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Mafia 'Commandments' found

by Rob Walker | November 9, 2007 at 08:03 am

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So what does it include? "Thou shall not take thy don's name in vain." 'Thou shall double-tap hits in the head" "Thou shall make sure a vig is in effect for loans." etc.

Italian police said Thursday they have found a list of 10 commandments for mobsters in a house near Palermo, where a top Mafia boss was arrested this week.

Salvatore Lo Piccolo, who had been on the run since 1993, was vying to become the next "boss of bosses" of the Sicilian Mafia, according to Italian investigators. He was apprehended Monday by police raiding a house in the countryside outside Palermo, the Sicilian capital.

The list was found among his coded notes about the administration of Cosa Nostra that were delivered by Lo Piccolo's aides.