1 00:00:11,512 --> 00:00:12,596 Fear. 2 00:00:13,931 --> 00:00:17,268 The paralyzing feeling of imminent danger. 3 00:00:18,102 --> 00:00:21,189 A dreaded nightmare about to come true. 4 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,985 But when you're a mob boss looking to consolidate your power, 5 00:00:26,694 --> 00:00:28,654 you look at human emotions 6 00:00:28,738 --> 00:00:30,197 differently. 7 00:00:30,281 --> 00:00:32,408 Mob bosses rule by fear. 8 00:00:33,785 --> 00:00:34,743 It's the best weapon. 9 00:00:35,953 --> 00:00:37,705 And there's one tested method 10 00:00:37,789 --> 00:00:40,290 for putting this spine-tingling tool to work. 11 00:00:40,374 --> 00:00:44,504 To make people understand fear, you have to perform violence. 12 00:00:47,381 --> 00:00:51,135 If you are able to say, "I can kill you, 13 00:00:51,219 --> 00:00:54,513 I can kill your wife, I can kill your daughter, 14 00:00:54,597 --> 00:00:55,765 don't fuck with me"... 15 00:00:57,350 --> 00:00:59,977 you become a very powerful person. 16 00:01:01,729 --> 00:01:06,775 Nobody demonstrated this lesson as effectively as Sicily's boss of bosses, 17 00:01:06,859 --> 00:01:09,779 Salvatore "Toto" Riina. 18 00:01:10,988 --> 00:01:15,326 Toto Riina was associated with mass murder, with absolute power. 19 00:01:16,077 --> 00:01:22,416 Riina used violence to incite terror on a national level. 20 00:01:23,334 --> 00:01:25,962 Riina's unflinching methods powered his rise to dominance 21 00:01:26,546 --> 00:01:30,091 over the legendary Sicilian Mafia for nearly two decades 22 00:01:30,758 --> 00:01:33,177 while earning him the title "La Belva," 23 00:01:34,262 --> 00:01:35,429 The Beast. 24 00:01:36,430 --> 00:01:39,225 So, if you're ready to see what terror can do for you, 25 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:41,519 buckle up. 26 00:01:52,446 --> 00:01:55,574 During Toto Riina's tyrannical reign over the Sicilian Mafia, 27 00:01:55,658 --> 00:01:59,328 he earned billions through diverse pursuits, 28 00:01:59,412 --> 00:02:04,208 including global drug trafficking, weapons smuggling, and real estate. 29 00:02:05,293 --> 00:02:08,004 But he was mainly known for this astonishing figure. 30 00:02:08,629 --> 00:02:12,717 He is thought to have authorized between 800 and 1,000 killings. 31 00:02:13,551 --> 00:02:14,885 How did Riina become 32 00:02:14,969 --> 00:02:18,139 such a master of ruthless and efficient execution? 33 00:02:19,724 --> 00:02:20,600 Practice. 34 00:02:21,517 --> 00:02:22,894 Let me show you what I mean. 35 00:02:28,232 --> 00:02:31,235 Toto Riina was born in 1930 in Corleone 36 00:02:31,819 --> 00:02:33,070 into a peasant family. 37 00:02:33,613 --> 00:02:37,867 Corleone was a typical rural town 38 00:02:38,576 --> 00:02:40,786 with a strong Mafia presence. 39 00:02:41,621 --> 00:02:46,792 Riina's father and brothers were thought to be involved in the local Mafia, 40 00:02:46,876 --> 00:02:50,504 and Riina begins to make his way up 41 00:02:50,588 --> 00:02:54,133 with the aim of becoming the boss of the Corleonesi. 42 00:02:56,427 --> 00:03:00,139 After being indicted on a murder charge in 1969, 43 00:03:00,223 --> 00:03:01,599 Riina went underground, 44 00:03:02,225 --> 00:03:03,893 but didn't miss a beat. 45 00:03:05,561 --> 00:03:07,688 Secrecy was one of his weapons, 46 00:03:08,397 --> 00:03:11,192 and it built up his mystique within the Mafia. 47 00:03:11,776 --> 00:03:14,945 This kind of ghost figure that could be anywhere 48 00:03:15,029 --> 00:03:18,448 and might be listening to you as you spoke. 49 00:03:18,532 --> 00:03:19,825 Hello? 50 00:03:24,163 --> 00:03:28,667 Riina took over control of the Corleonesi faction in 1974, 51 00:03:28,751 --> 00:03:31,337 but he had grander ambitions. 52 00:03:31,879 --> 00:03:34,924 He was aiming to become the head of everything. 53 00:03:35,716 --> 00:03:39,053 To be the boss of bosses of the Sicilian Mafia. 54 00:03:39,595 --> 00:03:42,514 He didn't need a luxurious lifestyle. 55 00:03:42,598 --> 00:03:44,766 He didn't care about that stuff, 56 00:03:44,850 --> 00:03:47,603 but what he did care about was power. 