The Mafia of Sicily has been at war for years with another Sicily-based criminal fraternity.

This is called La Stidda. The Star. According to two prominent pentiti (informers), the organization grew during the 1980s, its member, disgruntled or perhaps, ambitious, mafiosi who wanted more, quickly. Some were banished from their criminal families for various reasons. Many of the original members were part of the Mafia clan based in Riesi, and drifted away from their cosca after the murder of their boss, Giuseppe Di Cristina, shot dead in 1978.

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