Stidda

The ; ) is a Sicilian Mafia-type criminal organization and criminal society centered in the central-southern part of Sicily.

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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.