Italian Mafia Sees Rise of Girl Power — “… a quiet gender revolution in the Italian Mafia has seen women shatter the glass

ceiling of organized crime, as an increasing number of women take on the top job for

some of Italy’s major crime clans.

The penetration of women into the highest levels of one of the world’s most

patriarchal social institutions has caught the eye of Italian media and experts as well

as crime statisticians. In 1990, one woman was indicted for Mafia association. By

1995, there were 89 such indictments.” ABC