The Garrotte The weapons used by the mafia ranged from short range weapons to long range ones. The short range weapons were discreet and deadly, while the long range ones were death inescapable. Melee weapons were used too and the infamous garrotte was used to deliver a slow but sure death by strangling the person [...]

Boss The head of the family is known as the boss or also popularly called, the don. He makes all the decisions and all the money in the ventures that the family is engaged in, eventually flows to him. The boss should be powerful enough so that the associates and those who under him pay [...]

Sicilian police found a list of ‘Ten Commandments’ in a raid on the hideout of Salvatore Lo Piccolo – one of the Mafia boss. These Ten Commandments provide a guideline on behavior and conduct. Though it sounds funny, what has Mafia to do with morals anyway, but still this list needs to be followed by [...]