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Miceli to Italy on June 30, 2009, to serve his prison term. He was convicted for drug trafficking and Mafia conspiracy in 2001. Since then he again has been charged for cocaine trafficking between
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951:List of Sicilian Mafia members
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21:Salvatore Miceli (footballer)
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1096:Sangiorgi report (1898-1900)
471:Forgione, Francesco (2009).
351:La joint venture della droga
16:Member of the Sicilian Mafia
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1147:1960s Sicilian Mafia trials
335:, ADUC droghe, May 30, 2003
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876:San Mauro Castelverde
209:Matteo Messina Denaro
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1280:American Cosa Nostra
1195:Banda della Magliana
1190:Banda della Comasina
1175:American Cosa Nostra
1067:Via D'Amelio bombing
1025:Viale Lazio massacre
790:Vallelunga Pratameno
767:Campobello di Licata
762:Palma di Montechiaro
416:The Associated Press
298:Relazione conclusiva
180:, the Mafia boss of
1037:Via Carini massacre
217:province of Trapani
151:province of Trapani
141:Miceli was born in
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1290:Mafia bibliography
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714:Agrigento Province
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994:Second Mafia War
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592:Caporegime
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