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Capo dei capi (Italian: [ˈkaːpo dei ˈkaːpi]; "boss of [the] bosses") or capo di tutti i capi (Italian: [ˈkaːpo di ˈtutti i ˈkaːpi]; "boss of all [the] bosses") or Godfather (Italian: Padrino) are terms used mainly by the media, public, fiction writers and law enforcement community to indicate a supremely powerful crime boss in the Sicilian or American Mafia who holds great influence over the whole organization. The term was introduced to the U.S. public by the Kefauver Commission in 1950.[1]

  1. ^ De Stefano, An Offer We Can't Refuse, p. 41

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Capo dei capi

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Capo dei capi (Italian: [ˈkaːpo dei ˈkaːpi]; "boss of [the] bosses") or capo di tutti i capi (Italian: [ˈkaːpo di ˈtutti i ˈkaːpi]; "boss of all [the]...

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Il Capo dei Capi

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Il Capo dei Capi (The Boss of the Bosses) is an Italian biographical crime drama miniseries which debuted on Canale 5 between October and November 2007...

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Capo

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capo, capo-, or capotasto in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Capo or capos, may refer to: Capo, short for Caporegime, a rank in the Mafia Capo dei capi...

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John Gotti

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As early as his teens, Gotti was running errands for Carmine Fatico, a capo in the Gambino family, then known as the Anastasia family under the leadership...

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Salvatore Maranzano

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of crime bosses in Wappingers Falls, New York, and declared himself capo dei capi ("boss of all bosses"). Maranzano also whittled down the rival families'...

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Sebastiano DiGaetano

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become known as the Bonanno crime family. He briefly attained the title capo dei capi (boss of bosses) of the Sicilian-American mafia, after Giuseppe Morello...

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Five Families

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Initially, Maranzano intended each family's boss to report to him as the capo dei capi ("boss of all the bosses"). However, this led to his assassination that...

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Joe Masseria

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old Morello crime family, was selected to replace D'Aquila as the new capo dei capi that winter. After his elevation, Masseria began applying pressure to...

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Joseph Massino

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another Rastelli loyalist capo. Both men were themselves threatened by another faction seeking to depose the absentee boss led by capos Alphonse "Sonny Red"...

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Angelo Russo

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played Ciccio Coniglio in five episodes of the 2007 TV mini-series Il Capo dei Capi, and Maresciallo in the 1999 movie il pesce innamorato, directed by...

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Gaetano Aronica

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television series Barbarians. He also starred in Malèna (2000), Il Capo dei Capi (2007) and Baarìa (2009). He is from Agrigento, Sicily. "Gaetano Aronica...

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Joseph Bonanno

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more greedy and hidebound than Masseria had been, declaring himself capo di tutti capi (boss of all bosses); as a consequence, Luciano arranged Maranzano's...

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Lucky Luciano

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crime bosses in Wappingers Falls, New York, where he declared himself capo di tutti capi ("boss of all bosses"). Maranzano also whittled down the rival families'...

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Carlo Gambino

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crime bosses in Wappingers Falls, New York, where he declared himself capo di tutti capi ("boss of all bosses"). Maranzano also whittled down the rival families'...

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Tommaso Buscetta

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Cadavers. He was played by Vincent Riotta in the 2007 mini-series Il Capo dei Capi. He was portrayed by Sergio Vespertino in the 2016 Italian TV series...

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Vincent Gigante

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of John Gotti in 1992, Gigante came to be known as the figurehead capo di tutti capi, the "Boss of All Bosses", despite the position being abolished in...

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The Sicilian

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form a special taskforce to capture him, and the Mafia, headed by the capo dei capi, Don Croce Malo, whose interests and influence have been damaged by...

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Giuseppe Morello

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influential Sicilian crime family in New York City and was recognized as capo di tutti capi (boss of bosses) by Mafia leaders in other U.S. cities, according...

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Crime boss

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America is usually as follows: Boss of all bosses – also known as the capo dei capi or godfather (Italian: padrino), has been given by the media to the...

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Frank Costello

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Succeeded by Vito Genovese Preceded by Vincent Mangano as boss of bosses Capo di tutti capi Chairman of the Commission 1951–1957 Succeeded by Vito Genovese as...

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Gaspare Messina

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December 1930 meeting in Boston, Messina was selected to become a temporary capo di capi, by fellow mafiosi after stripping the title from Joe Masseria during...

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Salvatore Riina

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known by the nicknames la belva ("the beast") and il capo dei capi (Sicilian: 'u capu di 'i capi, "the boss of bosses"). Riina succeeded Luciano Leggio...

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Vito Genovese

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ever let me hear this again, or I'll lose my temper. Genovese was now a capo of his former Greenwich Village Crew. However, on October 4, 1951, Moretti...

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Bernardo Provenzano

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originated in the town of Corleone, and de facto the boss of bosses ("il capo dei capi"). His nickname was Binnu u tratturi (Sicilian for "Bernie the tractor")...

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Matteo Messina Denaro

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magazine L'Espresso put him on the cover with the headline: Ecco il nuovo capo della Mafia ("Here is the new Mafia boss"). Messina Denaro became a fugitive...

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Paolo Borsellino

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theatrical performance written and directed by Ruggero Cappuccio; Il Capo dei Capi (2007), TV series by Enzo Monteleone and Alexis Sweet, played by Gaetano...

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