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[ominous music playing]
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[narrator] Fear.
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[woman screaming]
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[narrator] The paralyzing feeling
of imminent danger.
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A dreaded nightmare about to come true.
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But when you're a mob boss
looking to consolidate your power,
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you look at human emotions
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differently.
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[man] Mob bosses rule by fear.
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It's the best weapon.
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[screaming]
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[narrator] And there's one tested method
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for putting this spine-tingling tool
to work.
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To make people understand fear,
you have to perform violence.
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[screams]
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[man 2] If you are able to say,
"I can kill you,
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I can kill your wife,
I can kill your daughter,
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don't fuck with me"...
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you become a very powerful person.
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[narrator] Nobody demonstrated this lesson
as effectively as Sicily's boss of bosses,
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Salvatore "Toto" Riina.
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Toto Riina was associated
with mass murder, with absolute power.
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Riina used violence
to incite terror on a national level.
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[narrator] Riina's unflinching methods
powered his rise to dominance
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over the legendary Sicilian Mafia
for nearly two decades
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while earning him the title "La Belva,"
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The Beast.
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So, if you're ready to see
what terror can do for you,
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buckle up.
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[gunshot]
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[theme music playing]
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During Toto Riina's tyrannical reign
over the Sicilian Mafia,
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he earned billions
through diverse pursuits,
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including global drug trafficking,
weapons smuggling, and real estate.
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But he was mainly known
for this astonishing figure.
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He is thought to have authorized
between 800 and 1,000 killings.
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[narrator] How did Riina become
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such a master of ruthless
and efficient execution?
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Practice.
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Let me show you what I mean.
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{\an8}Toto Riina was born in 1930 in Corleone
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{\an8}into a peasant family.
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{\an8}Corleone was a typical rural town
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with a strong Mafia presence.
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{\an8}Riina's father and brothers were thought
to be involved in the local Mafia,
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{\an8}and Riina begins to make his way up
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with the aim of becoming
the boss of the Corleonesi.
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[narrator] After being indicted
on a murder charge in 1969,
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Riina went underground,
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but didn't miss a beat.
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[man 2] Secrecy was one of his weapons,
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and it built up
his mystique within the Mafia.
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{\an8}This kind of ghost figure
that could be anywhere
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{\an8}and might be listening to you
as you spoke.
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Hello?
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[narrator] Riina took over control
of the Corleonesi faction in 1974,
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but he had grander ambitions.
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He was aiming to become
the head of everything.
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To be the boss of bosses
of the Sicilian Mafia.
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He didn't need a luxurious lifestyle.
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He didn't care about that stuff,
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but what he did care about was power.
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One of the things
that Riina is supposed to have said is,
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"Comandare é meglio che fottere,"
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which means, if I can use plain English,
"Being boss is better than fucking."
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[narrator] Couldn't have
said it better myself.
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But to follow in the Beast's path
to mob supremacy,
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you must overcome
countless obstacles along the way,
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starting with
one of the greatest irritants
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to power of them all.
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Morning paper.
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[narrator] Nothing says you've made it
like getting into the papers.
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But smart mob bosses know better.
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The Mafia is extremely invested
in its public image.
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What journalism does is to bring out
these facts about violence,
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about their business deals.
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They name names,
they expose what the Mafia is doing.
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[narrator] That's why as a mob boss,
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you'll sometimes have to kill
more than the story.
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Ready for some headlines?
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Minnesota mob boss Isadore Blumenfeld,
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better known as Kid Cann, was suspected
of having journalists Walter Liggett
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gunned down in front of his wife
and daughter after Liggett refused
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to stop reporting
on Cann's corrupt influence
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over the state's government.
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After fleeing to Benito Mussolini's Italy
to avoid a murder charge,
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New York mob boss Vito Genovese
reportedly ordered the killing
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of anti-fascist newspaper editor
Carlo Tresca
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to keep Il Duce on his side.
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While it's widely believed
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that Pablo Escobar killed the editor
and publisher of a Colombian newspaper
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known for exposing drug traffickers.
