you dad!" several times as he was being handcuffed. The four were put into a police helicopter and flown towards Palermo's main police station. The operation was made possible by information provided by Francesco Franzese, who was arrested on 2 August 2007, who masterminded the Lo Piccolo clan's protection racket. His family has been moved to a secret hideout to prevent reprisals. Officers remarked that Lo Piccolo's face was entirely different from the photofit creation. Lo Piccolo did not say a word and just smiled when prosecutors noted that he did not resemble the photofit released earlier this year. The elder Lo Piccolo was in fact betrayed by his son of whom police did have a recent photograph. At the hideout of Lo Piccolo a code of behaviour for Mafia members was found. The so-called "Ten Commandments" include prohibitions such as frequenting bars and looking at friends' wives, while members are urged to treat their own wives with respect. The Mafia Decalogue has been drawn up as a "guide to being a good mafioso". Other activities apparently beyond the pale for Mafiosi are being friends with the police, being late for appointments and "appropriating money if it belongs to other Mafia members or to other families". When father and son Lo Piccolo – incarcerated under the strict 41-bis prison regime in the Opera prison in Milan – appeared on a videoscreen at the trial in Palermo against some of their henchmen, they rose to their feet as a sign of respect for the arrested bosses. Lo Piccolo's other son Calogero Lo Piccolo succeeded his father and his brother, according to several pentiti. However, he was arrested on 16 January 2008, during Operation Addio Pizzo against Lo Piccolo's operators who were in charge of collecting the pizzo – protection money from local businesses – in Palermo. References External links Ecco la nuova mappa di Cosa Nostra, by Anna Petrozzi, Antimafia Duemila, January 2003 Salvatore Lo Piccolo 'u Vascu, padrone di Palermo, Maria Loi, Antimafia Duemila, Anno VI Numero 3 - 2006 N°49 , Teleacras, November 5, 2007 "Direzione Centrale della Polizia Criminale - "Programma Speciale di Ricerca" - LO PICCOLO SALVATORE" "Palermo, catturati i boss Lo Piccolo" (05 novembre 2007) Living people Italian crime bosses Sicilian mafiosi 1943 births Italian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Italy Sicilian mafiosi sentenced to life imprisonment People convicted of