Salvatore Lo Piccolo

Salvatore Lo Piccolo, also known as "the Baron", is an Italian mafioso and one of the most powerful bosses of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Lo Piccolo rose through the ranks of the Palermo mafia throughout the 1980s and became the capomandamento of the San Lorenzo district in 1993, replacing Salvatore Biondino, who was sent to prison. Lo Piccolo was a fugitive since 1983 and had been running his Mafia affairs in hiding. With the capture of Bernardo Provenzano on 11 April 2006, Lo Piccolo had been cementing his power and rise to the top of the Palermo Mafia until his own arrest on 5 November 2007. It is believed that his family spread across Europe due to rising tensions, settling in England, Portugal, and southern Spain.