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And for good measure,
also had its offices bombed.
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As Riina continued his quest
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to consolidate power
within the Sicilian Mafia,
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he also had to deal
with challenges from the fourth estate,
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like this guy.
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Mario Francese was a journalist
for the Giornale di Sicilia,
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which is a massive Sicilian newspaper,
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and he was about
to break a story on Riina.
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[narrator] The subject,
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Riina's corrupt role
in a lucrative public works project.
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[Robin] Mario Francese investigated
all of the moneys, public funds
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that were going to go
into the building of this dam,
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$200 million at the time.
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[narrator] That's a lot of damn money.
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To protect his interests,
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Riina needed to act fast.
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Francese had been investigating
Riina's illicit activities for years,
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and now, the big picture
is finally coming into focus.
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[Robin] He was putting the names
of the mafiosi,
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but also the names of businesspeople
who were working with the Mafia.
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[narrator] Riina can't have
the reporter connecting the dots.
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So he gives an order
to his brother-in-law, Leoluca Bagarella.
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Francese leaves work late that night.
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And as he approaches
his home on Viale Campania...
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[gunshot]
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With his nosy adversary
now out of the way,
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Toto Riina finds the next morning's paper
much more to his liking.
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The violence was sending a direct message
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to other journalists and people
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who were also interested
in exposing the Mafia,
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"Stay away, or you'll meet the same fate."
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[narrator] Making an example
of pesky reporters
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checks one problem off your list.
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But when your goal is total domination...
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Be right back.
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...you're going to need to deal with rivals
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who aren't going
to just fight with their pens.
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How do you bring them to heel?
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[Alexander] To be at the top
of the pyramid,
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you've got to be the toughest
and meanest dog in the kennel,
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and that means using your teeth.
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[man] Universal motivation
of the mob is violence.
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{\an8}You could be
the best businessman in the world.
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{\an8}Without having violence,
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you're not lasting
in the street as a businessman.
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That doesn't work.
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{\an8}[narrator] By the early '80s,
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{\an8}Riina was dead set on increasing
his power within the Sicilian Mafia.
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But he faced a stubborn obstacle.
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Something called the Commission.
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[Dana] The Mafia Commission,
also called the Cupola,
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is a governing body of sorts of the Mafia.
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It was made up of the head boss
of the different families.
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{\an8}It was a way of collaborating
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{\an8}to make sure
that business stayed on track.
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{\an8}Riina begins to sit
in the Commission in about 1969
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{\an8}but begins to have
ambitions of domination.
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[narrator] Riina's modest goal,
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{\an8}force the Commission to name him
Capo dei Capi, the Boss of Bosses.
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{\an8}But there was one small problem.
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That position didn't exist.
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He believed
that he should have absolute power.
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He did not want to share.
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[narrator] So Riina decided to turn
the job he had into the job he wanted.
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The Beast's plan, destroy
his top rivals' organizations from within.
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It starts by making secret side deals
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with members of other Mafia families
across Sicily.
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In return,
they do Riina's dirty work for him...
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taking out their bosses
and filling the ranks with mafiosi
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loyal to Riina.
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Before long, only a few rivals
remain from the old guard.
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Dealing with them will require
a more customized approach.
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{\an8}[Dana] Stefano Bontate was the head
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{\an8}of one of the most powerful
Palermo crime families.
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{\an8}Bontate's closest ally was a man
named Salvatore Inzerillo.
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{\an8}Both Inzerillo and Bontate opposed Riina,
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{\an8}and so then for Riina,
something needs to be done.
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[narrator] One night,
Stefano Bontate is celebrating
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his 42nd birthday at his home in Palermo.
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Tipped off to the celebration,
Riina's men stake out positions nearby.
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At 8:30 p.m, Bontate leaves the party
to spend the night at his country villa...
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and runs into a most unwelcome surprise.
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Two and a half weeks later,
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Salvatore Inzerillo's wrapping up
a visit to his mistress
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with his bulletproof Alfa Romeo
parked outside.
