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1114:Direzione Investigativa Antimafia
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954:List of Sicilian Mafia members
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404:Police arrest top Mafia boss
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148:; born 11 September 1936 in
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406:, CNN, February 21, 2001
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1161:Pizza Connection Trial
780:Caltanissetta Province
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1082:Via Palestro massacre
879:San Mauro Castelverde
223:Matteo Messina Denaro
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92:Imprisoned since 2001
1334:Italian crime bosses
1283:American Cosa Nostra
1198:Banda della Magliana
1193:Banda della Comasina
1178:American Cosa Nostra
1070:Via D'Amelio bombing
1028:Viale Lazio massacre
793:Vallelunga Pratameno
770:Campobello di Licata
765:Palma di Montechiaro
195:Salvatore Lo Piccolo
177:among other crimes.
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244:and the journalist
231:Andrea Manciaracina
187:Bernardo Provenzano
154:Province of Trapani
62:Province of Trapani
1293:Mafia bibliography
1255:Sacra Corona Unita
1058:Pizzolungo bombing
755:Sambuca di Sicilia
717:Agrigento Province
372:2008-01-12 at the
275:Marcello Dell'Utri
273:’s right-hand man
242:Alberto Giacomelli
175:Pizzolungo bombing
16:Italian mafia boss
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51:11 September 1936
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821:Porta Nuova
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849:Camporeale
826:Brancaccio
708:Mandamenti
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591:Capodecina
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442:, May 2007
313:2023-01-20
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191:Totò Riina
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688:Inzerillo
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580:Underboss
283:Fininvest
181:Biography
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