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  • ALBERTO ROJAS

Updated Wednesday, March 31, 2021-22: 03

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The typical Sicilian mobster had an agricultural appearance, he wore a cap, corduroy pants, espadrilles and

a sawed-off shotgun to make himself respected

and be able to collect the

pizzo

, that form of local extortion with which the Cosa Nostra sabled the merchants.

This is how Hollywood portrayed

these characters that no longer exist

.

Now, gangsters are guys in suits and ties, connected to their organization thanks to the latest technological advances, who control their investments in their smartphone and who whitewash

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