, 243, 245
Miccichè, Gianfranco, 33–34, 76–79
Gianfranco boys, 78, 79
Milser, Rolf, 157
“Minchia,” 27
Ministry of the Interior, 4, 6, 61, 68, 161
Mondello, 182–183, 184, 185
Money laundering, 50, 121, 122, 142, 151, 154–155, 229, 234
Monreale, Archbishop of, 96
Montalbano, Saverio, 68–69, 251
Monte Pellegrino, 175–177
Montinaro, Antonio, 29
Moretti, Nanni, 195
Mormino, Nino, 188–189
Morvillo, Francesca, 29
Murders, 1, 2–3, 4, 5, 9, 10–11, 15, 21, 29, 32, 33, 37, 47, 55, 57, 59, 67, 69, 86, 101, 104, 105, 114, 134, 153, 161, 167, 173, 175, 181, 192, 193, 205, 215
of a child, 182, 242
and commandments, 90
and cooperation of Christian Democrats and Mafia, 137
and feast days, 39–40
honor killings of unfaithful wives, 180
preferred method of murder, 11, 19, 242
of public prosecutors, 115 (see also Borsellino, Paolo; Falcone, Giovanni)
and religion, 88, 91
Naples, 216, 219, 225, 230
Piccolo Paradiso restaurant in, 233
Ponticelli quarter in, 218, 221, 222, 231, 234
Natoli, Gioacchino, 118
Navarra, Michele, 101, 108
’Ndrangheta, 7, 28, 39, 40, 49, 50, 51, 59, 61, 117, 120, 139, 152, 167, 188, 212, 226, 247
as active all over the world, 42, 50, 51
arrogance of, 119, 124
and Colombian cocaine barons, 118
financial power of, 121–122
in Germany, 43–44, 45–46, 50, 121, 122, 154–155
meeting place of, 51
share of public commissions, 116
Nino (shopkeeper), 250
Nirta, Gianluca, 57, 153
Nirta-Strangio clan, 39, 42, 57, 119, 152
Novica journal, 92
Oettinger, Günther, 123
Orlando, Leoluca, 66, 70, 75, 76
Palermo, 3, 7, 13–14, 18, 21, 23, 26, 29, 70–71, 72, 74, 105, 119, 129, 147, 202, 211, 229, 237, 247, 249–250
Archbishop of Palermo, 97
Borgo Vecchio in, 145, 146, 160
Centrale Palace hotel in, 36, 63, 64, 65
governance of, 76
looting of Palermo, 68
mayors of, 52, 65–66, 68, 76, 82
mobile task force in, 68
Palace of Justice in, 113, 114, 115
Palermo Spring, 65, 66, 107, 228
Piccola Napoli in, 141, 144–145, 145–146, 155, 159
prosecutors eliminated from
Anti-Mafia Pool, 118
smell of, 70
”street of wealth” in, 193
traffic in, 35, 249
Palma, Anna, 141–142, 144
Palma di Montechiaro, 142
Panico clan, 220, 222
Pannunzi, Alessandro and Roberto, 43
Paolillo, Alessandro, 234, 235
Paolillo, Francesco, 223–224, 230–231, 234, 235
Paraguay, 42
Partanna village, 162–164
Patriarchy, 170–171
Paul VI (Pope), 97
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sp; Pelle, Antonio, 157, 158
Pelle, Giuseppe, 61–62
Pelle-Vottari clan, 39, 55, 61, 119, 152, 153
bunker of, 57–58
People trafficking, 39, 75
Peru, 42, 50
Pianos prison, 136
Piccolo, Salvatore Lo, 89
Pio La Torre law, 143
Pizzini (notes), 211
Pizzitola, Father Vincenzo, 100–101, 102
Poland, 229
Police, 5, 12, 20, 41, 57, 58, 67, 68, 69, 92, 167–168, 173, 211, 244, 251
financial police, 224–225, 230
in Germany, 125, 150, 152, 154 (see also Germany: German vs. Italian investigators)
See also Carabinieri
Politicians. See Mafia: political connections of
Polsi, 50–51. See also Santa Maria di Polsi
Popolo della Libertà party, 77
Porta Nuova family, 7, 8, 9, 11
Porto Empedocle, 142
Private clinics, 64
Processions, 59–60, 83, 93, 193, 238–240
and distribution of power, 103–104
Prodi government, 124, 139
Pro Loco of San Giovanni di Gerace, 158
Property confiscations, 43, 118, 119, 135, 143, 154, 173, 210, 223
Prosecutors, 52, 72, 86, 113, 115, 118–120, 121, 129, 131, 155, 188, 189, 226, 229, 247
Anti-Mafia Pool, 113–114, 116, 117, 118, 142
prosecutors eliminated from Anti-Mafia Pool, 118
See also Borsellino, Paolo; Falcone, Giovanni; Palma, Anna
Protection money, 50, 61, 126, 133, 184, 193, 246–247
Provenzano, Angelo, 201–202
Provenzano, Bernardo, 8, 36, 100, 103, 135, 139, 169–170, 204, 209–210, 226
in hiding, 144, 169
and religion, 88–89
sons of, 169, 201–202
wife of, 47, 102
Puglisi, Giuseppe, 104–105
Puzo, Mario, 147
Radio Capital, 209
Rai (Italian broadcaster), 48, 243
Ramazzotti, Eros, 14
Reggio Calabria, 38, 39, 40, 51, 143
Palace of Justice in, 116–117, 126, 127, 128
Religion, 4, 19, 46, 56, 85–89, 170, 209, 232
commandments, 90
See also Catholic Church; Processions; under Mafia; Murders
Respect, 7, 13, 25, 111, 134, 172
Resuttana clan, 184
Revenge campaigns, 167
Riccobono, Rosario, 11
Riina, Giovanni, 175
Riina, Giuseppe, 98–99, 175
Riina, Totò, 8, 11, 21, 22, 32, 88–89, 100, 103, 104, 108, 134, 137, 172, 181, 199, 210, 211, 242
sons of, 98–99, 175
wife of (Antonietta), 102, 173–174
Rizzotto, Placido, 101
Roberti, Franco, 229
Rome, 4, 5, 77, 161
Romeo clan, 42
Rossi, Vasco, 213, 241
Ruffini, Cardinal Ernesto, 97
Sabella, Marzia, 226
Salerno-Reggio motorway, 247
Salvo, Ignazio, 137
Salvo (taxi driver), 3, 22, 23–24, 26, 28, 70, 81, 84, 114, 120–121, 160, 213, 250–251