Sicilian Mafia

Summary

Sicilian Mafia is a criminal organization^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of criminal_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,291 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sicilian Mafia's image is recorded as Origins of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra.png^[3].
• Sicilian Mafia's instance of is recorded as criminal organization^[4].
• Sicilian Mafia's headquarters location is recorded as Sicily^[5].
• Sicilian Mafia's GND ID is recorded as 4036926-2^[6].
• Sicilian Mafia's part of is recorded as organized crime in Italy^[7].
• Sicilian Mafia's Commons category is recorded as Cosa Nostra^[8].
• Sicilian Mafia's chairperson is recorded as Calogero Vizzini^[9].
• Sicilian Mafia's chairperson is recorded as Giuseppe Genco Russo^[10].
• Sicilian Mafia's chairperson is recorded as Vincenzo Rimi^[11].
• Sicilian Mafia's chairperson is recorded as Salvatore Greco "The Engineer"^[12].
• Sicilian Mafia's chairperson is recorded as Luciano Leggio^[13].
• Sicilian Mafia's chairperson is recorded as Gaetano Badalamenti^[14].
• Sicilian Mafia's chairperson is recorded as Stefano Bontade^[15].
• Sicilian Mafia's chairperson is recorded as Giuseppe Calderone^[16].
• Sicilian Mafia's chairperson is recorded as Michele Greco^[17].
• Sicilian Mafia's chairperson is recorded as Salvatore Inzerillo^[18].
• Sicilian Mafia's chairperson is recorded as Salvatore Riina^[19].
• Sicilian Mafia's chairperson is recorded as Benedetto Santapaola^[20].
• Sicilian Mafia's chairperson is recorded as Leoluca Bagarella^[21].
• Sicilian Mafia's chairperson is recorded as Bernardo Provenzano^[22].
• Sicilian Mafia's chairperson is recorded as Salvatore Lo Piccolo^[23].
• Sicilian Mafia's chairperson is recorded as Matteo Messina Denaro^[24].
• +1801-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sicilian Mafia^[25].
• Sicilian Mafia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05489^[26].
• Sicilian Mafia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sicilian Mafia^[27].

Body

Founding

+1801-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sicilian Mafia^[25].

Identity

Sicilian Mafia's part of is recorded as organized crime in Italy^[7].

Leadership

Chairpersons include Calogero Vizzini^[9], a politician^[28], 1877–1954^[29], of Italy^[30]; Giuseppe Genco Russo^[10], a politician^[31], 1893–1976^[32], of Italy^[33]; Vincenzo Rimi^[11], 1902–1975^[34], of Italy^[35]; Salvatore Greco "The Engineer"^[12], b. 1924^[36]; Luciano Leggio^[13], a criminal^[37], 1925–1993^[38], of Italy^[39], specialised in mafia^[40]; and Gaetano Badalamenti^[14], a criminal^[41], 1923–2004^[42], of Italy^[43].

Operations

Sicilian Mafia's headquarters location is recorded as Sicily^[5].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Sicilian Mafia include American Mafia^[44] and Jewish-American organized crime^[45].

Why It Matters

Sicilian Mafia ranks in the top 4% of criminal_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,291 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[47]

Entities named for it include American Mafia^[44] and Jewish-American organized crime^[45].