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Nature 445, 811 (22 February 2007) | doi:10.1038/445811a; Published online 21 February 2007

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Forensic science: Ghost buster

Declan Butler1

  1. Declan Butler is a senior reporter for Nature based in Paris.

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An Italian scientist revived the hunt for the mafia's boss of bosses. Declan Butler reports.

Bernardo Provenzano, Italy's most wanted man, was on the run for more than 40 years. Moving from one safe house to another, he became the godfather of the Sicilian Mafia in 1993, running the huge organization without ever using a telephone, communicating instead through tiny typed notes, pizzini, passed back and forth through a labyrinth of secret relays.

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