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Antonino Calderone
1935Oct, 24

Antonino Calderone

Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (d. 2013)
Antonino Calderone (October 24, 1935 – January 10, 2013) was a Sicilian Mafioso who turned state witness (pentito) in 1987 after his arrest in 1986.Antonino was born in Catania, the brother of Giuseppe Calderone, the boss of the local Mafia. Antonino's memoirs, Men of Dishonor: Inside the Sicilian Mafia, were published in 1992 with Antimafia sociologist Pino Arlacchi and are considered a handbook for understanding Cosa Nostra and the life of a mafioso. It was translated into many languages.

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