Authors: Clare Longrigg
rumours of life in Germany,
89
Christmas trip to Germany,
97–8
use of codes,
188
loving relationship with Provenzano,
189
health,
191–2
attitude to press,
196–7
and wish to marry,
263–4
Palermo University,
92
Palermo:
anti-Mafia street protests,
10
drug trafficking war,
19–20
rise of Corleonesi,
19–20
,
23–5
,
28–42
,
54–5
viale Lazio massacre,
23–4
,
47
corruption in city,
28
,
29
Partanna Mondello (nr Palermo),
83
Partinico (town),
103
,
142
Pasqua, Giovanni,
13
Pastoia, Ciccio,
59
,
179–80
,
184
,
217–18
,
224–9
,
231
Pellegrini, Angiolo,
9
,
49–50
,
55–6
,
61–2
,
64
,
157–8
,
183
Pennino, Dr Gioacchino,
32–4
pentiti
(Mafia defectors),
7
,
47–9
,
57
,
71
,
104
,
108
,
109
,
121
,
130
,
155
Piana degli Albanesi (town),
83
pizzini
(letters)
see
Mafia: methods of communication
Porta Nuova (mafia group),
166
Prestipino, Michele:
comments on Provenzano,
5–6
,
7
,
149
,
155
Provenzano’s ‘mediation’letter,
146
seizes Provenzano’s health records,
230
Provenzano’s arrest,
259
Principato, Teresa,
198
Prizzi (town),
35
,
174
Provenzano, Angelo (father of Bernardo Provenzano),
17
,
89
Provenzano, Angelo (son of Bernardo Provenzano):
personal life,
46
,
88
,
90–7
,
182
,
188–93
,
196
,
198–201
owns launderette,
94
,
189
,
194
,
196–7
,
240
relationship with father,
96–7
,
191
,
239–42
,
264–6
use of numerical codes,
190–2
contacts with Giuseppe Lo Bue,
249–50
gives BBC interview,
265
Provenzano, Bernardo (‘Binnu’;
also
‘the Tractor’;
also
‘the Accountant’):
MAFIA LIFE:
final capture,
3–4
,
249–58
and Salvatore Riina,
6–7
,
27
,
63
,
67–78
,
80–1
,
98–9
,
100–2
,
113–15
power and influence,
6–8
rumours of death,
7
,
123
skills at mediation,
8
,
14
,
15
,
30–1
,
32
,
244–7
,
266
escapes police ambush in Castronovo,
22
as fugitive,
22
,
236–9
nicknames,
25
,
26–7
,
34
,
36
involvement in viale Lazio massacre,
23–4
banned from public office,
27
rises to power in Palermo,
29–30
,
35–6
,
41–2
,
55
as joint leader of Corleone family,
31
,
42
,
67–73
,
244
and Gioacchino Pennino,
32–4
accused of Dalla Chiesa assassination,
40
and money-laundering activities,
49–52
convicted of Mafia association,
50
involvement in Sicilian public health corruption,
56
,
60–1
,
62
,
172–4
involvement in political corruption,
57–8
,
73–7
,
163
,
166–8
controls public works cartel,
63–4
and Luciano Liggio,
67
,
69–70
,
152
wears bishop’s robes as disguise,
103
involvement in Falcone and Borsellino assassinations,
103–8
tensions with Leoluca Bagarella,
119–21
,
124–6
takes leadership of Mafia (Cosa Nostra),
123
,
126–8
leadership style and ‘submersion’ strategy,
129–30
,
132–4
,
138–9
,
144–61
,
171
,
199
difficulties with Giovanni Brusca,
136–7
,
139–42
murder of Gino Ilardo,
139–40
supports convicted mafiosi,
167
,
243–4
break-up of political network,
168–9
attempts peace talks between Benedetto Spera and Ciccio Pastoia,
179–80
avoids police search near Mezzojuso,
182–3
deteriorating relationship with Nino Giuffré,
184–7
obsession with security,
202–4
,
221
,
235–7
Giuffré’s collaboration with police,
207–11
,
261–2
mediates between Nino Rotolo and Salvatore Lo Piccolo,
244–7
,
266
imprisonment and trial,
261–3
wealth,
263
,
268
see also
Giuffré
,
Nino
;
Liggio, Luciano
; Mafia;
Riina
,
Salvatore
PERSONAL LIFE
:
appearance,
4
,
5
,
12–13
,
14–15
living conditions,
5–6
,
258–60
personality and character,
5–6
,
8–9
,
67
,
126
,
148
,
159
relationship with sons (Angelo and Francesco),
9–10
,
189–91
,
239–42
,
264–6
early influences,
13–14
birth and childhood,
17
meets Saveria Benedetta Palazzolo (companion),
43–7
health problems,
67
,
136
,
181
,
201
,
210
,
217–23
,
230–1
,
238
,
264
disjointed family life,
90–9
,
188–93
use of Bible,
151–2
,
237
see also
Palazzolo
, Saveria Benedetta; Provenzano,
Angelo
; Provenzano, Francesco Paolo
Provenzano, Francesco Paolo (son of Bernardo Provenzano):
personal life,
48
,
88
,
89
,
92
,
198
,
200
,
265
relationship with father,
96–7
,
191
,
239–42
,
264–6
Provenzano, Giovanna
(née
Rigoglioso; mother of Bernardo Provenzano),
17
Provenzano, Maria Concetta (sister of Bernardo Provenzano),
17
Provenzano, Michela Arcangela (sister of Bernardo Provenzano),
17
Provenzano, Rosa (sister of Bernardo Provenzano),
17
Provenzano, Salvatore (brother of Bernardo Provenzano),
87
,
88
,
247
,
269
Provenzano, Simone (brother of Bernardo Provenzano),
89
,
93
,
97
,
178
,
247
Publitalia (advertising agency),
163–4
Puglisi, Padre Pino,
121
Punta Raisi airport,
32
Radical Party,
74
Riccio, Maresciallo Michele,
163
Riccio, Colonel Michele,
130
,
131
,
134–8
Riccobono, Rosario,
83–4
Riesi (town),
35
Rigoglioso, Giovanni
see
Provenzano,
Giovanna
Riina, Bernardo,
252–6
Riina, Giovanni (son of Salvatore Riina),
113
,
115
,
119
,
195
,
198
Riina, Maria Concetta (daughter of Salvatore Riina),
194–5
Riina, Salvatore (‘Toto’; ‘Shorty’):
as joint leader of Corleone family,
6–7
,
27
,
31–2
,
67–73
and Bernardo Provenzano,
6–7
,
27
,
63
,
67–78
,
80–1
,
98–9
,
102
and Luciano Liggio,
13–15
appearance and character,
14–15
,
26
,
38
involvement in viale Lazio massacre,
24
rise to power in Palermo,
25–7
,
35–6
banned from public office,
27
antagonism towards Vito Ciancimino,
30–1
accused of Dalla Chiesa assassination,
40
consolidates power in Palermo,
41–2
,
55
marriage to Ninetta Bagarella,
47
,
151
and political corruption,
73–7
faces rebellion against his rule,
77
,
79
wages war against state,
99–101
,
109
,
110–11
involvement in Falcone and Borsellino assassinations,
104–8
final capture, in–15
and bungled police search of home,
113–14
,
258
loathing for
pentiti,
121–3
and Giovanni Brusca,
141
,
142