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Return of the Godfathers
The Mafia is the topic as Leo Sisti tells the story of the relationship between the Sicilian and U.S. branches of Cosa Nostra. Following a war won by the "Corleonesi" side, the business relationship between the two had come to a halt. Two Inzerillos brothers (Francisco and Rosario), lost a power struggle and were forced to leave their native Sicily in the early 1980s, "exiled" to the U.S. Almost 20 years later, they returned to Sicily to avenge their murdered family members, attempt to regain power and try to resume the old business relationship with the American mob.
Tags: Mafia; Cosa Nostra; Corleonesi; Sicily; Palermo; Inzernillos
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Head Found on Fifth Avenue
The New Yorker takes a look at how archaeologists are slowly discovering who has been taking the buried treasures of ancient Sicily. Many of the unearthed pieces have ended up in NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art and in the homes of prominent private collectors. The search for looters and the consequences are the primary focus of this article.
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Manhattan, Inc. reports that mob yuppies from Sicily are fighting weakened New York organized-crime families for soaring drug profits; finds young Sicilian crime groups more willing to break traditional Mafia rules and to deal drugs, August 1988.
Tags: Duffy OC NY drugs