| This book relies predominantly on the evidence of pentiti, mafiosi who have turned state's evidence, to piece together a history. |
| Callers range from the imperious to the crawling, from the famous to the social climbers, from nabobs to Mafiosi. |
| Armed with inside information, Bulger outmaneuvered rival mafiosi and dodged local criminal investigations. |
| Bribery puts dirty money into the hands of politicians, but corrupt politicians are exposed to extortion from Mafiosi. |
| Italian police have arrested 51 mafiosi accused of a running a crime empire from the coastal city of Ostia, just outside Rome. |
| The mafiosi punished the informer by giving him a kneecapping. |
