Stidda
Sign in to saveThe ; ) is a Sicilian Mafia-type criminal organization and criminal society centered in the central-southern part of Sicily.
Key facts
- Criminal organization.name
- Stidda
- Criminal organization.founding_location
- Southern Sicily
- Criminal organization.years_active
- 1980s-present
- Criminal organization.territory
- Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Gela, Vittoria, Niscemi
- Criminal organization.ethnicity
- Sicilians
- Criminal organization.membership
- 2,000~ full members
- Criminal organization.criminal_activities
- Racketeering fraud gambling extortion murder
- Criminal organization.allies
- 'Ndrangheta Camorra Cosa Nostra
- Criminal organization.rivals
- Cosa Nostra (until the end of 1990s)
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The ; ) is a Sicilian Mafia-type criminal organization and criminal society centered in the central-southern part of Sicily.
Members are known as stiddari or stiddaroli. It is most active in the rural parts of southern Sicily and is a rival to the Cosa Nostra, originating as a dissident offshoot group of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra. Some members have a star tattooed on their bodies.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stidda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.