Sicilian Mafia
Organized crime syndicate
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| 2023 | Benedetto Capizzi passed away, marking the end of his life as a Sicilian Mafia member. |
| 2023 | Matteo Messina Denaro, Provenzano's successor as boss of the Sicilian Mafia, was arrested after years of being a fugitive. |
| January 16 2023 | Matteo Messina Denaro died, ending the reign of one of the most wanted mafia bosses in Sicily. |
| 2022 | Raffaele Ganci passes away, concluding his lifetime involvement with the Sicilian Mafia. |
| 2021 | Salvatore Di Gangi passed away. |
| 2020 | Gregorio Agrigento died, concluding his life as a Mafia member. |
| 2020 | Francesco Di Carlo dies, concluding his long-standing involvement in the Sicilian Mafia from 1941 to 2020. |
| March 13 2019 | Frank Cali was assassinated outside his Staten Island home, representing a high-profile Mafia-related murder |
| 2018 | John Brownjohn translated 'Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions' into English, marking the first of Giordano's novels to be translated into English. |
| February 1 2018 | Operation 'Game Over' resulted in the arrest of 31 people from a Palermo crime family. Benedetto Bacchi, who controlled 700 betting shops and earned €1 million monthly, was charged with money laundering, fraud, and drug trafficking. Investigators also alleged connections between the Sicilian and American Mafia in a food export company. |
| January 22 2018 | Carabinieri police arrested 58 people connected to 16 mafia families across several Sicilian provinces. Charges included mafia association, drug trafficking, extortion, fraud, and vote buying. The mayor of San Biagio Platani, Santino Sabella, was among those arrested for colluding with the Sicilian Mafia. |
| 2017 | John Gambino dies, marking the end of his life as a Sicilian Mafia member. |
| 2015 | The Mafia Capitale investigation revealed the Mafia's exploitation of the European migrant crisis, profiting from and exploiting refugees. |
| 2014 | Mario Giordano first published 'Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions' in German, launching the Auntie Poldi Adventure Series. |
| 2012 | Francesco Gambino dies, ending his life as a Sicilian Mafia member. |
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