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 Sketch of the 1901 maxi trial of suspected mafiosi in Palermo. From the newspaper L'Ora, May 1901 |
According to Mafia turncoats (pentiti), the real name of the Mafia is "Cosa Nostra" ("Our thing"). When the American mafioso Joseph Valachi testified before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the U.S. Senate Committee on Government Operations in 1963 (known as the Valachi hearings), he revealed that American mafiosi referred to their organization by the term cosa nostra ("our thing" or "this thing of ours"). At the time, it was understood as a proper name, fostered by the FBI and disseminated by the media. The designation gained wide popularity and almost replaced the term Mafia. The FBI even added the article La to the term, calling it La Cosa Nostra (in Italy, the article la is not used when referring to the Sicilian Mafia).
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| Direzione Investigativa Antimafia Direzione Investigativa Antimafia www.interno.it/dip_ps/dia/index.htm - Web |
| The Mafia in Sicilian History The Mafia in Sicilian History www.bestofsicily.com/mafia.htm - Web |
| Cosa Nostra – Rebranding the Mafia Cosa Nostra – Rebranding the Mafia www.threemonkeysonline.com/.../article_cosa_nostra_history_sicilian_mafia.htm - Web |
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