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Salvatore Riina also known as The Beast or The Short One is a member of the [[Mafia|Sicilian Mafia]] who became the most powerful member of the criminal organization in the early 1980s. | |||
During his lifelong career in crime he is believed to have personally killed around forty people and to have ordered the deaths of several hundreds more. | During his lifelong career in crime he is believed to have personally killed around forty people and to have ordered the deaths of several hundreds more. | ||
During the 1980s and early 1990s Riina and his Mafia faction, the Corleonesi, waged a ruthless campaign of violence against both rival mobsters and the state, which culminated in the assassination of the anti-Mafia prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino. This caused widespread public revulsion against the Mafia and led to a major crackdown by the authorities, resulting in the capture and imprisonment of Riina and many of his associates. | During the 1980s and early 1990s Riina and his Mafia faction, the Corleonesi, waged a ruthless campaign of violence against both rival mobsters and the state, which culminated in the assassination of the anti-Mafia prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino. This caused widespread public revulsion against the Mafia and led to a major crackdown by the authorities, resulting in the capture and imprisonment of Riina and many of his associates. | ||
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