Mafia and the Movies Final exam Q1-5

Who was Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa?

- A Carabinieri General

- appointed as Prefect of Palermo to stop the "second Mafia War"

- Killed by Cosa Nostra on Sept 3, 1982

Who were Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino?

- Prosecutors of the "Anti-Mafia Pool" that did the groundwork for the "maxi-trial"

- Killed by Cosa Nostra on may 23, 1992 and July 19, 1992 respectively

Who was Tommaso Buscetta?

- member of the Sicilian mafia who became the first informant

- witness of the max-trial

explained the inner workings of the organization (structure of Cosa Nostra, first mafia war, second mafia war won by Corleonesi faction)

Who was Salvatore (Toto) Riina?

"the boss of bosses"

- from palermo

- head of cosa nostra

sentenced to life imprisonment absentia

- fugitive since 1969 and arrested 1993

What did the maxi-indictment document?

- reality of numbers (40 volumes = 8000 pages, 4000 appendices, evidence against 475 defendents)

- the decadence of the aristocracy whose power and land were eroded by the Mafia

- The growth of the heroin trade, the rise of the Corleonesi, the increasing violence of Cosa Nostra

- Organizational map of Cosa Nostra

- Connections Mafia-politicians