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Riina's assassins have done
their homework on this target too.
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So when Inzerillo departs
from his afternoon tryst,
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Riina gets the ultimate satisfaction.
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But the Beast isn't done yet.
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When at his father's funeral,
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Inzerillo's young son, Giuseppe,
vows to exact revenge
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on his father's killer,
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Riina decides to make
an example of him as well.
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[Alexander] They kill
Inzerillo's 16-year-old son.
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[Robin] And before they killed him,
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Riina had his arm chopped off.
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This says to anyone
who might go against Riina
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how they might end up.
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[narrator] Riina's plan
worked to perfection.
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Riina was quite successful
at terrorizing a group of hardened killers
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into seeing things his way,
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and the end result was compliance.
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And so many members of the Commission
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chose to cede Riina his power
rather than meet the same ends.
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[narrator] You've successfully used
the blood of your rivals
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to fuel your climb
to the top of mob boss mountain.
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As you continue your terrifying reign,
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expect another set of enemies
inside the government
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to put you in their sights.
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How do you show them
who's really in charge?
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As boss of bosses,
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you need to demonstrate to everyone
that you have the ultimate power.
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No!
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It's very important for a mob boss
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to be the guy
holding the strings over lawmakers
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because it allows them
to expand their control and their rule.
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[narrator] And when heroic officials
forget who's running things,
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remind them.
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Like Toto Riina did.
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In the early '80s,
there was a culture of fear
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because people saw bodies
on the streets on almost a daily basis.
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People were terrified to go out.
They were terrified to leave their houses.
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[newscaster] Sicily is
where the Mafia began,
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but this is new and disturbing.
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Around 100 Mafia executions
so far this year.
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The citizens were crying out
to public officials to do something.
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[women crying]
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The national government decides
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to send their most prestigious
and powerful police official,
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{\an8}General Alberto Dalla Chiesa,
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{\an8}to Palermo with special powers
to combat the Mafia.
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[narrator] But when it came
to preserving his dominance,
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Riina had special powers of his own.
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In May 1982,
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Dalla Chiesa arrives in Palermo
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along with his new young wife, Emanuela.
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A few months into their stay,
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the couple leaves police headquarters
for an evening out
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accompanied by a police escort.
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But as they cross a major street,
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they're surrounded.
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Dalla Chiesa valiantly tries
to shield his wife.
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But it's no use.
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They're shot 30 times.
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When you take,
for example, spectacular overkill,
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you know, machine gun fire
in the middle of the street,
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that serves as a message
to the community and sometimes the nation.
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[narrator] Dalla Chiesa's funeral
draws a crowd,
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and the mourners are angry.
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They pelt officials with coins,
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frustrated by the government's inability
to keep the Mafia under control.
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[Alexander] At the time
of Dalla Chiesa's funeral,
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someone carried a sign that says,
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"Here dies the hope
of every honest Sicilian."
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[narrator] In other words,
mission accomplished.
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[Robin] Killing Dalla Chiesa showed,
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"We can take out anyone,
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and we will kill you
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if you get into our business."
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[narrator] Show me a better case
for total submission.
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But as the playbook will show,
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you'll only maintain
your absolute authority
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as long as you keep up
your high standards.
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One slip...
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[tires screeching]
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could lead to disaster.
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[growling]
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[screams]
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[narrator] When your goal is to terrorize
an entire society into submission,
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there is no room for half measures.
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{\an8}If you're gonna harm your enemies,
make sure you do it complete,
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{\an8}so they can never come after you.
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[Bobby] If you had trouble
with somebody at one point,
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that trouble's always gonna be there.
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{\an8}This is why they have to be taken home.
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[narrator] That's why
these wise men of honor
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always made sure to tie up loose ends.
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After Whitey Bulger
allegedly marked rival gang leader
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Al Notarangeli for death,
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the hunt led to the murders
of Notarangeli's brother
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and an unlucky bartender
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before Whitey's top assassin
finally eliminated his target.
