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In the United Kingdom, the memoir is titled Tough Guy: The Life and Crimes of a Mafia Insider. The book has also been translated to Dutch. Ferrante's second book is titled Mob Rules and is a non-fiction business book. [24] [25] The book was shortlisted for the 800-CEO-Read Awards and is an international bestseller. It has been translated to ...
To become member of the Mafia or Cosa Nostra (both the original Sicilian Mafia or the Italian-American offshoot often known as the "American Mafia") – to become a "man of honor" or a "made man" – an aspiring member must take part in an initiation ritual or initiation ceremony. The ceremony involves significant ritual, oaths, blood, and an ...
Opening the books" and "closing the books" are phrases used in the Mafia to indicate, respectively, that a family is ready or unwilling/unable to accept new members. In Sicily, the proper term for a member of the Sicilian Mafia is in Italian uomo d'onore, or in Sicilian omu d'onuri.
Far away, directing his murderous operations from a hideout in the house of an attractive widow, Lucia (Barbora Bobulova), Matteo is beset by memories of his own, recently deceased mafia-don father.
The investigation began when Spanish police found out that the clan's boss, who is wanted for money laundering, had fled to Spain from Italy. He was tracked down to a house in Marbella rigged with ...
Mafia Business. The Mafia Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Oxford: Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-285197-7; Dickie, John (2013). Mafia Republic: Italy's Criminal Curse. Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta and Camorra from 1946 to the Present, London: Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 978-1444726435 (in Italian) Gratteri, Nicola & Antonio Nicaso (2006).
Mori's inquiries brought evidence of collusion between the Mafia and influential members of the Italian government and the Fascist Party. His position became more precarious. Some 11,000 arrests were attributed to Mori’s rule in Palermo, [16] creating massive amounts of paperwork which may have been partially responsible for his dismissal in ...
The gang's affiliates started their career kidnapping rich people, drug dealing (hashish, cocaine, heroin, etc.). From the 1970s they started working with the Italian secret service, fascists, terrorists, the Sicilian Mafia, the Camorra, and many more. Some gang members are still alive, as inmates of an Italian prison, or justice collaborators.