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Yes it's the same Salvatore Contorno, he was an important pentito of the 1980s with Buscetta, Marino Mannoia and others

The way I understand it (but I could be wrong), Pino Greco was in charge of the mandamento while Michele Greco was the head of the Cupola

There are more mafia-related cases in Australia in one month than there have been in the United States in 10 years (or more).

Thanks for the updates, Steve.

Yes, that's it, thanks for the reminder cobra. Giovanello & Pino Greco were cousins and Pino shelved Giovanello and few others Giovanello's friends/relatives of Ciaculli. There's this crazy story where Pino had the house of a widow walled up because she refused to leave and had to leave in a hur...

I'm not sure why they arrested Inzone, probably because he was associated with them in NJ or if if he really killed them. I think I read in a book (in Octopus or in one of my French books, I don't remember) that Giuseppe "Pino Scarpuzzedda" Greco arranged the hit on Tramontana & Romano...

Camo wrote: ↑Wed May 07, 2025 4:43 am Thanks a lot motorfab.

You're welcome! For the record I edited my post with an article on Inzone (I tell you because we posted it at the same time )

I'm reading a book about the Corleonesi right now and came across this passage: There was more mourning for Buscetta. In quick succession, his son-in-law was killed and then, at the Palermo pizzeria where they worked, his brother and his nephew. The killers spared Buscetta’s daughter, who was sitti...

My point being it's a rare occurrence if an LCN member gets murdered in prison. Seems like most of the examples are of rat associates besides Papa who was a member but perceived to be a rat. I'm not an expert about Papa so I can't say if he was an informant (the main thing I know about him is he ro...

whitey bulger He wrote "mob boys" and Vincent Papa was killed in prison. Speaking of Papa's murder, there was a couple of other mob murder in Atlanta Penitenciary -William Rhett Zambito a low level drug trafficker (and informant) from Florida was stabbed to death on March 28, 1978. He had...

Thanks for the info Joel

Another Sicilian active in Marseille was Nicolo (or Nicola) Di Giovanni. Despite my efforts, I haven't found anything else on him other than the stuff I post below, but he was originally from Palermo and, according to Charles Wighton in the book Dope International, Di Giovanni was a middleman betwee...

Tony, I actually mistranslated the article I had: Mussolini's famous visit to Cuccia is actually due to the fact that a politician from Piana dei Greci named Pasquale Bennici wrote a letter to Mussolini in December 1923 to warn him that the people on Cuccia's list were mainly mafia members. Mussolin...

Here is a Google translation of an article mentioning Tommaso Matranga. Vito Stassi was a socialist politician killed on April 28, 1921. Francesco Cuccia, the boss of Piana dei Greci and Stassi's political rival, is suspected of having ordered the murder. It was apparently because of a denunciation ...

Not sure if it's related to Tommaso Matranga but: Another Matranga from Piana dei Greci was Gaspare Matranga of the Los Angeles Crime Family. He was previously affiliated with the Chicago mafia under the name of "Joe Vitale" and moved during the "Cheese War" in San Diego. Joe Cuc...

Regarding my beliefs without evidence, I am convinced that the mafia in Canada (especially in Ontario) and Australia are much larger and more powerful than in the USA.