Cosa Nostra (literally meaning "Our Thing" in Sicilian Italian) is the name adopted by the Sicilian Mafia
Tag: Organized Crime
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Sacra Corona Unita (SCU): The Crown of Apulia
Origin: 1981 (the most recent) Territory: Puglia (Brindisi, Lecce, Taranto, Bari)
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The ‘Ndrangheta: Calabria’s Global Criminal Empire
Origin: Late 1800s, Calabria Territory: Reggio Calabria, Cosenza, Crotone, Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia
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The Camorra: A Decentralized Urban Network of Campania
Origin: 1600-1700s, Naples Territory: Naples, Caserta, Salerno, Avellino
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The Basilischi (plural for Basilisk) The Fifth Mafia of Southern Italy
Small mafia groups
Connections with 'ndrangheta and camorra
Activities: extortion, drugs, contracts
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Al Capone: L’Imperatore di Chicago e il Volto del Proibizionismo
Alphonse Gabriel Capone, conosciuto come Al Capone o "Scarface" (Sfregiato), è l'incarnazione del gangster americano degli anni '20.
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Joe Profaci: The Founding Boss of the Colombo Family
Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci was a Sicilian-born mobster who established and was the first boss of one of the Five Families of New York City's American Mafia.
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The Rules Of The Sicilian Mafia
Cosa Nostra is governed by strict rules primarily passed down orally
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The Sicilian Mafia Organization
The expression Cosa Nostra commonly refers to a criminal organization of terrorist-mafia nature present in Sicily
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Cosa Nostra
Origin: Mid-1800s, Western Sicily Territory: Palermo, Trapani, Agrigento, Caltanissetta