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The mafia were originally a Sicilian secret terrorist murderous society comprising people of all classes which became prominent in the 1860s - they described themselves as a Sicillian vendetta society. One of their earlier victims was David Hennessy, chief of police in New Orleans who was assassinated on the 15th of October 1890. The subsequent trial of 17 Sicilians for the murder, six of which were acquitted resulted in no verdict for the other nine, and a mob subsequently broke into the gaol and murdered eleven prisoners, two of which were Italian citizens. Italy subsequently recalled its ambassador, and shortly afterwards the American government paid $25000 compensation for the benefit of the heirs of the two murdered Italian citizens, and diplomatic relations were reinstated. Today the mafia are an organised criminal society operating in the USA and wherever there are Italian people.
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The Fourth War is a thriller starring Roy Scheider in a story about a vendetta between two border personnel on the East-West German border in the 1980s.
The Fourth War was directed by John Frankenheimer in 1990.
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Vendetta is a drama starring Christopher Walken, Clancy Brown and Luke Askew in a story Sicillian immigrants facing prejudice and corrupt police in New Orleans.
Vendetta was directed by Nicholas Meyer in 1999.
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HMAS Vendetta was an Australian destroyer of 1100 tons displacement built in Britain in 1917 and transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1932. HMAS Vendetta carried a complement of 134 and was powered by oil burning boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots. She was armed with four 4-inch guns; five smaller guns and six 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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