White Shotgun: The Sicilian Mafia in Their Own Words

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Lupara bianca' ('White Shotgun') - an Italian term that refers to a Mafia-style killing, in which no trace of the victim can be found.Among the world's most feared organized crime outfits, the Cosa Nostra is notorious for brutal acts of violence, bizarre rites and rituals, murder and revenge. For thirty years, prize-winning Sicilian journalist Attilio Bolzoni has reported on their shadowy activities, gaining the trust of insiders and bearing witness to their twisted code of honour and bloodshed.Now, for the first time, he has collected together a powerful anthology of rare interviews, court proceedings and transcripts of phone taps that capture the Mafia's attitude towards family, business, money and power, life and death. With alarming insights and chilling revelations, White Shotgun is a portrait of the men who live by a code of silence - in their own words.'We are men of honour, we're the elite of the crime world . . . We're the worst of all'Antonino Calderone

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