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Riggio, Giovanni, 586–587
The Right (Italian coalition)
attitude toward camorra and mafia, 93–94
fight against camorra, 45
Sicily and, 50–51, 58–61
Riina, Totò (Shorty), 411–412, 413, 414, 415, 490, 502, 506, 511, 529, 543, 611, 642, 647
capture of, 582–583, 591, 597, 601
Falcone and, 560, 564–545, 581
maxi-trial, 551, 553, 555, 556, 558
Provenzano and, 604–605, 606
Second Mafia War and, 462–465, 467, 468–469
Supreme Court ruling, 570–571
war against state, 571, 581, 588, 589–590, 592, 604, 609
‘Rinconete and Cortadillo’ (Cervantes), 40
Ring Trick, 191–192
Risorgimento. See Italian Unification
Ritrovato, Pietro, 144, 152
Rituals, ’ndrangheta and, 126, 330–331, 333, 495. See also Blood oaths; Initiation rituals
Rizzotto, Placido, 508, 509
Rizzuto, Nick, 448
Rodd, James Rennell, 272–273, 274, 275
Rognoni-La Torre anti-mafia law, 516–517, 518, 582, 645
Rogoli, Giuseppe, 492, 493, 494
Roma (newspaper), 317, 350
Romano, Giuseppe (Little Joey), 231
Romano, Liborio, 24–25, 30–31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 41, 45
Rome
Cosa Nostra violence in, 590
Magliana Band, 489–491
Romeo, Aurelio, 152–153
Romeo, Bruno, 249–252
Romeo, Francescantonio, 249–252
Romeo, Rocco, 249–252
Romeo, Vincenzo, 337, 338, 344
Rosa dei Venti (Wind Rose), 494
Rosanova, Alfonso, 487
Rosarno, 354, 619
Rosi, Francesco, 361–362
Rossellini, Roberto, 293
Rossi, Adolfo, 145–146
Rossi, Luca, 457, 458
Rotolo, Antonino, 610
Royal General Inspectorate for Public Safety for Sicily (Inspectorate), 258, 259–265
Ruffini, Ernesto, 538
Russo, Ferdinando, 454–455
Russo, Giuseppe Genco, 288, 302
Russo, Saverio, 107–108
Sacra Corona United (Sacred United Crown; SCU), 491–493
Saetta, Antonino, 564
Saffioti, Gaetano, 641
Sagoleo, Giuseppe, 127–129, 132, 133
St. Michael’s Day blitz, 529–530
Salento, 492
Salerno-Reggio Calabria, 371–372, 401, 402
Salvo, Ignazio, 414, 555–557, 558, 581
Salvo, Nino, 414–415, 555–556
Salvo cousins, 449
San Carlino theatre, 310–311, 313, 314
Sanctuary of the Madonna of the Mountain at Polsi, 135–137, 268–269, 394, 646
Sangiorgi, Achilles, 69, 108
Sangiorgi, Ermanno, 76, 78, 214, 242, 259, 260, 265, 282, 364, 463
mafia trial, 173–176
in Naples, 106–112
Notarbartolo case and, 170, 172, 177, 180, 181
open fight against the Sicilian mafia, 67–68, 70–75, 79, 81–89, 164–168
retirement and death of, 181–182
Sangiorgi, Italia, 164, 180
Sangiorgi, Italo, 164
Sangiorgi, Maria Luigia, 164
San Luca, 136, 339
Sanseverino, Gennaro Sambiase (Duke of San Donato), 44–45
Santa Maria di Gesù Family, 441
Santangelo, Giovanni, 289
Santangelo, Giuseppe, 289
Santangelo, Vincenzo, 289
Santista, xlv, 427–429, 432–433
Santo Stefano, 142, 145, 147, 148, 149, 152–153
Sardinia, 419
Saredo, Giuseppe, 183–184, 186
Saviano, Roberto, 633–636, 644
Savio, Marzia, 420
Sbisà, Gennarino, 454
Scaduto, Giuseppe, 611
Scalfaro, Oscar Luigi, 581
Scarantino, Vincenzo, 583–584, 591
Scarface (film), 102, 103
Scarfoglio, Edoardo, 109, 193, 219, 231
Scelba, Mario, 301–302
Schiavone, Francesco, 103
Schiavone, Walter, 103
Schiavoni, Nicola, 3
Schifani, Vito, 575
Scialoja, Antonio, 16, 19–20, 25, 34
Sciascia, Leonardo, 562–563
‘The S Code,’ 492
Scopelliti, Nino, 570
Second Mafia War, 462, 465–469
Second ‘Ndrangheta War, 549–550, 586
