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784:Campobello di Licata
779:Palma di Montechiaro
320:Family and relatives
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457:, London: Coronet,
199:Bernardo Provenzano
1307:Mafia bibliography
1269:Sacra Corona Unita
1072:Pizzolungo bombing
769:Sambuca di Sicilia
731:Agrigento Province
502:, London: Vintage
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380:2007-09-28 at the
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835:Porta Nuova
600:Consigliere
596:(Sottocapo)
483:Mafia Women
443:Mafia Women
247:in absentia
119:post mortem
114:in absentia
89:Cosa Nostra
71:Nationality
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1169:Maxi Trial
1138:Addiopizzo
863:Camporeale
840:Brancaccio
722:Mandamenti
677:Corleonesi
639:Mandamento
609:Caporegime
605:Capodecina
558:Commission
441:Longrigg,
359:References
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310:mandamento
303:Brancaccio
283:Pino Greco
255:Maxi Trial
238:Maxi Trial
179:Corleonesi
111:(sentence
85:Allegiance
1106:Antimafia
1021:Massacres
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817:Mussomeli
759:Cianciana
754:Canicattì
739:Agrigento
702:Inzerillo
617:(Soldier)
594:Underboss
332:became a
219:informant
187:garrotted
148:homicides
982:Meetings
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878:Bagheria
868:Corleone
712:Graviano
682:Galatolo
634:Made man
560:(Cupola)
498:(1995).
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378:Archived
307:Ciaculli
261:Downfall
183:Corleone
156:Ciaculli
1244:Garduña
1227:Camorra
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1143:Pentito
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659:Pizzino
615:Soldato
353:pentito
343:of the
334:pentito
163:Palermo
136:Palermo
105:Penalty
75:Italian
48:Palermo
1274:Stidda
1157:Trials
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764:Ribera
697:Motisi
692:Minore
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578:Cosca
223:gofer
217:, an
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998:Wars
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504:ISBN
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