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  • La Licata's theory is that Giusy was merely a caretaker for her jailed brother Vito and that she is pumping herself up to get a better deal from the judge.

    TALES OF A 'MAFIA MAMMA' 2007

  • So it was that Giusy became the Cosa Nostra's first female boss pentito -- or informer.

    TALES OF A 'MAFIA MAMMA' 2007

  • Giusy is not the first woman to turn against Italian mobsters.

    TALES OF A 'MAFIA MAMMA' 2007

  • By the time police caught up with Vito, Giusy was essentially running the show.

    TALES OF A 'MAFIA MAMMA' 2007

  • And yet, in a country that's never had a female president, prime minister or mayor of Rome, Giusy, 33, is the first woman to run one of the most important Cosa Nostra families.

    TALES OF A 'MAFIA MAMMA' 2007

  • But Giusy was not permitted to take part in the actual meeting, she says -- because she is a woman.

    TALES OF A 'MAFIA MAMMA' 2007

  • Giusy has spoken of a secret rendezvous with the reputed godfather, Bernardo Provenzano, whom authorities have not seen in 42 years.

    TALES OF A 'MAFIA MAMMA' 2007

  • Along with her brothers, Giusy claims, she drove to the meeting.

    TALES OF A 'MAFIA MAMMA' 2007

  • As for Giusy, she has entered a witness-protection program, joined by her two teenage sons.

    TALES OF A 'MAFIA MAMMA' 2007

  • And when Vito was sent to jail in 1998, Giusy, as she is known, did her sisterly duty.

    TALES OF A 'MAFIA MAMMA' 2007

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