57 00:03:48,104 --> 00:03:51,648 One of the things that Riina is supposed to have said is, 58 00:03:51,732 --> 00:03:54,651 " Comandare é meglio che fottere ," 59 00:03:54,735 --> 00:03:59,699 which means, if I can use plain English, "Being boss is better than fucking." 60 00:04:00,408 --> 00:04:02,201 Couldn't have said it better myself. 61 00:04:03,494 --> 00:04:06,663 But to follow in the Beast's path to mob supremacy, 62 00:04:06,747 --> 00:04:09,834 you must overcome countless obstacles along the way, 63 00:04:10,793 --> 00:04:13,253 starting with one of the greatest irritants 64 00:04:13,337 --> 00:04:14,839 to power of them all. 65 00:04:19,719 --> 00:04:20,969 Morning paper. 66 00:04:21,053 --> 00:04:24,890 Nothing says you've made it like getting into the papers. 67 00:04:25,683 --> 00:04:27,893 But smart mob bosses know better. 68 00:04:28,561 --> 00:04:33,149 The Mafia is extremely invested in its public image. 69 00:04:33,941 --> 00:04:39,029 What journalism does is to bring out these facts about violence, 70 00:04:39,113 --> 00:04:41,406 about their business deals. 71 00:04:41,490 --> 00:04:45,745 They name names, they expose what the Mafia is doing. 72 00:04:46,787 --> 00:04:48,497 That's why as a mob boss, 73 00:04:48,581 --> 00:04:51,250 you'll sometimes have to kill more than the story. 74 00:04:52,084 --> 00:04:53,794 Ready for some headlines? 75 00:04:54,754 --> 00:04:57,089 Minnesota mob boss Isadore Blumenfeld, 76 00:04:57,590 --> 00:05:01,468 better known as Kid Cann, was suspected of having journalists Walter Liggett 77 00:05:01,552 --> 00:05:04,680 gunned down in front of his wife and daughter after Liggett refused 78 00:05:04,764 --> 00:05:06,932 to stop reporting on Cann's corrupt influence 79 00:05:07,016 --> 00:05:08,434 over the state's government. 80 00:05:09,769 --> 00:05:13,563 After fleeing to Benito Mussolini's Italy to avoid a murder charge, 81 00:05:13,647 --> 00:05:17,276 New York mob boss Vito Genovese reportedly ordered the killing 82 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,237 of anti-fascist newspaper editor Carlo Tresca 83 00:05:20,738 --> 00:05:22,740 to keep Il Duce on his side. 84 00:05:23,532 --> 00:05:24,992 While it's widely believed 85 00:05:25,076 --> 00:05:29,037 that Pablo Escobar killed the editor and publisher of a Colombian newspaper 86 00:05:29,121 --> 00:05:31,374 known for exposing drug traffickers. 87 00:05:31,874 --> 00:05:35,086 And for good measure, also had its offices bombed. 88 00:05:41,801 --> 00:05:43,468 As Riina continued his quest 89 00:05:43,552 --> 00:05:45,930 to consolidate power within the Sicilian Mafia, 90 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,808 he also had to deal with challenges from the fourth estate, 91 00:05:49,892 --> 00:05:51,435 like this guy. 92 00:05:52,603 --> 00:05:56,106 Mario Francese was a journalist for the Giornale di Sicilia , 93 00:05:56,190 --> 00:05:58,400 which is a massive Sicilian newspaper, 94 00:05:58,484 --> 00:06:00,486 and he was about to break a story on Riina. 95 00:06:01,278 --> 00:06:02,529 The subject, 96 00:06:02,613 --> 00:06:05,908 Riina's corrupt role in a lucrative public works project. 97 00:06:08,285 --> 00:06:13,623 Mario Francese investigated all of the moneys, public funds 98 00:06:13,707 --> 00:06:16,293 that were going to go into the building of this dam, 99 00:06:16,377 --> 00:06:19,588 $200 million at the time. 100 00:06:19,672 --> 00:06:21,590 That's a lot of damn money. 101 00:06:22,967 --> 00:06:24,551 To protect his interests, 102 00:06:24,635 --> 00:06:26,220 Riina needed to act fast. 103 00:06:28,472 --> 00:06:32,101 Francese had been investigating Riina's illicit activities for years, 104 00:06:32,893 --> 00:06:36,814 and now, the big picture is finally coming into focus. 105 00:06:38,190 --> 00:06:40,984 He was putting the names of the mafiosi, 106 00:06:41,068 --> 00:06:45,739 but also the names of businesspeople who were working with the Mafia. 107 00:06:46,866 --> 00:06:49,869 Riina can't have the reporter connecting the dots. 108 00:06:51,662 --> 00:06:55,291 So he gives an order to his brother-in-law, Leoluca Bagarella. 109 00:06:57,585 --> 00:06:59,795 Francese leaves work late that night. 