Originally posted by Enzo Scifo:
I noticed many Americans know very much about the American maffia, but meanwhile they know nothing about the Sicilian maffia.
What's your case, American? :p
Do you know something about the 'true' maffia, from Sicily, where it all started? Do you know who Calo Vizzini is? Or Cascio-Ferro? Or Badalamenti?
If not, what is the reason for this lack of knowledge?
Hope I'll get any answers, and thanks in advance.
I know that Baldamenti was involved in the Pizza Connection, when the Sicilians actually took over the Bonnanos for a time, but he was in exile and on a death list from the Corleonesi mafia who had defeated the other families based in Palermo.
I know that the Sicillians are willing to kill judges, government officials, police; something the American LCN has avoided. They will kill innocent family members of their enemies as well.
I know that the Sicillian LCN were in some kind of an alliance with members of the Christian Democrat Party; the exact relationship is still not fully understood.
I reccomend that people read 'The Octupus (the long reach of the Sicillian Mafia)' for a good overview into the 80's. I also suggest 'Excelent Cadavers' about the judges who bravely carried out there duties and prosecuted the Mafia and were killed in the end. I suggest 'The Last Days of the Sicillians' for a detailed examination of the Pizza Connection and Baldamenti's role in it.
