- Mike
Francis Picciotti (May 17, 1957 –
November 5, 2023),
often known by the nickname, "Pic", was an
American professional boxer who
competed in 38 pro...
- made man and
therefore rise to the rank of soldato.
Picciotto (plural:
picciotti) is
often used to
refer to a lower-level
mafioso or soldato, but it usually...
-
hierarchy within an 'ndrina
includes various ranks. At the base are the
picciotti d'onore (soldiers),
expected to
execute tasks with
unquestioning obedience...
-
command are
groups (decina) of
about ten "soldiers" (soldati, operai, or
picciotti). Each
decina is led by a capodecina. The
actual structure of any given...
- lower-level
criminals who do street-level activities.
Members start out as
picciotti and go
through a 40-day
trial to
ensure they are
suitable for criminal...
-
hatched by the same Garibaldi. On that occasion, a team of
volunteers (
Picciotti,
Sicilian for "boys"), led by
Ferdinando Firmaturi,
joined the
march of...
- Russa. They then
fought at the
Battle of Calatafimi. By the time the '
picciotti'
arrived in
Palermo they
numbered 3,000 and at the end of the
battle had...
-
author Joe
Valerio (1987),
former NFL player,
Kansas City
Chiefs Mike
Picciotti (1957)
World Ranked Professional Boxer David E.
Zitarelli (1941–2018)...
- also
enlarged its
membership by
absorbing local thugs and
criminals (
picciotti) who
operated at the far
margins of
organized crime. This
allowed Stidda...
- the
expeditionary force had landed, the
barons made
their gangs, the
picciotti available.
Rosolino Pilo was
killed in a
clash on 21 May 1860. In the...