110 00:07:04,341 --> 00:07:07,136 And as he approaches his home on Viale Campania... 111 00:07:14,226 --> 00:07:17,062 With his nosy adversary now out of the way, 112 00:07:17,146 --> 00:07:21,150 Toto Riina finds the next morning's paper much more to his liking. 113 00:07:27,448 --> 00:07:29,783 The violence was sending a direct message 114 00:07:30,367 --> 00:07:32,285 to other journalists and people 115 00:07:32,369 --> 00:07:34,955 who were also interested in exposing the Mafia, 116 00:07:35,789 --> 00:07:37,917 "Stay away, or you'll meet the same fate." 117 00:07:39,210 --> 00:07:41,586 Making an example of pesky reporters 118 00:07:41,670 --> 00:07:43,380 checks one problem off your list. 119 00:07:45,216 --> 00:07:47,468 But when your goal is total domination... 120 00:07:48,177 --> 00:07:49,302 Be right back. 121 00:07:49,386 --> 00:07:51,555 ...you're going to need to deal with rivals 122 00:07:51,639 --> 00:07:54,016 who aren't going to just fight with their pens. 123 00:07:54,934 --> 00:07:56,727 How do you bring them to heel? 124 00:08:03,442 --> 00:08:05,277 To be at the top of the pyramid, 125 00:08:05,361 --> 00:08:09,573 you've got to be the toughest and meanest dog in the kennel, 126 00:08:09,657 --> 00:08:11,575 and that means using your teeth. 127 00:08:12,618 --> 00:08:15,162 Universal motivation of the mob is violence. 128 00:08:15,246 --> 00:08:17,456 You could be the best businessman in the world. 129 00:08:17,540 --> 00:08:18,665 Without having violence, 130 00:08:18,749 --> 00:08:21,209 you're not lasting in the street as a businessman. 131 00:08:21,293 --> 00:08:22,169 That doesn't work. 132 00:08:24,922 --> 00:08:26,047 By the early '80s, 133 00:08:26,131 --> 00:08:29,552 Riina was dead set on increasing his power within the Sicilian Mafia. 134 00:08:30,052 --> 00:08:32,221 But he faced a stubborn obstacle. 135 00:08:32,972 --> 00:08:35,266 Something called the Commission. 136 00:08:37,309 --> 00:08:39,603 The Mafia Commission, also called the Cupola, 137 00:08:39,687 --> 00:08:42,314 is a governing body of sorts of the Mafia. 138 00:08:42,398 --> 00:08:45,650 It was made up of the head boss of the different families. 139 00:08:45,734 --> 00:08:48,320 It was a way of collaborating 140 00:08:48,404 --> 00:08:50,906 to make sure that business stayed on track. 141 00:08:51,407 --> 00:08:56,119 Riina begins to sit in the Commission in about 1969 142 00:08:56,203 --> 00:08:59,373 but begins to have ambitions of domination. 143 00:09:00,833 --> 00:09:02,126 Riina's modest goal, 144 00:09:02,626 --> 00:09:06,922 force the Commission to name him Capo dei Capi, the Boss of Bosses. 145 00:09:07,506 --> 00:09:09,550 But there was one small problem. 146 00:09:10,175 --> 00:09:12,469 That position didn't exist. 147 00:09:13,387 --> 00:09:17,641 He believed that he should have absolute power. 148 00:09:18,434 --> 00:09:19,768 He did not want to share. 149 00:09:20,853 --> 00:09:25,649 So Riina decided to turn the job he had into the job he wanted. 150 00:09:28,193 --> 00:09:32,448 The Beast's plan, destroy his top rivals' organizations from within. 151 00:09:33,699 --> 00:09:35,909 It starts by making secret side deals 152 00:09:35,993 --> 00:09:38,954 with members of other Mafia families across Sicily. 153 00:09:40,539 --> 00:09:43,792 In return, they do Riina's dirty work for him... 154 00:09:45,878 --> 00:09:49,297 taking out their bosses and filling the ranks with mafiosi 155 00:09:49,381 --> 00:09:50,424 loyal to Riina. 156 00:09:51,842 --> 00:09:55,763 Before long, only a few rivals remain from the old guard. 157 00:09:56,680 --> 00:10:00,559 Dealing with them will require a more customized approach. 158 00:10:02,436 --> 00:10:04,312 Stefano Bontate was the head 159 00:10:04,396 --> 00:10:07,107 of one of the most powerful Palermo crime families. 160 00:10:07,691 --> 00:10:11,987 Bontate's closest ally was a man named Salvatore Inzerillo. 161 00:10:12,071 --> 00:10:16,658 Both Inzerillo and Bontate opposed Riina, 162 00:10:16,742 --> 00:10:20,245 and so then for Riina, something needs to be done. 163 00:10:22,039 --> 00:10:25,292 One night, Stefano Bontate is celebrating 164 00:10:25,376 --> 00:10:28,003 his 42nd birthday at his home in Palermo. 