Singer Daniele De Martino, from Sicily, has condemned ‘pentiti’ or turncoats in his lyrics - mafia gangsters who decide to cooperate with the authorities Italian pop singers who glamorise the bling ...
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How the Italian Mafia Took Over America

When thousands of Italian immigrants arrived in America in the early 1900s, they brought more than culture - they brought the foundations of a criminal empire. What began as secret societies from ...
Millions of Italian immigrants settled in the US, including in New York's notoriously crowded Lower East Side. Bettmann Archive Sicily at the end of the 19 th century: The estates of wealthy ...