Originally Posted by Hollander
Yes it is alleged that even Andreotti was a made member.

Since 1945 he sat in the Italian parliament. He participated in 33 governments, serving as Prime Minister seven times.


I would not be surprised to find out that he was.

Another was a top Sicilian-based politician named Bernardo Mattarella. He was born in the seaside town of Castellammare del Golfo, and was a boyhood friend and classmate of Joe Bonanno and other Castellammarese-born mafiosi who later immigrated to America. In fact, when Joe Bonanno made a trip to Sicily many years later, Mattarella made it his business to actually meet Bonanno on the tarmac and welcome his old friend back home as Joe and his entourage stepped off the plane.

Although never officially proven, Mattarella was always widely believed to be a fully "initiated" member of the historic Castellammarese Mafia clan.