165 00:10:29,171 --> 00:10:33,425 Tipped off to the celebration, Riina's men stake out positions nearby. 166 00:10:34,510 --> 00:10:39,139 At 8:30 p.m, Bontate leaves the party to spend the night at his country villa... 167 00:10:41,350 --> 00:10:44,103 and runs into a most unwelcome surprise. 168 00:10:58,158 --> 00:10:59,659 Two and a half weeks later, 169 00:10:59,743 --> 00:11:02,746 Salvatore Inzerillo's wrapping up a visit to his mistress 170 00:11:03,664 --> 00:11:06,375 with his bulletproof Alfa Romeo parked outside. 171 00:11:08,168 --> 00:11:11,839 Riina's assassins have done their homework on this target too. 172 00:11:13,841 --> 00:11:17,052 So when Inzerillo departs from his afternoon tryst, 173 00:11:19,054 --> 00:11:21,807 Riina gets the ultimate satisfaction. 174 00:11:25,227 --> 00:11:27,187 But the Beast isn't done yet. 175 00:11:29,982 --> 00:11:31,608 When at his father's funeral, 176 00:11:31,692 --> 00:11:34,903 Inzerillo's young son, Giuseppe, vows to exact revenge 177 00:11:34,987 --> 00:11:36,363 on his father's killer, 178 00:11:37,489 --> 00:11:40,367 Riina decides to make an example of him as well. 179 00:11:42,244 --> 00:11:45,289 They kill Inzerillo's 16-year-old son. 180 00:11:47,249 --> 00:11:49,418 And before they killed him, 181 00:11:50,335 --> 00:11:52,504 Riina had his arm chopped off. 182 00:11:54,923 --> 00:11:58,844 This says to anyone who might go against Riina 183 00:12:00,012 --> 00:12:01,180 how they might end up. 184 00:12:02,139 --> 00:12:04,433 Riina's plan worked to perfection. 185 00:12:05,142 --> 00:12:08,311 Riina was quite successful at terrorizing a group of hardened killers 186 00:12:08,395 --> 00:12:10,230 into seeing things his way, 187 00:12:10,731 --> 00:12:13,317 and the end result was compliance. 188 00:12:13,942 --> 00:12:15,652 And so many members of the Commission 189 00:12:15,736 --> 00:12:19,948 chose to cede Riina his power rather than meet the same ends. 190 00:12:21,575 --> 00:12:24,619 You've successfully used the blood of your rivals 191 00:12:24,703 --> 00:12:27,873 to fuel your climb to the top of mob boss mountain. 192 00:12:28,624 --> 00:12:31,043 As you continue your terrifying reign, 193 00:12:31,877 --> 00:12:35,255 expect another set of enemies inside the government 194 00:12:35,339 --> 00:12:36,882 to put you in their sights. 195 00:12:37,758 --> 00:12:40,385 How do you show them who's really in charge? 196 00:12:46,892 --> 00:12:48,435 As boss of bosses, 197 00:12:48,936 --> 00:12:53,231 you need to demonstrate to everyone that you have the ultimate power. 198 00:12:53,315 --> 00:12:55,484 No! 199 00:12:56,902 --> 00:12:59,028 It's very important for a mob boss 200 00:12:59,112 --> 00:13:02,824 to be the guy holding the strings over lawmakers 201 00:13:02,908 --> 00:13:07,078 because it allows them to expand their control and their rule. 202 00:13:07,162 --> 00:13:10,666 And when heroic officials forget who's running things, 203 00:13:11,166 --> 00:13:12,042 remind them. 204 00:13:12,626 --> 00:13:13,877 Like Toto Riina did. 205 00:13:16,296 --> 00:13:19,132 In the early '80s, there was a culture of fear 206 00:13:19,216 --> 00:13:22,678 because people saw bodies on the streets on almost a daily basis. 207 00:13:23,929 --> 00:13:28,308 People were terrified to go out. They were terrified to leave their houses. 208 00:13:28,392 --> 00:13:30,393 Sicily is where the Mafia began, 209 00:13:30,477 --> 00:13:32,061 but this is new and disturbing. 210 00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:35,231 Around 100 Mafia executions so far this year. 211 00:13:35,315 --> 00:13:39,444 The citizens were crying out to public officials to do something. 212 00:13:41,572 --> 00:13:43,072 The national government decides 213 00:13:43,156 --> 00:13:46,785 to send their most prestigious and powerful police official, 214 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:49,705 General Alberto Dalla Chiesa, 215 00:13:50,205 --> 00:13:54,126 to Palermo with special powers to combat the Mafia. 216 00:13:55,460 --> 00:13:58,213 But when it came to preserving his dominance, 217 00:13:58,297 --> 00:14:01,049 Riina had special powers of his own. 218 00:14:04,428 --> 00:14:05,970 In May 1982, 219 00:14:06,054 --> 00:14:08,223 Dalla Chiesa arrives in Palermo 220 00:14:08,724 --> 00:14:11,393 along with his new young wife, Emanuela. 