Semerari, Aldo, 457, 472, 491
Separatism, Sicilian, 289, 300
Serra, Vincenzo, 232
Sfregio, 38, 77, 123, 125, 207
Sgarrista, 427
Sgarro (insult), 432
Sicily
Allied assault on, 270
AMGOT in, 271–274
anti-mafia campaigns, 83, 89, 163, 164–168, 257–265, 582
anti-mafia sentiment in, 536–544, 613–616
fascism and, 223–227, 224
Garibaldi’s invasion of, 21
grey zone, 655–657
heroin trade and, 435–436, 440–444
insurrections in, 49–56
investigations into mafia on, 69–72, 74–76, 78–90
kidnappings in, 409–416
under the Left, 61–62, 64–65, 81–83, 89
mafia and Christian Democrats on, 301–303
mafia movie, 291–293
mafia of (see Cosa Nostra [Sicilian mafia])
mafia violence in, 513–514
Notarbartolo affair, 159–163, 169–173
post-war transition, 288–290
Second Mafia War, 462–469
Separatist movement, 289, 300
See also Palermo
Sidari, Francesca, 143
Siino, Alfonso, 166
Siino, Francesco, 166, 174, 175
Simone, Anna, 554
Simone, Giovanni, 554
Simonetti, Ludovico, 214–215
Simonetti, Pasquale, 347–348, 349, 352–353
Sinagra, Vincenzo, 554
Sindona, Michele, 449, 501, 502
SISDE (internal intelligence and security agency), 483–484
SISMI (military intelligence service), 484
Socialist Party, 157, 158, 179, 186, 187, 193, 546–547, 581
‘Social rules,’ ’ndrangheta, xxxvi, xxxvii
Sociological perspective on mafia, 94–98
Sorino, Angelo, 463–464
SOS Business, 614
Sottogoverno, 159–160
South African number gangs, 138
Southern Italy
mafias and political system in, 547–548
poverty of, 120, 178, 195, 234, 328, 333, 361, 476–477, 537, 620–621
state investment in, 481–482
Southern Question, 105, 234, 237
Sovereign Act, 21–25, 29
Spadaro, Tommaso, 389
Spagnolismo (Spanishry), 39–40
Spatuzza, Gaspare (Baldy), 591–592
Spaventa, Silvio, 36–43, 45–46
Spavone, Antonio, 455
Sperino, Teofilo, 311
Squillace, Salvatore, 542
Starabba, Antonio (Marquis of Rudinì), 58–62, 64, 67, 162–163, 172
State collusion/partnership with mafias, 218, 283–284, 300, 301–303
camorra, 34, 548–548
’ndrangheta, 340, 344
‘party-ocracy’ and, 546–547
police (see Police alliance)
Sicilian mafia, 301–303
See also Politicians, mafias and
Steiger, Rod, 362
Stella, Federigo, 102
The Story of a Born Delinquent (Antonino M.), 113
Surace, Angela, 245
Suraci, Guiseppe, 431–432
‘The System.’ See Camorra (Neapolitan/Campanian mafia)
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p; Tambroni, Fernando, 336, 338, 340–341, 343, 344, 345
Tangier, 376, 377
Tartaro, 126
Tattoos
camorra, 95–97, 98, 113
picciotteria, 124
Teamsters Union, 378
Terracciano, Anna, 625
Terra di Lavoro (the Land of Work), 625–626, 631–632
Terranova, Cesare, 398, 501, 502
Territorial control, 316
Terrorism, 405, 423, 485, 486, 502, 505, 506, 510, 528, 554. See also Red Brigades
Testa, Rosaria, 245
The Times (London newspaper), 24, 37, 43, 176
Tobacco smuggling, 360, 373–377, 388, 389–390, 391–392, 620
Tobey, Charles, 321
Tommaso Natale, 366
Torielli, Pietro, 416
Tornatore, Giuseppe, 479–480
Torre Annunziata bus massacre, 544–545, 548–549
Tortora, Enzo, 519–525, 532, 533
Toxic waste disposal, camorra and, 631–632
Train, Arthur, 206, 213
Traina, Claudio, 578
Transatlantic Syndicate, 446–449, 462, 463, 530, 582, 638
Transsexual cammorista, 625
Trapani, 259, 468
‘Tree of Knowledge,’ 126
Trequartista, 433
Tribuna Giudiziaria (newspaper), 180
