Rotolo had been part of the Mafia clans that had attacked the Inzerillo clan.

He was from the town of Corleone and belonged to the Mafia clan of Corleonesi.

These extralegal protectors would eventually organize themselves into the first Mafia clans.

Mafia clans forced landowners to hire their members as custodians by scaring away unaffiliated applicants.

Another accusation was that Mafia clans had corruptly obtained contracts for public works, including a sewerage system whose cost had doubled, to $26 million.

Investigators say the crew maintains close ties with Mafia clans in its homeland and that it is believed to handle much of the family's heroin deals.

That position came to him almost naturally because he headed one of the most influential Mafia clans at the time.

These bodyguards seemed hardly distinguishable - in outward appearance at least - from their enemies, the professional killers of the Mafia clans.

Ciancimino was born in Corleone, a village notorious for its powerful Mafia clans, such as the Corleonesi.

Riina was born and raised in Corleone and joined the local Mafia clan at the age of nineteen by committing a murder on their behalf.