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association, later reduced to three years, and submitted to special surveillance between 1934 and 1938. In 1944, the court granted Genco Russo a decree of rehabilitation for his one conviction, thereby allowing him "to recreate a moral and social virginity, acquiring a respectability which will permit him to undertake even political activity."
202:), he controlled part of an estate and was an associate in a cooperative that controlled another. As associate of a cooperative of ex-combatants, he also had a share in the Polizzello estate. He ruled the cooperative through intimidation and threats, while at the same time he kept working as labourer on the fields.
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how Genco Russo's reputation changed. He said: "He is constantly in contact with priests, priests go to his place, and he goes to the bank – which is always run by priests – the bank director is a priest, the bank has always been the priests' affair. Spending time with this sort of person has changed
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was finally enacted in 1950, mafiosi were in a position to perform their traditional role of brokerage between the peasants, the landlords, and the state. They exploited the intense land hunger of the peasants, gained concessions from the landlords in return for limiting the impact of the reform, and
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Since 1944, Genco Russo was to face no more criminal charges. Police files described him as a "man of order". Once established, the mafioso Genco Russo changed his original behaviour as "man of honour" to become a "man of order", inserting himself in public life and looking for a political position.
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arrested him with 331 other mafiosi during a massive raid. In 1928 he had been acquitted for lack of evidence by the prosecution of four murders, robberies and extortion and a year before, in 1927, he had been acquitted of criminal conspiracy. He was sentenced to seven years in prison for criminal
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bosses in the years between the two world wars until the 1950s and 1960s, were the archetypes of the "man of honour" of a bygone age, as a social intermediary and a man standing for order and peace. Although they used violence to establish their position in the first phase of their careers, in the
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through front men and family members. The final testament of Genco Russo was written by the
Antimafia Commission in its final report. It read: "Genco Russo was really a typical example of a Sicilian mafia boss ... a typical example of someone who particularly is able to assume and exercise to the
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rule, when the authorities embarked on a campaign against the Mafia, Genco Russo was arrested repeatedly on charges ranging from theft and extortion to membership in a criminal association, and 11 murders and several attempted murders; with one exception, he was regularly acquitted on grounds of
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that would decide on its post-war future, Genco Russo and
Calogero Vizzini sat at the same table with leading DC politicians, attending an electoral lunch. In 1950, when Genco Russo's oldest son married, Don Calò Vizzini was a witness at the ceremony, just as the DC member and Sicilian Regional
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Genco Russo never was the "boss of all bosses" as the media depicted him. He certainly had leverage providing voters for the DC at a local level but is hardly imaginable that the Mafia was ruled from a small and isolated town in the interior of Sicily, and not by the powerful Mafia families in
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made many of the island's establishment very nervous. When showing up in court, Genco Russo presented petitions from prominent politicians, priests, bankers, doctors, lawyers, and businessman who declared to testify on his behalf. His lawyer threatened to publish telegrams from 37 DC deputies,
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Genco Russo was considered to be the heir of
Calogero Vizzini when Don Calò died in 1954. Genco Russo had been at the right-hand side of Don Calò's bier, the ancient sign that the heir-apparent was taking the place of the deceased. In the media, both mafiosi were often depicted as the "boss of
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family. He started his criminal career as a juvenile highway robber, rustling cattle and sheep. Through a career of violence stretching from the 1920s to the 1940s, he established his position as a mafioso, or "man of honour" as it is called within the Mafia.
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him, and now the police treat him with great respect, they greet him when they see him and go out of their way to show their regard for him. He wears better clothes today, and the marshal goes up to him and takes him by the hand, calls him
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made substantial profits from their mediation in land sales. In the 1940s, Genco Russo and his followers controlled the rural savings bank, Cassa Rurale in
Mussomeli, leaving access to the money market partly in the hands of the Mafia.
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The new generation of mafiosi did not share the style of openly exercised power. Instead, they preferred to operate clandestinely and detested publicity. In 1972, Genco Russo returned to
Mussomeli from his banishment. The journalist
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171:, of very humble origin. His father was a simple peasant. At one time, he was just a beggar, a fellow-villager said about him. In his youth, he was forced to work as a goatherd on the large Polizzello estate owned by the noble
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and broken in health, he had spent the last four years living quietly in his son's home. At the time of his death, he possessed 147,000 hectares of land in several holdings around
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second stage they limited recourse to violence, turned to primarily legal sources of gain, and exercised their power in an open and legitimate fashion and became " of order".
