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'Coffee is the new racket': Sicilian mafia brews up trouble

Espresso range launched by daughter of mob boss blamed for 150 murders, as other gangs use coffee to extort cash from cafes
Maria Concetta at the funeral of her mobster father, Toto Riina. Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters

Less than a month after the death of Sicily’s most notorious mafia boss, his daughter is attempting to trade on his infamy with a range of espresso products bearing his name.

Days after , his daughter, Concetta Riina, created an online espresso store named Uncle Totò after the man believed responsible for

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