Tribunal of Humility, 331–332
Trimboli, Pasquale, 124–125, 126
Tripodo, Domenico (Mico), 395, 397–398, 399, 400, 401, 424, 425, 430, 431, 454
Tripodo, Paolo, 430
Truman, Harry S, 288
Tuccillo, Antonio, 350
Turiello, Pasquale, 105–106, 112
Turkey, heroin trade and, 436–437, 438
Ucciardone prison, 52, 53, 59, 508, 535–536
L’Unita (newspaper), 329, 487
United States
anti-mafia campaigns, 320–324, 378–381
Apalachin Summit, 378, 382
Castellammarese War, 463
Cosa Nostra in, 447–448, 609–610
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 645
heroin trafficking and, 435–438, 448–449
Italian-American gangsterism in the early 1950s, 320–324
Italian organised crime migrants to, 197–200, 367, 609–610
Italo-American summit, 382
RICO Act, 511
Transatlantic Syndicate, 446–449, 463, 530, 638
The Untouchables (television show), 379
Valachi, Joe, 380
Vallelonga, Tony, 648
Vanel, Charles, 294
Vangelo, 433, 646
Varese, 367
Vassallo, Ciccio, 412, 510
Vassallo, Francesco (Frankie; King Concrete), 364–367
Vassallo, Pino, 412
Le Vele (The Sails), 622–623
Velona, Filippo, 129–131, 132
Vendetta, 11, 72–76, 77–79, 81, 88, 254, 306
Venturi, Tommaso, xxxiv
Verga, Giovanni, 119
Via d’Amelio massacre, 578–579
viale Lazio massacre, 390
Vicaria prison, 100
Vicaria quarter of Naples, 18–19
Vietnam War, heroin trade and, 436, 438
Villari, Pasquale, 105
Violence, of mafia organisations, 281–282, 513–514. See also Murder
Violi, Paolo, 445–446, 447, 448
Visibility, mafia organisations and, 249–250, 254
Vitale, Giusy, 624
Vittozzi, Ciro, 192
Vizzini, Calogero, 303–304
Vory-v-zakone, 138
Vozza, Maria, 107, 164
Washington Times (newspaper), 209
Waste-management industry, camorra and, 626, 627–632
Wikileaks, xxvii
Women
camorra and, 76–77, 624–625
Cosa Nostra and, 76, 77, 88
’ndrangheta and, 244–254, 648–650
prostitutes/prostitution, 76–77, 125, 244, 245–246, 277–278, 650
World War II
in Italy, 270–271
post-war Italy, 271–284
Years of Lead, 422, 423, 501–506
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (film), 374–376, 392
You Must Kill (Castagna), 330
‘Young Turks,’ 363, 365–366, 655
YouTube, surveillance videos on, 643, 645–646, 648
Zagari, Antonio, xxxv–xxviii, xxxix
Zagari, Giacomo, xxxv–xxxvii, 367
Zagaria, Michele, 635, 636
Zappia, Giuseppe, 395
Zaza, Michele (Mad Mike), 388, 389, 390, 392, 471, 543, 624
Zips, 447–448
Zoccali, Vincenzo, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 306–307
Zone Handbooks, 271, 274–275, 276–277, 283, 284
Zumpata (knife duel), 38–39, 455–456
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JOHN DICKIE is professor of Italian Studies at University College, London, and an internationally recognised expert on many aspects of Italian history. In 2005 he was awarded the title Commendatore dell’Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana. He is the author of several books, including Delizia!, which won the special commendation in the André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards and in France was voted food book of the year in RTL/Lire magazine’s prestigious poll. Cosa Nostra, his history of the Sicilian mafia, has been translated into twenty-one languages, has sold over 750,000 copies, and won the Crime Writers’ Association Award for Non-Fiction.
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