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changed the Mafia war into a war against the Mafia. It prompted the first concerted anti-mafia efforts by the state in post-war Italy. The
Sicilian Mafia Commission was dissolved and of those mafiosi who had escaped arrest many went abroad. "Ciaschiteddu" Greco fled to Caracas in Venezuela.
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Venezuela, "Ciaschiteddu" Greco still remained an important figure in the internal leadership of Cosa Nostra, for which he travelled to Italy regularly. He was involved in the decisions to re-establish the Mafia Commission in 1970, and whether or not to take part in the
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and followed by a second in the 1980s – for the control of the profitable opportunities brought about by rapid urban growth and the illicit heroin trade to North
America. The conflict was sparked by a quarrel over an underweight shipment of heroin and the murder of
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that was formed somewhere in 1958. That position came to him almost naturally because he headed one of the most influential Mafia clans at the time, which went back to the late 19th century.
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Giardini in 1946–47. The peace between the two rival factions of the Greco clan was settled by giving the rights of the
Giardini estate to Salvatore "Ciaschiteddu" Greco and his cousin
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in turn was possibly doing a favour to the large oil companies.
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in 1984, "Ciaschiteddu" Greco was involved in the killing of
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series of meetings between top American and Sicilian mafiosi
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from Siculiana (Sicily) to facilitate drug trafficking.
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Meanwhile, in Venezuela Greco formed alliances with the
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The Sicilian Mafia: The Business of Private Protection
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Autopsy may solve deadly mystery of the Mattei Affair
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between 12–16 October 1957, in hotel Delle Palme in
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753:Malavita. Mafia zwischen gestern und morgen
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1221:List of Sicilian Mafia members
528:, La Repubblica, June 21, 1994
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203:Giuseppe Di Cristina
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452:Arlacchi, pp. 60–63
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305:Gaetano Badalamenti
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615:Excellent Cadavers
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276:Angelo La Barbera
239:The Mattei Affair
170:The Mattei affair
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1586:1978 deaths
1581:1923 births
1537:Vendicatori
1517:'Ndrangheta
1475:Beati Paoli
1430:(1985–1986)
1424:(1986–1992)
1266:(1981–1984)
1260:(1962–1963)
1098:Pagliarelli
1088:Porta Nuova
853:Consigliere
849:(Sottocapo)
749:(in German)
553:, pp. 65–66
513:, pp. 79–83
402:Cosa Nostra
297:Pietro Davì
219:Cosa Nostra
133:Santo Sorge
1575:Categories
1470:Basilischi
1422:Maxi Trial
1391:Addiopizzo
1116:Camporeale
1093:Brancaccio
975:Mandamenti
930:Corleonesi
892:Mandamento
862:Caporegime
858:Capodecina
811:Commission
581:Servadio,
509:Arlacchi,
461:Gambetta,
439:Sterling,
426:Servadio,
413:Servadio,
388:References
367:Totò Riina
365:headed by
363:Corleonesi
89:Croceverde
79:Early life
1359:Antimafia
1274:Massacres
1195:Mistretta
1070:Mussomeli
1012:Cianciana
1007:Canicattì
992:Agrigento
955:Inzerillo
870:(Soldier)
847:Underboss
585:, p. 181.
382:cirrhosis
312:Catanzaro
272:Salvatore
176:repentant
41:Sicilian:
20:Salvatore
1235:Meetings
1201:Siracusa
1131:Bagheria
1121:Corleone
965:Graviano
935:Galatolo
887:Made man
813:(Cupola)
732:(1995).
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565:Stille,
500:, p. 101
465:, p. 112
430:, p. 189
400:Dickie,
66:wine jug
62:Sicilian
54:Ciaculli
32:Italian:
1497:Garduña
1480:Camorra
1438:Related
1396:Pentito
1375:members
1214:Members
1169:Trapani
1080:Palermo
912:Pizzino
868:Soldato
583:Mafioso
443:, p. 83
441:Octopus
428:Mafioso
415:Mafioso
378:Caracas
320:Asinara
244:Italian
113:Palermo
109:Palermo
58:Palermo
1527:Stidda
1410:Trials
1351:(1993)
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1339:(1992)
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1327:(1985)
1321:(1984)
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1297:(1969)
1291:(1963)
1285:(1947)
1179:Alcamo
1136:Trabia
1126:Cinisi
1017:Ribera
950:Motisi
945:Minore
897:Omertà
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940:Greco
922:Clans
907:Pizzo
902:Faida
831:Cosca
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1251:Wars
1199:Sud
1055:Gela
837:Boss
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