> In 2010, Nicola Gratteri and other anti-mafia prosecutors arrested and convicted the syndicate’s “boss of bosses”, 80-year-old Domenico Oppedisano, who was unknown to police before the start of their investigation and led an outwardly blameless life as a market gardener.
I think this was my favorite part of the article. How do you make it to 80 years old as not only an undetected mob boss but as an undetected super-mob-boss? Smuggling tons of cocaine and whacking hundreds of people aren't exactly easily anonymizable crimes.
I think this was my favorite part of the article. How do you make it to 80 years old as not only an undetected mob boss but as an undetected super-mob-boss? Smuggling tons of cocaine and whacking hundreds of people aren't exactly easily anonymizable crimes.