thank you strax that clears it up. riina held the b.o.b. title until 2017 and continued to influence cosa nostra matters. after his death the powers that be in palermo began to re group and bring power back to palermo which is historically where it belongs. as far as denaro is considered then although being a powerful and respected leader among many in sicily he was not the overall boss of anything but his own cosca. i was following the many arrests related to denaro over the years and most revolved around his family and very close associates but not in large criminal rackets but in keeping denaro hidden, laundering his money, communicating with other families.
Denaro was almost a legend in Sicilian mafia, he would influence and give orders to other bosses, few years ago when mafia wanted to kill Nino Di Matteo , Matteo Messina Denaro said that same people who wanted Falcone and Borsellino dead ordered it and that it has to be done, they were about to do it, so that shows how much Denaro was powerful.
i bet the "same people" were especially Berlusconi and Dell'Utri, but i could be wrong
