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- ↑ (in Italian) Muore il boss mafioso Emmanuello, La Repubblica, December 3, 2007
- ↑ How the godfather's wife from Rochdale 'made it big in the mob', The Guardian, May 28, 2007
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- ↑ (in Italian) Mafia, arrestato Di Fazio, reggente clan Santapaola, La Repubblica, October 23, 2005
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 (in Italian) E Leggio spacco' in due Cosa nostra, La Repubblica, October 3, 1984
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- ↑ (in Italian) Maxi blitz contro la nuova cupola; uno dei boss si impicca in carcere, La Repubblica, December 17, 2008
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- ↑ (in Italian) Palermo, in manette il vice di Giuffré Grasso: Colpo di scure a Cosa nostra, La Repubblica, March 7, 2003
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