Vincenzo Virga

Vincenzo Virga (* in Trapani, Sicily, Italy) is a powerful Sicilian Mafioso. He is since 1982 the boss of the family of Trapani.

Life

Vincenzo Virga was in the 1970s one of the subaltern forces of the mafia family of Trapani. Cleavage of the Cosa Nostra in two rival factions became clear from the middle of the decade. On one side was the hitherto dominant alliance to Stefano Bontade, Gaetano Badalamenti and Salvatore Inzerillo, on the other hand, the emerging Corleonesi, led by Salvatore Riina and Bernardo Provenzano were. The boss of the family of Trapani, Salvatore Minore, was closely allied with Stefano Bontade. His subordinate Vincenzo Virga but closed like many other mafia secretly the Corleonesi on. 1981 broke out, the Second Mafia War, in which the Corleonesi wiped out their opponents in a bloodbath. 1982, Minore was assassinated along with his his loyal followers. Vincenzo Virga was appointed by the Corleonesi as the new rulers of the family.

After Riina's arrest in 1993 was Provenzano new " boss of bosses ". He called instead of the regular commission, whose members mostly were in prison, a management board of seven bosses, with which he led the Cosa Nostra. Virga, who was one of the major money launderers Cosa Nostra, belonged at this college. After years of flight, he was arrested in February 2001 in a farmhouse near Trapani. Since then, he is in detention.