The Stidda is a Sicilian Mafia-type criminal organization centered in southern Sicily, originating as a dissident offshoot of Cosa Nostra during the Second Mafia War in the early 1980s. It is active in rural areas and towns such as Agrigento, Caltanissetta, and Gela, engaging in racketeering, fraud, extortion, and murder. Unlike Cosa Nostra, it lacks an honor system and focuses solely on profit. Members often have a star tattoo, and the organization has been involved in violent conflicts with Cosa Nostra.
CRIMENET has extracted 18 linkages for this organization, including 8 cooperative ties across 6 organizations, 6 conflicts across 1 organization and 4 other connections.