It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organisational structure and code of conduct.
Salvatore "Toto" Riina, nicknamed "the Beast," was one of the most feared Godfathers in the history of the Sicilian Mafia. He had been serving 26 life sentences and is thought to have ordered more than 150 murders.
Former mafia boss Toto Riina died early Friday after battling kidney cancer and heart problems, Italian media reported. Riina, one of Sicily's most notorious Mafia bosses, had been in a medically-induced coma after his health worsened following two recent operations.
Nicknamed "the Beast" for his reputation as a killer, Salvatore "Toto" Riina was currently serving over two dozen life sentences, including one for ordering the assassinations of anti-Mafia judges Giovanni Falconi and Paolo Borsellino in 1992. He led a reign of terror for almost 20 years from the late 1970s, when he took control of Sicily's powerful organized crime group Cosa Nostra. The Italian justice ministry on Thursday allowed his wife and three of his four children to visit him in the hospital to say their goodbyes. Riina's eldest son Giovanni is serving a life sentence for four murders.
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Endy Edeson
@Fabulous & Adeola: crime 'Bizness' does not pay. For the mafia boss not to regret anything it means he was a hardened criminal. There is joy and rest of mind when one engages in legitimate 'Bizness'
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Henry & Kinika; He didn't leave good footprints for his children. Too bad
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@becky: Hahahahahahahah
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Hmmm endy I reserve my comment