This series is based upon exceptional access to the FBI's previously secret files on the Mafia. The FBI in Washington has offered this access to World Media Rights based on their handling of the material which they released to WMR for the series about forensic analysis; The Science of Crime. The Mafia's Greatest Hits uncovers the extraordinary truth behind some of the Mafia's most notorious killers. Now, for the first time, the FBI wants to reveal how: • They didn't realise the extent and scope of the Mafia and its organisation until 1963 -- and then started to try and actively combat it. • They realised that many of the crimes which they were trying to solve before that date (and thought of as 'racketeering') were all interlinked -- and they opened new investigations into them and finally uncovered the full story of what had happened. • They realised that killing is an essential element of Mafia culture as it is the way in which the Mafia establishes territory and also establishes hierarchy. If you want to lower murder statistics in an area you firstly rid it of Mafia. • Combating the Mafia, once the Mafia has taken hold, becomes a continuous process and is happening right now. It is unlikely to ever cease as the Mafia's culture is so potent and persistent. To illustrate the FBI's battle against the Mafia -- both now and in the past the programmes will feature the following stories, which are defined by the killing sprees through which the successful Mafiosa established ...