Information:  - Mariano Agate ( May 19 , 1939 in Mazara del Vallo -- April 3 , 2013 in Mazara del Vallo ) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia . He was the boss of Mazara del Vallo Mafia family since the 1970s when he replaced the old boss Mariano Licari . He also was the boss of the mandamento of Mazara , including the Mafia families of Marsala , Salemi and Vita . Agate was a member of `` Iside '' , one of the most powerful local Masonic lodges . In the 1980s Agate supported the Corleonesi faction during the Second Mafia War and became the most important ally of Totò Riina in the province of Trapani . He also became a member of the Sicilian Mafia Commission . Agate was arrested in 1982 for heroin trafficking . In 1985 he was sentenced to life for several murders , including those of judge Giacomo Ciaccio Montalto and the mayor of Castelvetrano , Vito Lipari . Agate was arrested again in 1992 , after his release the year before . He has been sentenced for life for the murders of the Antimafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino . In the 1990s , members of his clan worked together with the ' Ndrangheta clan headed by Giuseppe Morabito from Africo to import hashish from Morocco and cocaine from Latin America . Despite being jailed , in 2004 he was accused of running an international cocaine trafficking ring with several ' Ndrangheta clans ( the Marando , Trimboli and Barbaro clans from Platì in particular ) , supported by his son Epifanio Agate and Salvatore Miceli , a fugitive in Colombia . Although incarcerated under the strict 41 - bis prison regime he instructed his son on how to run the business . Agate died at home on April 3 , 2013 . He had been granted house arrest for serious health reasons . Agate was ill for some time with cancer . The authorities banned a public funeral to guarantee public order and security .  - A protection racket is a scheme whereby a group provides protection to businesses or other groups through violence outside the sanction of the law. Through the credible threat of violence, the racketeers deter people from swindling, robbing, injuring, sabotaging or otherwise harming their clients. Protection rackets tend to appear in markets where the police and judiciary cannot be counted on to provide legal protection, either because of incompetence (as in weak or failed states) or illegality (black markets).  - The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a "magistratus" was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judicial and executive powers. In other parts of the world, such as China, a magistrate was responsible for administration over a particular geographic area. Today, in some jurisdictions, a magistrate is a judicial officer who hears cases in a lower court, and typically deals with more minor or preliminary matters. In other jurisdictions (e.g., England and Wales), magistrates may be volunteers without formal legal training who perform a judicial role with regard to minor matters.  - Historically a mandamento was the part of Italian territory under the jurisdiction of a "pretore" which is a kind of magistrate. These divisions were abolished in 1923.  - Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino and Vatican City. Italy covers an area of and has a largely temperate seasonal climate and Mediterranean climate; due to its shape, it is often referred to in Italy as "lo Stivale" (the Boot). With 61 million inhabitants, it is the fourth most populous EU member state.  - Mazara del Vallo is a town and "comune" in southwestern Sicily, Italy, which lies mainly on the left bank at the mouth of the Mazaro river, administratively part of the province of Trapani.  - Jurisdiction (from the Latin "ius, " meaning "law" and "" meaning "to speak") is the practical authority granted to a legal body to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility, e.g., Michigan tax law. In the federations like USA, areas of jurisdiction apply to local, state, and federal levels; e.g. the court has jurisdiction to apply federal law.  - The Sicilian Mafia, also known as simply the Mafia or Cosa Nostra ("Our thing"), is a criminal syndicate in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organisational structure and code of conduct. The basic group is known as a "family", "clan", or ""cosca"" or "cosche" in Sicilian. Each family claims sovereignty over a territory, usually a town or village or a neighbourhood ("borgata") of a larger city, in which it operates its rackets. Its members call themselves "men of honour", although the public often refers to them as "mafiosi". The mafia's core activities are protection racketeering, the arbitration of disputes between criminals, and the organizing and oversight of illegal agreements and transactions.  - Sovereignty is understood in jurisprudence as the full right and power of a governing body to govern itself without any interference from outside sources or bodies. In political theory, sovereignty is a substantive term designating supreme authority over some polity. It is a basic principle underlying the dominant Westphalian model of state foundation.    What is the relationship between 'mariano agate' and 'criminal'?
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