221 00:14:14,563 --> 00:14:16,397 A few months into their stay, 222 00:14:16,481 --> 00:14:19,318 the couple leaves police headquarters for an evening out 223 00:14:20,444 --> 00:14:22,321 accompanied by a police escort. 224 00:14:27,659 --> 00:14:29,620 But as they cross a major street, 225 00:14:30,495 --> 00:14:31,622 they're surrounded. 226 00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:35,292 Dalla Chiesa valiantly tries to shield his wife. 227 00:14:42,591 --> 00:14:43,550 But it's no use. 228 00:14:45,218 --> 00:14:46,720 They're shot 30 times. 229 00:14:47,721 --> 00:14:51,599 When you take, for example, spectacular overkill, 230 00:14:51,683 --> 00:14:54,978 you know, machine gun fire in the middle of the street, 231 00:14:55,062 --> 00:14:59,149 that serves as a message to the community and sometimes the nation. 232 00:15:00,484 --> 00:15:02,861 Dalla Chiesa's funeral draws a crowd, 233 00:15:02,945 --> 00:15:05,197 and the mourners are angry. 234 00:15:06,156 --> 00:15:07,991 They pelt officials with coins, 235 00:15:08,492 --> 00:15:12,162 frustrated by the government's inability to keep the Mafia under control. 236 00:15:13,372 --> 00:15:16,165 At the time of Dalla Chiesa's funeral, 237 00:15:16,249 --> 00:15:18,543 someone carried a sign that says, 238 00:15:18,627 --> 00:15:21,713 "Here dies the hope of every honest Sicilian." 239 00:15:22,422 --> 00:15:25,050 In other words, mission accomplished. 240 00:15:25,801 --> 00:15:28,178 Killing Dalla Chiesa showed, 241 00:15:29,012 --> 00:15:30,764 "We can take out anyone, 242 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:32,849 and we will kill you 243 00:15:33,850 --> 00:15:36,269 if you get into our business." 244 00:15:37,854 --> 00:15:40,065 Show me a better case for total submission. 245 00:15:41,692 --> 00:15:43,234 But as the playbook will show, 246 00:15:43,318 --> 00:15:45,778 you'll only maintain your absolute authority 247 00:15:45,862 --> 00:15:48,490 as long as you keep up your high standards. 248 00:15:49,074 --> 00:15:50,074 One slip... 249 00:15:51,785 --> 00:15:53,161 could lead to disaster. 250 00:16:00,585 --> 00:16:04,423 When your goal is to terrorize an entire society into submission, 251 00:16:05,382 --> 00:16:07,384 there is no room for half measures. 252 00:16:09,386 --> 00:16:12,388 If you're gonna harm your enemies, make sure you do it complete, 253 00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:13,807 so they can never come after you. 254 00:16:14,891 --> 00:16:17,393 If you had trouble with somebody at one point, 255 00:16:17,477 --> 00:16:19,228 that trouble's always gonna be there. 256 00:16:19,312 --> 00:16:21,273 This is why they have to be taken home. 257 00:16:22,357 --> 00:16:24,776 That's why these wise men of honor 258 00:16:24,860 --> 00:16:27,654 always made sure to tie up loose ends. 259 00:16:29,197 --> 00:16:32,450 After Whitey Bulger allegedly marked rival gang leader 260 00:16:32,534 --> 00:16:34,077 Al Notarangeli for death, 261 00:16:34,578 --> 00:16:37,163 the hunt led to the murders of Notarangeli's brother 262 00:16:37,247 --> 00:16:38,623 and an unlucky bartender 263 00:16:38,707 --> 00:16:42,502 before Whitey's top assassin finally eliminated his target. 264 00:16:43,712 --> 00:16:45,964 Australian mobster Robert Trimbole 265 00:16:46,048 --> 00:16:49,550 took two attempts to get rid of anti-drug campaigner Donald Mackay. 266 00:16:49,634 --> 00:16:52,387 First, trying to lure him with a fake business deal 267 00:16:52,471 --> 00:16:55,515 before ultimately having him shot to death in a parking lot. 268 00:16:56,892 --> 00:16:59,852 While Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman spent a decade 269 00:16:59,936 --> 00:17:03,523 trying to kill rival cartel leader, Ramón Arellano Félix, 270 00:17:03,607 --> 00:17:06,860 including a failed assault on a Puerto Vallarta nightclub. 