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Australian mobster Robert Trimbole
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took two attempts to get rid
of anti-drug campaigner Donald Mackay.
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First, trying to lure him
with a fake business deal
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before ultimately having him
shot to death in a parking lot.
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While Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman
spent a decade
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trying to kill rival cartel leader,
Ramón Arellano Félix,
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{\an8}including a failed assault
on a Puerto Vallarta nightclub.
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When Arellano was finally taken down,
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El Chapo reportedly called it the most
pleasurable experience of his life.
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With hundreds of suspected murders
already on his résumé,
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Riina had a solid record
of handling his affairs.
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But there was one Mafia rival
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who remained frustratingly
beyond his reach.
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{\an8}Tommaso Buscetta was known
as the "Boss of Two Worlds"
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{\an8}because he had business interests
on both sides of the Atlantic.
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He was involved in the drug trade
and ended up moving to Brazil.
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[narrator] Buscetta helped form
the Sicilian Mafia Commission
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and was an ally
of Riina's top rivals-turned-victims,
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Palermo bosses Bontate
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and Inzerillo.
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Riina saw him as a threat,
and he wanted him back,
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and he wanted to take him out.
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[narrator] Riina decides
to lure Buscetta into the open
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by using extreme methods of persuasion.
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Much to the misfortune
of Buscetta's eldest sons
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who, after taking
their new car out for a spin,
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are kidnapped and never heard from again.
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It's believed they fell victim
to lupara bianca,
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the white shotgun.
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[Dana] Lupara bianca is a killing
where the body disappears,
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and this is another way
that the Mafia exercises fear over people.
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So not only is
the evidence impossible to find,
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but it doubly punishes families
who can't grieve their dead.
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[narrator] Riina hopes
that Buscetta's grief
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and desire for revenge
will draw him out of hiding.
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It does not.
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So the day after Christmas,
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Riina sends his butchers to a pizzeria
near Palermo's Statue of Liberty...
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where they gun down
Buscetta's son-in-law and two nephews.
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[guns firing]
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Somehow they don't recognize
Buscetta's daughter behind the counter.
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Two days later,
the holiday massacre continues.
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[glass shatters]
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Buscetta's brother and nephew are shot
to death at the family glass business.
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[Alexander] Riina killed
around a dozen family members
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of Tommaso Buscetta.
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Most of these people
had absolutely nothing to do
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with Mafia business.
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[narrator] But despite
Riina's extraordinary efforts,
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Tommaso Buscetta refuses to take the bait.
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[Dana] Buscetta wasn't convinced.
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He didn't come back.
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[narrator] Finally, Buscetta's exile
comes to an involuntary end.
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[Alexander] Brazilian authorities
arrest him.
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They extradite him back to Italy in 1984.
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So, Buscetta finds himself
in Italian police custody.
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He then is met by Giovanni Falcone.
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Giovanni Falcone was
a powerful anti-Mafia prosecutor.
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[narrator] Buscetta decides to make
the most of his current circumstances
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by exacting revenge against the Beast.
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Buscetta collaborates
with Giovanni Falcone,
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and he gives
very detailed information about the Mafia.
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To bring down Riina,
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as a vendetta, his testimony enabled
the anti-Mafia prosecutors
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to charge the members of the Commission
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for approving hundreds of murders.
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[narrator] When it came to finishing
the job with Buscetta,
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Riina failed with disastrous consequences.
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He and the entire Mafia were now
in the authorities' crosshairs.
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But even when all seems hopeless,
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you can still regain your hold
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by getting back on side with the playbook
and showing how far you're willing to go.
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[crowd clamoring]
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[narrator] There's a word
for when you've got nothing left to lose,
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freedom.
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So when it seems like your enemies
are getting the upper hand,
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it's your chance to take off the gloves.
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[woman] Mob bosses
are dangerous when cornered.
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{\an8}You don't know what they're gonna do.
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[narrator] And with Buscetta
singing like a canary,
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the walls were closing in on Toto Riina.
