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changed the Mafia war into a war against the Mafia. It prompted the first concerted anti-mafia efforts by the state in post-war Italy. The
Sicilian Mafia Commission was dissolved and of those mafiosi who had escaped arrest many went abroad.
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Ciaculli Massacre disarranged the Sicilian heroin trade to the United States. Mafiosi were banned, arrested and incarcerated. Control over the trade fell into the hands of a few fugitives: the Greco cousins,
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gray eminence of the entire organization, the one who held and pulled the strings, whether the task was to guide the extermination of enemies or to decide on strategies for moving drugs
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The Greco cousins were protagonists in a bloody Mafia war between rival clans in
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Salvatore Greco "the engineer" is one of the most enigmatic mafiosi of the
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trade to North
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in 1968, but as he had been on the run since 1963, he did not serve a day.
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Mafioso. A history of the Mafia from its origins to the present day
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Destiny: Mafia, Antimafia, and the Struggle for Palermo
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The sister of "the engineer", Girolama Greco, is married to
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Salvatore "The
Engineer" was condemned to 10 years at the
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Da cosa nasce cosa. Storia della mafia dal 1943 a oggi
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Schneider, Jane T. & Peter T. Schneider (2003).
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354:Lezioni di mafia al picciotto in carriera
18:Salvatore Greco "The Engineer"
914:Grand Hotel et des Palmes Mafia meeting
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898:List of Sicilian Mafia members by city
1073:List of victims of the Sicilian Mafia
325:The Rothschilds of the Mafia on Aruba
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427:, New York: Simon & Schuster,
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1053:Direzione Investigativa Antimafia
69:was the first ‘secretary’ of the
955:Portella della Ginestra massacre
399:, London: Secker & Warburg
239:Mafia. According to Mafia boss
985:Via Federico Pipitone massacre
893:List of Sicilian Mafia members
356:, La Repubblica, April 2, 2003
67:Salvatore Greco "Ciaschiteddu"
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1127:Article 41-bis prison regime
1043:Italian Antimafia Commission
1038:Sangiorgi report (1898-1900)
39:[salvaˈtoːreˈɡrɛːko]
27:Member of the Sicilian Mafia
1089:1960s Sicilian Mafia trials
297:Schneider & Schneider,
284:Schneider & Schneider,
222:Federal Bureau of Narcotics
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1015:Via dei Georgofili bombing
489:Interprovincial Commission
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973:Circonvallazione massacre
423:Sterling, Claire (1990),
71:Sicilian Mafia Commission
1227:Organized crime in Italy
395:Servadio, Gaia (1976).
1258:Gangsters from Palermo
1100:Pizza Connection Trial
719:Caltanissetta Province
367:Caruso, Alfio (2000).
1021:Via Palestro massacre
818:San Mauro Castelverde
381:Dickie, John (2004).
77:Position in the Mafia
1222:American Cosa Nostra
1137:Banda della Magliana
1132:Banda della Comasina
1117:American Cosa Nostra
1009:Via D'Amelio bombing
967:Viale Lazio massacre
732:Vallelunga Pratameno
709:Campobello di Licata
704:Palma di Montechiaro
65:in 1946. His cousin
979:Via Carini massacre
371:, Milan: Longanesi
241:Giuseppe Guttadauro
208:believed he was in
195:Gaetano Badalamenti
132:was intercepted at
63:Croceverde Giardini
1232:Mafia bibliography
1194:Sacra Corona Unita
997:Pizzolungo bombing
694:Sambuca di Sicilia
656:Agrigento Province
385:, London: Coronet
312:Excellent Cadavers
299:Reversible Destiny
286:Reversible Destiny
261:Reversible Destiny
154:Calcedonio Di Pisa
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991:Train 904 bombing
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237:San Giuseppe Jato
173:Ciaculli Massacre
162:Angelo La Barbera
85:." He joined the
49:. He was born in
16:(Redirected from
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1263:Sicilian mafiosi
1058:State-Mafia Pact
961:Ciaculli bombing
936:Second Mafia War
846:Mazara del Vallo
828:Trapani Province
780:Palermo Province
669:Santa Elisabetta
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1209:Vendicatori
1189:'Ndrangheta
1147:Beati Paoli
1102:(1985–1986)
1096:(1986–1992)
938:(1981–1984)
932:(1962–1963)
770:Pagliarelli
760:Porta Nuova
525:Consigliere
521:(Sottocapo)
314:, p. 103-04
220:and the US
187:Pietro Davì
1247:Categories
1142:Basilischi
1094:Maxi Trial
1063:Addiopizzo
788:Camporeale
765:Brancaccio
647:Mandamenti
602:Corleonesi
564:Mandamento
534:Caporegime
530:Capodecina
483:Commission
337:Servadio,
301:, p. 65-66
247:References
102:Marseilles
1031:Antimafia
946:Massacres
867:Mistretta
742:Mussomeli
684:Cianciana
679:Canicattì
664:Agrigento
627:Inzerillo
542:(Soldier)
519:Underboss
341:, p. 181.
214:Venezuela
158:Salvatore
110:Gibraltar
93:in 1946.
907:Meetings
873:Siracusa
803:Bagheria
793:Corleone
637:Graviano
607:Galatolo
559:Made man
485:(Cupola)
310:Stille,
288:, p. 76.
263:, p. 138
218:Interpol
206:Interpol
180:Fugitive
169:Ciaculli
59:Ciaculli
51:Ciaculli
44:Sicilian
35:Italian:
1169:Garduña
1152:Camorra
1110:Related
1068:Pentito
1047:members
886:Members
841:Trapani
752:Palermo
584:Pizzino
540:Soldato
339:Mafioso
235:of the
226:Asinara
210:Lebanon
106:Tangier
91:Palermo
1199:Stidda
1082:Trials
1023:(1993)
1017:(1993)
1011:(1992)
1005:(1992)
999:(1985)
993:(1984)
987:(1983)
981:(1982)
975:(1982)
969:(1969)
963:(1963)
957:(1947)
851:Alcamo
808:Trabia
798:Cinisi
689:Ribera
622:Motisi
617:Minore
569:Omertà
499:Family
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150:heroin
134:Alcamo
96:Judge
860:Other
737:Riesi
612:Greco
594:Clans
579:Pizzo
574:Faida
503:Cosca
122:Genoa
118:Milan
114:Malta
47:Mafia
923:Wars
871:Sud
727:Gela
509:Boss
429:ISBN
415:ISBN
401:ISBN
387:ISBN
373:ISBN
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