271 00:17:07,611 --> 00:17:09,904 When Arellano was finally taken down, 272 00:17:09,988 --> 00:17:14,367 El Chapo reportedly called it the most pleasurable experience of his life. 273 00:17:15,118 --> 00:17:18,413 With hundreds of suspected murders already on his résumé, 274 00:17:18,497 --> 00:17:21,708 Riina had a solid record of handling his affairs. 275 00:17:22,793 --> 00:17:24,502 But there was one Mafia rival 276 00:17:24,586 --> 00:17:27,547 who remained frustratingly beyond his reach. 277 00:17:28,882 --> 00:17:31,634 Tommaso Buscetta was known as the "Boss of Two Worlds" 278 00:17:31,718 --> 00:17:35,096 because he had business interests on both sides of the Atlantic. 279 00:17:35,180 --> 00:17:39,267 He was involved in the drug trade and ended up moving to Brazil. 280 00:17:40,352 --> 00:17:43,563 Buscetta helped form the Sicilian Mafia Commission 281 00:17:43,647 --> 00:17:46,733 and was an ally of Riina's top rivals-turned-victims, 282 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:48,985 Palermo bosses Bontate 283 00:17:50,153 --> 00:17:51,154 and Inzerillo. 284 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:56,034 Riina saw him as a threat, and he wanted him back, 285 00:17:56,118 --> 00:17:57,577 and he wanted to take him out. 286 00:17:58,912 --> 00:18:01,789 Riina decides to lure Buscetta into the open 287 00:18:01,873 --> 00:18:04,584 by using extreme methods of persuasion. 288 00:18:05,418 --> 00:18:07,879 Much to the misfortune of Buscetta's eldest sons 289 00:18:09,005 --> 00:18:11,632 who, after taking their new car out for a spin, 290 00:18:11,716 --> 00:18:14,136 are kidnapped and never heard from again. 291 00:18:15,512 --> 00:18:18,348 It's believed they fell victim to lupara bianca, 292 00:18:18,974 --> 00:18:20,183 the white shotgun. 293 00:18:22,853 --> 00:18:26,773 Lupara bianca is a killing where the body disappears, 294 00:18:26,857 --> 00:18:30,277 and this is another way that the Mafia exercises fear over people. 295 00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:32,987 So not only is the evidence impossible to find, 296 00:18:33,071 --> 00:18:36,992 but it doubly punishes families who can't grieve their dead. 297 00:18:38,660 --> 00:18:40,870 Riina hopes that Buscetta's grief 298 00:18:40,954 --> 00:18:44,541 and desire for revenge will draw him out of hiding. 299 00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:46,543 It does not. 300 00:18:48,503 --> 00:18:50,171 So the day after Christmas, 301 00:18:50,255 --> 00:18:53,967 Riina sends his butchers to a pizzeria near Palermo's Statue of Liberty... 302 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:00,264 where they gun down Buscetta's son-in-law and two nephews. 303 00:19:02,684 --> 00:19:06,271 Somehow they don't recognize Buscetta's daughter behind the counter. 304 00:19:08,565 --> 00:19:11,526 Two days later, the holiday massacre continues. 305 00:19:16,448 --> 00:19:20,577 Buscetta's brother and nephew are shot to death at the family glass business. 306 00:19:21,411 --> 00:19:24,789 Riina killed around a dozen family members 307 00:19:24,873 --> 00:19:26,249 of Tommaso Buscetta. 308 00:19:27,083 --> 00:19:30,002 Most of these people had absolutely nothing to do 309 00:19:30,086 --> 00:19:31,254 with Mafia business. 310 00:19:32,505 --> 00:19:35,258 But despite Riina's extraordinary efforts, 311 00:19:35,342 --> 00:19:37,886 Tommaso Buscetta refuses to take the bait. 312 00:19:38,678 --> 00:19:40,513 Buscetta wasn't convinced. 313 00:19:40,597 --> 00:19:41,640 He didn't come back. 314 00:19:42,682 --> 00:19:46,144 Finally, Buscetta's exile comes to an involuntary end. 315 00:19:49,606 --> 00:19:51,816 Brazilian authorities arrest him. 316 00:19:52,317 --> 00:19:55,528 They extradite him back to Italy in 1984. 317 00:19:56,071 --> 00:20:00,449 So, Buscetta finds himself in Italian police custody. 318 00:20:00,533 --> 00:20:03,119 He then is met by Giovanni Falcone. 319 00:20:05,205 --> 00:20:08,541 Giovanni Falcone was a powerful anti-Mafia prosecutor. 320 00:20:09,209 --> 00:20:13,255 Buscetta decides to make the most of his current circumstances 321 00:20:13,922 --> 00:20:16,716 by exacting revenge against the Beast. 322 00:20:17,384 --> 00:20:21,971 Buscetta collaborates with Giovanni Falcone, 323 00:20:22,055 --> 00:20:26,726 and he gives very detailed information about the Mafia. 