Salvatore "Toto" Riina dead

[cavita]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ital ... SKBN1DH0PA

[Lupara]

I wonder how safe his sons will be now. I'm sure there are people there with mortal hatred towards the Riinas and desperate for revenge.

[Antiliar]

If anyone deserves Hell, it is him.

[felice]

I wonder how safe his sons will be now. I'm sure there are people there with mortal hatred towards the Riinas and desperate for revenge.

One is in jail for live. The other one is living in north Italy and he has been forced to be out from the life by his mother lol

[furiofromnaples]

Paraphrasing Vachel Lindsay who wrote this poem after the death of Leopold II of Belgium, I have allowed him to dedicate it to Riina.

"Listen to the yell of Riina's ghost / Burning in Hell for his hand-maimed host / Hear how the demons chuckle and yell / Cutting his hands off, down in Hell".

[aleksandrored]

With the death of Riina seems to be the end of the Corleonesi clan, it seems that Cosa Nostra is entering the new era.

[Wiseguy]

With the death of Riina seems to be the end of the Corleonesi clan, it seems that Cosa Nostra is entering the new era.

The Corleone clan still exists and they had a bust back in 2015. They just don't have the power they once did.

[Villain]

I know that from our point of view this guy obviously deserves hell, but in the eyes of some of the greatest and most bloodthirsty criminal minds, Riina will always be remembered as their best example on how things should really work in the world of the Mafia, meaning no reasoning, no nothing, a one way street just like the Beast himself. Falcone and the rest of the guys will be remembered for some time, as for Riina, he will be engraved in the sands of time for his horrific activities...sad but thats how life goes

[Lupara]

I know that from our point of view this guy obviously deserves hell, but in the eyes of some of the greatest and most bloodthirsty criminal minds, Riina will always be remembered as their best example on how things should really work in the world of the Mafia, meaning no reasoning, no nothing, a one way street just like the Beast himself. Falcone and the rest of the guys will be remembered for some time, as for Riina, he will be engraved in the sands of time for his horrific activities...sad but thats how life goes

The brutal violence he unleashed was extremely effective in gaining the ultimate power. He killed everyone and their brother who dared to oppose him and the ones left alive feared him forever. The only thing left for him to worry about were the Italian authorities, who also feared him. There were no more rivals to stab him in the back. No more need for diplomacy or deals either, his word was final. He really was the king.

[Villain]

I know that from our point of view this guy obviously deserves hell, but in the eyes of some of the greatest and most bloodthirsty criminal minds, Riina will always be remembered as their best example on how things should really work in the world of the Mafia, meaning no reasoning, no nothing, a one way street just like the Beast himself. Falcone and the rest of the guys will be remembered for some time, as for Riina, he will be engraved in the sands of time for his horrific activities...sad but thats how life goes

The brutal violence he unleashed was extremely effective in gaining the ultimate power. He killed everyone and their brother who dared to oppose him and the ones left alive feared him forever. The only thing left for him to worry about were the Italian authorities, who also feared him. There were no more rivals to stab him in the back. No more need for diplomacy or deals either, his word was final. He really was the king.

Nicely said and as I always say, you're either the bad guy or the good guy, you cant be both. Mob history has taught us that many high profile Mafia members tried to establish some respectful relations with the opposite side or the law, or at least tried to maintain the balance between the two worlds, but Riina was one-sided only and tried to completely destroy and also takeover the opposite side which is quite natural in the way of how one real deadly virus or poison works...no reasoning, no nothing...only death...thank God for making him the only one during that time, because if there were at least a dozen like him in the U.S. during the 1980s for example, they would've ruled the whole world by now lol

[aleksandrored]

With the death of Riina seems to be the end of the Corleonesi clan, it seems that Cosa Nostra is entering the new era.

The Corleone clan still exists and they had a bust back in 2015. They just don't have the power they once did.

o.O did not know that they still exist, is that after the death of Provenzano I never heard of the Corleone clan, thanks for the information.