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The Honored Society

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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

 

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