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Salvatore Riina (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre (toˈtɔ r)riˈiːna]; 16 November 1930 – 17 November 2017), called Totò (sicilian diminutive of Salvatore), was an Italian mobster and chief of the Sicilian Mafia, known for a ruthless murder campaign that reached a peak in the early 1990s with the assassinations of Antimafia Commission prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino ...
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- Leoluca Bagarella, (brother-in-law)
Nov 17, 2017 · Nov. 17, 2017. ROME — Salvatore Riina, the Mafia’s murderous “boss of bosses,” who earned multiple life sentences and the nickname the Beast for his cruelty and for unleashing a war ...
Nov 17, 2017 · Riina was a native of the small Sicilian town of Corleone, made famous by the Godfather films. Photograph: Reuters. If anyone beat Riina, it was the legacy of his most famous victim, Giovanni ...
Nov 17, 2017 · Notorious Sicilian Mafia "boss of all bosses" Salvatore "Toto" Riina has died from cancer in jail, aged 87. Riina was serving 26 life sentences and is believed to have ordered more than 150 murders.
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Nov 23, 2017 · Salvatore Riina, the notorious leader of the Sicilian mafia, died in prison in 2017. He was known as "La Belva" for his brutal violence and terrorism against the state and its allies. His death marked a turning point in the fight against the mafia, but also a new challenge for the Italian justice system.
Nov 17, 2017 · Salvatore Riina, aka "Toto," the most important figure of the Sicilian mafia, is brought to justice after evading police for 23 years at the Aula Bunker of Palermo courthouse on March 4, 1993 in ...
Nov 17, 2017 · Salvatore ‘Toto’ Riina, the most feared and savage of Sicilian mafia bosses, died peacefully of natural causes on Friday; it was a fate none of his victims ever had the good fortune to enjoy. During his decades-long reign of terror, the 87-year-old had ordered the deaths of dozens of people, and oversaw a criminal empire that encompassed ...
