I have never heard of Minore. Were the Salvo brothers actually members of the mafia? I thought they were politicians and businessmen who just had a lot of connections to the underworld. I read online that Bontade had around 10 billion lire in cash. Not positive how accurate that is. That’s around $5 million.
totò minore was the boss of trapani, the salvo were also members of the mafia (salemi family) and they managed the collection of taxes throughout sicily anyway at that time several mafiosi became quickly very rich
I read that the Salvo brothers were not involved in the day to day operations of the mafia but that sounds like a cover. Prior to Riina was Bontade the boss that everyone looked to? Also, I think the 5 billion lire in cash was more than likely just a small fraction of what was traced back to him. Law enforcement could not trace much money back to him at all.
