Word: provenzano
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...with two decades gone by, the Runaways were in the process of quietly coming home to Italy - or so the authorities believed. The exiles had good reasons: Gotti was dead and buried in the States; and Riina and Bernardo Provenzano, his successor and lifelong Corleone paesano, are both serving life terms in Italy. They were allegedly about to rebuild their "Old Bridge" between America and Sicily, reestablishing the business and drug trafficking ties between the Sicilian and American mobs. For a while, that relationship had been paramount in the netherworld as the Gambinos reigned supreme in the 1970s and 1980s...
...arrested on Nov. 5 after more than two decades as a fugitive. Convicted in absentia on multiple murder charges, Lo Piccolo was taken to an undisclosed prison on the Italian mainland, as was his son, also a convicted murderer. Their capture follows the April 2006 arrest of Bernardo Provenzano, the all-powerful Mafia boss, who evaded authorities for 43 years and is now also serving a life sentence for murder...
Giuseppe Lumia, a member of the Italian Parliament's Anti-Mafia Commission, calls the Mafia "a force in movement, in transition." He says remaining bosses may do their best to "absorb" the arrests and continue Provenzano's strategy of keeping the peace within the organization. But Lumia warns that some at the top may feel forced to "impose new leadership through violence." The boss with perhaps the best chance of extending his grip across Sicily - one way or the other - is Matteo Messina Denaro, 45, of the western coastal city of Trapani. Given the historical supremacy of Palermo, that would...
Before he was nabbed last year, Provenzano lasted a decade as Italy's most-wanted fugitive. He was so sure of his standing as the Mafia's unrivaled leader that he could severely limit his movements; his whereabouts were only verified when cops spotted him sticking his hand out of a boarded-up farmhouse to receive a package. In contrast, says Angeloni, Lo Piccolo's ambitions left him more exposed to capture, which occurred after he and his son showed up in a Toyota Yaris for a summit at a country house west of Palermo. "The Lo Piccolos were still...
...Messina Denaro, who hails from the west coast Sicilian city of Trapani, may be in position now to take over supreme control of the organization. Messina Denaro, 45, is said to have a weakness for fast cars and Armani suits, but was nevertheless highly respected by the more traditional Provenzano. Investigators say they had an almost father-and-son rapport...