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Italians Unsure Who Will Lead Mafia Now
AP ^ | 4/11/6

Posted on 04/11/2006 2:54:26 PM PDT by SmithL

Italian investigators say it's not clear who might emerge as the Sicilian Mafia's new top boss, but they will be closing watching aides to the just captured Bernardo "The Tractor" Provenzano. Among them:

_ Matteo Messina Denaro . . .

_ Salvatore Lo Piccolo . . .

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mafia; omerta
And the loser will demand a recount?
1 posted on 04/11/2006 2:54:28 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Didn't they just have an election? Then what's the problem....


2 posted on 04/11/2006 2:55:35 PM PDT by The_Republican
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To: The_Republican

A leader in the mafia would be preferable to our loser Republicans in the Senate.


3 posted on 04/11/2006 2:58:10 PM PDT by Darth Malice
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To: SmithL

http://www.thekidfrombrooklyn.com/


4 posted on 04/11/2006 3:08:36 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (Meep Meep)
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To: SmithL
The Sicilian Mafia should do a show like the The Apprentice to determine who gets the job.

"Welcome to week 3 wiseguys. You will shake down an entire city block. The team that shakes down the most money wins. The team that loses will meet at Umberto's Clam House, where someone will get whacked."

5 posted on 04/11/2006 3:29:42 PM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: SmithL

If the suits put out one more arrest warrant for Jack Bauer, he might go for the job.


6 posted on 04/11/2006 3:58:51 PM PDT by blau993 (a/k/a IPW 993)
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To: blau993

Chuck Norris turned it down, they weren't tough enough for him.


7 posted on 04/11/2006 4:18:00 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: blau993

Did you know the mafia had Einstein killed?
You know why?

He knew too much.


8 posted on 04/11/2006 4:18:55 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: SmithL

Johnny Sack is in jail and Tony's still recovering, so who knows.


9 posted on 04/11/2006 4:22:46 PM PDT by AmusedBystander
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To: an italian

ping


10 posted on 04/11/2006 8:31:45 PM PDT by Wiz
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