1.   While investigators theorized that fellow mobsters killed Farace to ease the pressure they were feeling from the authorities, his slaying went unsolved for nearly eight years.

2.   While Mercurio was willing to provide information to the FBI as a confidential informant he had refused to testify against his fellow mobsters in court.

3.   He moved out West under threat of death from fellow mobsters.

4.   In the past decade, Italy has seen growing willingness by the public to speak out against the Mafia, and by Mafiosi to testify against fellow mobsters.

5.   She said those killed included fellow mobsters suspected of disloyalty.