The Sicilian mafia is far weaker now, left in disarray by Riina, who sought unsuccessfully to lead it from his prison cell in Parma. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Riina was a native of the small Sicilian town of Corleone, made famous by the Godfather films. Mario Francese was the first journalist to expose the role of Riina and the Corleonesi within the Sicilian mafia and was killed in 1979. While other mafia bosses were also brutal, Riina was less invested in maintaining peace, and less closely linked to politicians. Many rivals of Riina fled to the US during his years of terror, some of whom have came back to try to re-establish the Cosa Nostra’s dominance.

Source: The Guardian November 17, 2017 08:06 UTC