Cosa Nostra Corleonestotoi, Gaetano Riina (top) after he was arrested in Mazara del Vallo
Italian Anti-Mafia police arrested Gaetano Riina , the godfather of the Corleone clan of the Sicilian mafia who is also the brother of legendary Cosa Nostra “boss of bosses”, ‘Toto’ “The Beast” Riina read the story By Nick Squires, telegraph
The arrest dealt a blow to Cosa Nostra, which has seen its power eroded in recent years following a string of successful police operations, including raids and mass arrests of suspected Mafiosi. Superboss Matteo Messina Denarotra has eluded capture
“If we can eliminate Cosa Nosta then the country can grow, a Sicily without the mafia will be a Sicily that can start to develop again,” said a prosecutor in the case, Ignazio De Francisci.
Overshadowed by rocky crags and cliffs, Corleone was made famous by the 1969 book ‘The Godfather’ by the Italian-American author Mario Puzo, which told the story of a fictitious Sicilian mafia clan in New York and was subsequently turned into a trilogy of films starring Al Pacino as Michael Corleone
“This operation shows that Corleone is still an important base for Cosa Nostra,” said Francesco Messineo, a chief prosecutor in Palermo
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