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From 1918 to 1922, Genco Russo served in the military, leaving a record of "rebellious behaviour and impatience to discipline". In a 1927 report by the police chief of
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in 1946), and ultimately for the DC party. During the crucial
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1283:, London: Harvard University Press,
921:Fighting the Mafia in World War Two
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237:From man of honour to man of order
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1962:Via Federico Pipitone massacre
1870:List of Sicilian Mafia members
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2020:Italian Antimafia Commission
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1251:The Mafia and Politics
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1388:External links
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2186:Vendicatori
2166:'Ndrangheta
2124:Beati Paoli
2079:(1985–1986)
2073:(1986–1992)
1915:(1981–1984)
1909:(1962–1963)
1747:Pagliarelli
1737:Porta Nuova
1502:Consigliere
1498:(Sottocapo)
1142:Cosa Nostra
995:Cosa Nostra
934:Cosa Nostra
829:Cosa Nostra
595:Cosa Nostra
521:Santo Sorge
457: [
435:Totò Minore
259:land reform
230:Cesare Mori
151:Early years
97:Cosa Nostra
2224:Categories
2119:Basilischi
2071:Maxi Trial
2040:Addiopizzo
1765:Camporeale
1742:Brancaccio
1624:Mandamenti
1579:Corleonesi
1541:Mandamento
1511:Caporegime
1507:Capodecina
1460:Commission
1121:Servadio,
1089:Gambetta,
1073:Sterling,
1057:Servadio,
1041:Arlacchi,
1030:Narcomafie
1006:Servadio,
974:Arlacchi,
904:Servadio,
888:Arlacchi,
872:Arlacchi,
788:Servadio,
699:24 January
643:Arlacchi,
577:Sterling,
563:References
343:separatist
276:Zaccagnini
115:boss from
93:Allegiance
49:1893-01-26
2008:Antimafia
1923:Massacres
1844:Mistretta
1719:Mussomeli
1661:Cianciana
1656:Canicattì
1641:Agrigento
1604:Inzerillo
1519:(Soldier)
1496:Underboss
1199:La Stampa
1163:La Stampa
1144:, p. 296.
997:, p. 252.
936:, p. 251.
831:, p. 189.
762:Mangano,
676:La Stampa
597:, p. 275.
552:Canicattì
548:cataracts
505:Mussomeli
382:bosses" (
272:Cavaliere
255:left-wing
248:gabelotto
196:gabelotto
117:Mussomeli
57:Mussomeli
1884:Meetings
1850:Siracusa
1780:Bagheria
1770:Corleone
1614:Graviano
1584:Galatolo
1536:Made man
1462:(Cupola)
1369:(1990).
1350:(1976),
1330:(2003).
1260:(2004).
1216:(1988).
1140:Dickie,
993:Dickie,
932:Dickie,
827:Dickie,
773:Archived
593:Dickie,
228:prefect
2146:Garduña
2129:Camorra
2087:Related
2045:Pentito
2024:members
1863:Members
1818:Trapani
1729:Palermo
1561:Pizzino
1517:Soldato
1123:Mafioso
1075:Octopus
1059:Mafioso
1008:Mafioso
906:Mafioso
807:Paoli,
790:Mafioso
617:Chubb,
579:Octopus
485:Bergamo
483:, near
407:Palermo
395:pentito
334:, whom
322:). The
210:During
200:bailiff
119:in the
59:, Italy
2176:Stidda
2059:Trials
2000:(1993)
1994:(1993)
1988:(1992)
1982:(1992)
1976:(1985)
1970:(1984)
1964:(1983)
1958:(1982)
1952:(1982)
1946:(1969)
1940:(1963)
1934:(1947)
1828:Alcamo
1785:Trabia
1775:Cinisi
1666:Ribera
1599:Motisi
1594:Minore
1546:OmertĂ
1476:Family
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855:Hess,
813:p. 188
730:Hess,
713:Hess,
554:, and
481:Lovere
218:omertĂ
169:Sicily
142:, the
1837:Other
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1589:Greco
1571:Clans
1556:Pizzo
1551:Faida
1480:Cosca
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1900:Wars
1848:Sud
1704:Gela
1486:Boss
1377:ISBN
1358:ISBN
1338:ISBN
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1285:ISBN
1268:ISBN
1240:ISBN
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701:2020
463:and
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