STRUCTURE OF A MAFIA FAMILY

Consigliere(trusted advisor, or family "counselor")

Capo Bastone(underboss, second in command)

Contabile(financial advisor)

Caporegime/Capodecina(Lieutenant,typically heads a faction of ten or more foot "soldiers")

Sgarrista(a foot soldier, who carries out the everyday business of the family; a "made" member of the Mafia; has taken the secret oath-bound initiation)

Giovane D'Honore(Mafia associate, typically a non-sicilian, non-italian member)