324 00:20:27,936 --> 00:20:30,063 To bring down Riina, 325 00:20:31,106 --> 00:20:37,612 as a vendetta, his testimony enabled the anti-Mafia prosecutors 326 00:20:37,696 --> 00:20:41,532 to charge the members of the Commission 327 00:20:41,616 --> 00:20:44,786 for approving hundreds of murders. 328 00:20:46,538 --> 00:20:49,040 When it came to finishing the job with Buscetta, 329 00:20:49,124 --> 00:20:53,044 Riina failed with disastrous consequences. 330 00:20:53,962 --> 00:20:57,674 He and the entire Mafia were now in the authorities' crosshairs. 331 00:20:58,341 --> 00:21:00,384 But even when all seems hopeless, 332 00:21:00,468 --> 00:21:02,387 you can still regain your hold 333 00:21:02,971 --> 00:21:07,809 by getting back on side with the playbook and showing how far you're willing to go. 334 00:21:14,357 --> 00:21:17,694 There's a word for when you've got nothing left to lose, 335 00:21:18,778 --> 00:21:19,904 freedom. 336 00:21:19,988 --> 00:21:23,032 So when it seems like your enemies are getting the upper hand, 337 00:21:23,116 --> 00:21:25,410 it's your chance to take off the gloves. 338 00:21:26,911 --> 00:21:29,539 Mob bosses are dangerous when cornered. 339 00:21:30,749 --> 00:21:32,792 You don't know what they're gonna do. 340 00:21:34,544 --> 00:21:36,796 And with Buscetta singing like a canary, 341 00:21:37,297 --> 00:21:39,758 the walls were closing in on Toto Riina. 342 00:21:41,926 --> 00:21:47,723 Falcone begins to draw up arrest warrants for 366 people, 343 00:21:47,807 --> 00:21:49,100 which is a hell of a lot. 344 00:21:51,102 --> 00:21:53,229 Riina was included in the arrest list 345 00:21:53,313 --> 00:21:55,190 but continued to evade capture. 346 00:21:57,150 --> 00:22:01,154 Many of the top mafiosi working underneath him weren't so lucky. 347 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,866 Toto Riina felt a massive threat. 348 00:22:05,784 --> 00:22:08,869 Everything that he worked for was being dismantled 349 00:22:08,953 --> 00:22:10,372 with each of these arrests. 350 00:22:11,456 --> 00:22:13,416 What followed were landmark proceedings 351 00:22:14,209 --> 00:22:16,294 that became known as the Maxi Trials, 352 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,214 with Giovanni Falcone at the helm. 353 00:22:19,798 --> 00:22:22,091 The whole premise of the Maxi Trial 354 00:22:22,175 --> 00:22:26,178 is that you are putting the organization of the Mafia itself on trial. 355 00:22:30,475 --> 00:22:35,397 So the ambition of the Maxi Trial was actually eliminating the Mafia. 356 00:22:36,981 --> 00:22:39,651 And when you're the Mafia's boss of bosses... 357 00:22:41,569 --> 00:22:42,737 that's personal. 358 00:22:44,948 --> 00:22:46,907 Many mafiosi assumed 359 00:22:46,991 --> 00:22:49,827 that because of Riina's vast political connections, 360 00:22:49,911 --> 00:22:52,163 that they would be not found guilty. 361 00:22:52,247 --> 00:22:58,420 But out of these 475 people on trial, 342 were convicted. 362 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:00,671 But dozens of them were in absentia 363 00:23:00,755 --> 00:23:03,591 because they were in hiding, and this includes Toto Riina. 364 00:23:04,843 --> 00:23:06,594 By finding them guilty, 365 00:23:07,387 --> 00:23:12,100 Falcone proved that the Sicilian Mafia was not invincible. 366 00:23:12,684 --> 00:23:16,563 You had what was called "l'emergenza pentiti ," 367 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:21,025 the emergency of mafiosi becoming state's witnesses. 368 00:23:21,985 --> 00:23:26,739 And so Riina had to try to somehow show the mafiosi 369 00:23:26,823 --> 00:23:29,867 that if they became collaborators, they weren't safe either. 370 00:23:29,951 --> 00:23:31,411 He could get to anyone. 371 00:23:32,787 --> 00:23:34,455 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 372 00:23:34,539 --> 00:23:36,833 On May 23rd, 1992, 373 00:23:37,333 --> 00:23:39,043 the hero of the Maxi Trials, 374 00:23:39,127 --> 00:23:42,213 Giovanni Falcone, returns to Palermo with his wife. 375 00:23:43,673 --> 00:23:45,884 Their arrival doesn't go unnoticed. 376 00:23:47,594 --> 00:23:49,720 Falcone makes a bold choice. 