Totò Riina

Born: 1930-11-16

Salvatore “Totò” Riina, called “Totò 'u Curtu” (Sicilian for “Totò the Short,” Totò being the 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, resulting in widespread public outcry and a major crackdown by the authorities.


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Our Godfather

as Self - Mafioso (archive footage)
Released: 2019-04-28

The story of how Sicilian Mafia boss Tommaso Buscetta (1928-2000), the Godfather of Two Worlds,...

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Shooting the Mafia

as Self - Mafioso (archive footage)
Released: 2019-11-22

Sicilian photojournalist Letizia Battaglia began a long battle against the ruthless Cosa Nostra...

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Corleone: A History of la Cosa Nostra

as Self - Mafioso (archive footage)
First aired: 2019-08-27

How, from 1974 to 1993, Totò Riina (1930-2017), supreme boss of the Corleone family, ruled by...

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