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OcSleeper wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 4:39 pm

jimmyb wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 3:59 pm

Antiliar wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 6:21 pm Looking for info on the Mafia of Alcamo and its history. All I know is that Vincenzo Rimi was a boss there at some point. Any help would be appreciated.

Hey, Rick I mentioned some names from there in another thread while back. I think it was a CDG thread..Cant remember where it is. If I can locate it, ill let you know

Was this it?
https://theblackhand.club/forum/viewtop ... mo#p226013

Yes, that's it! Thanks

jimmyb wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 3:59 pm

Antiliar wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 6:21 pm Looking for info on the Mafia of Alcamo and its history. All I know is that Vincenzo Rimi was a boss there at some point. Any help would be appreciated.

Hey, Rick I mentioned some names from there in another thread while back. I think it was a CDG thread..Cant remember where it is. If I can locate it, ill let you know

Was this it?
https://theblackhand.club/forum/viewtop ... mo#p226013

Antiliar wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 6:21 pm Looking for info on the Mafia of Alcamo and its history. All I know is that Vincenzo Rimi was a boss there at some point. Any help would be appreciated.

Hey, Rick I mentioned some names from there in another thread while back. I think it was a CDG thread..Cant remember where it is. If I can locate it, ill let you know

https://www.alqamah.it/2020/12/17/cosi- ... alatafimi/

Good read

Couldn't find much.

From 1875:
"The centers where the mafia is most manifested are Marsala, Mazzara, Castelvetrano, Salemi, S. Ninfa, Alcamo, Castellammare, Calatafimi and Vita, but at the head there are no people who have a high social position; however, I do not think it useless to add to this report a list in which the most dangerous mafia members are designated and which therefore are kept under the strictest surveillance." The list mostly consists of names from Palermo and Girgenti provinces, Trapani is more sparse and doesn't list any names from Alcamo. Or CDG either.

September 2, 1875: "In Alcamo (Trapani), assassination of the lottery receiver Costantino Antonino, and failed assassination of three customs guards."

December 6, 1875: "In Alcamo (Trapani), failed assassination of the public security delegate Mr. Lentini Vittoriano."

There was a book written about by a Sicilian in Alcamo who was around during the revolution and he stated (in 1860) that the "mafia reigned supreme in all social classes."

Not really helpful beyond providing direct evidence of its existence.

B. wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 11:41 pm There have been Milazzos involved in Alcamo, though not sure if they connect to the Castellammarese Milazzo. There are close ties between the towns, as they share the same mandamanto and the Rimis are related to the Castellammarese Buccellatos through marriage.

A recent boss is Ignazio Melodia.

The Mancusos of Alcamo were involved with the mafia both in the US and Sicily.

Using the US side as a reference there are plenty of connections with Alcamo in the Detroit and LA families though whether they can be connected to activities/relations in Sicily I'm not sure.

Mostly interested in bosses before Vincenzo Rimi.

B. wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 11:41 pm There have been Milazzos involved in Alcamo, though not sure if they connect to the Castellammarese Milazzo. There are close ties between the towns, as they share the same mandamanto and the Rimis are related to the Castellammarese Buccellatos through marriage.

A recent boss is Ignazio Melodia.

The Mancusos of Alcamo were involved with the mafia both in the US and Sicily.

Using the US side as a reference there are plenty of connections with Alcamo in the Detroit and LA families though whether they can be connected to activities/relations in Sicily I'm not sure.

vincenzo milazzo was the boss of alcamo, he was gunned down in 1992 along with his pregnant girlfriend by the 'corleonesi'

There have been Milazzos involved in Alcamo, though not sure if they connect to the Castellammarese Milazzo. There are close ties between the towns, as they share the same mandamanto and the Rimis are related to the Castellammarese Buccellatos through marriage.

A recent boss is Ignazio Melodia.

The Mancusos of Alcamo were involved with the mafia both in the US and Sicily.

Using the US side as a reference there are plenty of connections with Alcamo in the Detroit and LA families though whether they can be connected to activities/relations in Sicily I'm not sure.

Thanks Dwalin, I'll check it out.

I remember years ago there was this site: www.senzamemoria.wordpress.com , which seems to be either inactive or restricted to private now; the owner of the site started writing a book about the Alcamo mafia, called "Pane, pitittu e mafia" and made the first chapters available to the public, but unfortunately the book was never completed, as far as I know, but the compilation of the first 14 chapters is available for sale here:

https://ilmiolibro.kataweb.it/libro/sto ... e-mafia-2/

Unfortunately, I haven't saved the chapters back when the site was still accessible, but I remember there were some interesting stories about the mafia, including before the Rimi group took over.

It's in Italian though.

EDIT: it's available for reading online here too, but I am not sure if there are all the chapters, still it might be useful:

https://www.slideshare.net/franceskerra ... di-trapani

Looking for info on the Mafia of Alcamo and its history. All I know is that Vincenzo Rimi was a boss there at some point. Any help would be appreciated.