11.   De Giorgi also praised the courage of his predecessor, Cardinal Salvatore Pappalardo, who encouraged Sicilian priests and politicans to challenge the powerful underworld bosses.

12.   It has long been an open secret that many movies, and even actresses, were backed by underworld bosses trying to legitimise their businesses.

13.   The state news agency BTA said Udodov was hired by a local underworld boss who was also shot to death later in an ensuing turf war.

14.   His Christian Democrat party also associated with known underworld bosses to gain electoral and political success in return for providing lucrative business contracts once in office.

15.   His Christian Democrat party also associated with known underworld bosses to gain electoral and political success in return for providing lucrative business contracts once in office, Buscetta alleged.

16.   Experts said it would facilitate international investigations of underworld bosses.

17.   Sicilian underworld boss Salvatore Ferraro was in an Italian jail Wednesday following his expulsion from Canada where authorities tracked him down last week.