377 00:23:49,804 --> 00:23:52,348 Rather than riding with his security detail, 378 00:23:52,432 --> 00:23:56,019 he insists on driving his own car from the airport to his country home, 379 00:23:57,437 --> 00:24:00,940 unaware that Riina and his allies have been plotting their revenge. 380 00:24:04,736 --> 00:24:07,780 As Falcone's caravan approaches the town of Capaci, 381 00:24:08,531 --> 00:24:09,866 the trap is sprung. 382 00:24:13,661 --> 00:24:16,455 Falcone and his wife suffer fatal injuries, 383 00:24:16,539 --> 00:24:21,377 and the explosion is so massive, it registers on local earthquake sensors. 384 00:24:24,214 --> 00:24:26,216 But Riina isn't finished. 385 00:24:27,050 --> 00:24:30,970 Two months later, Falcone's colleague in the anti-Mafia task force, 386 00:24:31,054 --> 00:24:33,556 Paolo Borsellino, is also killed 387 00:24:34,265 --> 00:24:37,018 by a car bomb outside his mother's apartment building. 388 00:24:37,810 --> 00:24:39,771 Riina's message is undeniable. 389 00:24:40,396 --> 00:24:45,484 The message is, "If you mess with us, we don't care how high we have to go, 390 00:24:45,568 --> 00:24:47,653 we don't care how protected you are, 391 00:24:47,737 --> 00:24:48,863 we will kill you." 392 00:24:54,577 --> 00:24:57,372 But in making his case so vigorously, 393 00:24:58,331 --> 00:25:01,167 Riina triggered some unintended consequences. 394 00:25:02,544 --> 00:25:07,590 The Italian state is so embarrassed by the killings of Falcone and Borsellino, 395 00:25:07,674 --> 00:25:13,930 they send 7,000 army troops to Sicily to take back control of the territory. 396 00:25:15,390 --> 00:25:16,474 Six months later, 397 00:25:16,975 --> 00:25:19,977 with the remnants of Riina's Mafia under siege, 398 00:25:20,061 --> 00:25:23,356 a frightened associate leads authorities to Riina's hideout. 399 00:25:23,940 --> 00:25:26,985 And the Beast is taken into custody. 400 00:25:28,403 --> 00:25:31,238 The boss of bosses of the Sicilian underworld, 401 00:25:31,322 --> 00:25:34,117 Salvatore Riina, was arrested two days ago. 402 00:25:34,951 --> 00:25:38,162 So now, after executing his reign of terror entirely 403 00:25:38,246 --> 00:25:39,289 from underground, 404 00:25:40,582 --> 00:25:43,334 Riina is finally ready for his close-up. 405 00:25:44,002 --> 00:25:46,504 It was kind of like a Wizard of Oz moment. 406 00:25:46,588 --> 00:25:50,300 You know, you pull the curtain, and it's just a little old man. 407 00:25:51,551 --> 00:25:53,844 And what harm could he possibly have done? 408 00:25:53,928 --> 00:25:59,016 I was only a farmer. I worked the land as an honest man. 409 00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:01,185 Salvatore Riina has four children. 410 00:26:01,269 --> 00:26:02,645 He loves children. 411 00:26:02,729 --> 00:26:04,314 He loves everything and everyone. 412 00:26:05,315 --> 00:26:07,066 Oh, right. 413 00:26:13,865 --> 00:26:15,074 After a dominating reign 414 00:26:15,158 --> 00:26:18,244 over one of organized crime's most storied institutions, 415 00:26:18,870 --> 00:26:21,539 Toto Riina would die in a prison hospital 416 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,459 one day after his 87th birthday. 417 00:26:25,627 --> 00:26:27,754 He remained a mystery to the end, 418 00:26:28,254 --> 00:26:29,713 never speaking about his crimes 419 00:26:29,797 --> 00:26:32,925 or giving up his connections in business and politics. 420 00:26:35,178 --> 00:26:39,056 But if wreaking havoc from the shadows isn't your idea of a good time, 421 00:26:39,140 --> 00:26:41,517 there is another way to chart a course as mob boss 422 00:26:41,601 --> 00:26:43,561 that will let you take center stage. 423 00:26:44,646 --> 00:26:46,439 It's just not the right one. 424 00:26:48,733 --> 00:26:51,277 Case in point, John Gotti, 425 00:26:51,361 --> 00:26:52,778 the New York Mafia kingpin 426 00:26:52,862 --> 00:26:55,782 who set the playbook ablaze in his quest to make his own rules 427 00:26:56,866 --> 00:26:58,117 and become a star, 428 00:26:58,618 --> 00:27:01,871 bringing down his entire organization in the process. 429 00:27:02,830 --> 00:27:05,083 Ready to learn what not to do?