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[Alexander] Falcone begins to draw up
arrest warrants for 366 people,
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which is a hell of a lot.
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[narrator] Riina was included
in the arrest list
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but continued to evade capture.
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{\an8}Many of the top mafiosi
working underneath him weren't so lucky.
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{\an8}Toto Riina felt a massive threat.
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Everything that he worked for
was being dismantled
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with each of these arrests.
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[narrator] What followed
were landmark proceedings
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that became known as the Maxi Trials,
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with Giovanni Falcone at the helm.
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[Alexander] The whole premise
of the Maxi Trial
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is that you are putting the organization
of the Mafia itself on trial.
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[speaking in Italian]
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So the ambition of the Maxi Trial
was actually eliminating the Mafia.
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[narrator] And when you're
the Mafia's boss of bosses...
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that's personal.
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[Dana] Many mafiosi assumed
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that because of Riina's
vast political connections,
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that they would be not found guilty.
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But out of these 475 people on trial,
342 were convicted.
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But dozens of them were in absentia
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because they were in hiding,
and this includes Toto Riina.
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[Robin] By finding them guilty,
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Falcone proved that the Sicilian Mafia
was not invincible.
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{\an8}You had what was called
"l'emergenza pentiti,"
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{\an8}the emergency of mafiosi
becoming state's witnesses.
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And so Riina had to try
to somehow show the mafiosi
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that if they became collaborators,
they weren't safe either.
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He could get to anyone.
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INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
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[narrator] On May 23rd, 1992,
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the hero of the Maxi Trials,
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Giovanni Falcone,
returns to Palermo with his wife.
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Their arrival doesn't go unnoticed.
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Falcone makes a bold choice.
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Rather than riding
with his security detail,
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he insists on driving his own car
from the airport to his country home,
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unaware that Riina and his allies
have been plotting their revenge.
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As Falcone's caravan approaches
the town of Capaci,
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the trap is sprung.
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Falcone and his wife
suffer fatal injuries,
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and the explosion is so massive,
it registers on local earthquake sensors.
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But Riina isn't finished.
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Two months later, Falcone's colleague
in the anti-Mafia task force,
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Paolo Borsellino, is also killed
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by a car bomb
outside his mother's apartment building.
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Riina's message is undeniable.
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The message is, "If you mess with us,
we don't care how high we have to go,
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we don't care how protected you are,
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we will kill you."
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[narrator] But in making
his case so vigorously,
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Riina triggered
some unintended consequences.
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The Italian state is so embarrassed
by the killings of Falcone and Borsellino,
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they send 7,000 army troops to Sicily
to take back control of the territory.
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[narrator] Six months later,
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with the remnants
of Riina's Mafia under siege,
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a frightened associate
leads authorities to Riina's hideout.
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And the Beast is taken into custody.
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[newscaster] The boss of bosses
of the Sicilian underworld,
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Salvatore Riina,
was arrested two days ago.
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[narrator] So now, after executing
his reign of terror entirely
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from underground,
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Riina is finally ready for his close-up.
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It was kind of like a Wizard of Oz moment.
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You know, you pull the curtain,
and it's just a little old man.
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[narrator] And what harm
could he possibly have done?
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[in Italian] I was only a farmer.
I worked the land as an honest man.
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Salvatore Riina has four children.
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He loves children.
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He loves everything and everyone.
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[narrator] Oh, right.
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After a dominating reign
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over one of organized crime's
most storied institutions,
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Toto Riina would die in a prison hospital
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one day after his 87th birthday.
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He remained a mystery to the end,
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never speaking about his crimes
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or giving up his connections
in business and politics.
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But if wreaking havoc from the shadows
isn't your idea of a good time,
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there is another way
to chart a course as mob boss
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that will let you take center stage.
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It's just not the right one.
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Case in point, John Gotti,
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the New York Mafia kingpin
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who set the playbook ablaze
in his quest to make his own rules
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and become a star,
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bringing down
his entire organization in the process.
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Ready to learn what not to do?
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[theme music playing]
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