Guilty mobster’s omerta By . Bruce Golding. ... pleaded guilty yesterday to racketeering — but is sticking to the mob playbook of refusing to admit membership in La Cosa Nostra.

Her arrest could indicate the changing world of Cosa Nostra – for generations, women were kept in the shadows, bearing children and maintaining the mafia code of silence or “omerta”, but are ...

The BBC's Christian Fraser travels to the Sicilian Cosa Nostra heartland that was the stamping ground of Domenico ... And even today, 19 years on, the Omerta - the code of silence - prevails.

Cosa Nostra - A History Of The Sicilian Mafia by John Dickie. Coronet $108. John Dickie's Cosa Nostra conveys the growth and mindset of the 'men of honour', from the origins running protection ...

Obligations such as omerta — keeping silent over dealings — are famous but the Cosa Nostra's version of the 10 commandments reveal previously unknown rules.

Mafia arrests in Corleone: Cosa Nostra code of silence broken. ITALIAN police believe they are finally breaking the infamous mafia code of silence, but who’s spilled the beans?

La Cosa Nostra, an Italian phrase which means "our thing" or "our work," is comprised of five original Italian American Mafia families that have been notorious for participating in organized crime ...

The wall of silence that has protected the Mafia for decades is finally cracking, even in its Sicilian heartland. In Corleone, the birthplace of Cosa Nostra’s most infamous godfathers, and the ...

No omerta for him. Buscetta, the real ... almost colorless Falcone against the predatory peacocks of La Cosa Nostra. Favino, with his brawny, bullish physicality and his thick-cut porterhouse face ...

"Thirty or 40 years ago, organized crime, La Cosa Nostra, was a major player in the underworld. Their impact was greater, they made more money and the public payed a bigger price for what they ...