Stidda

Stidda
Founding locationSouthern Sicily
Years active1980s-present
TerritoryAgrigento, Caltanissetta, Gela, Vittoria, Niscemi
EthnicitySicilians
Membership2,000~ full members
Criminal activitiesRacketeering
fraud
Gambling
extortion
murder
Allies'Ndrangheta
Camorra
Cosa Nostra
RivalsCosa Nostra (until the end of 1990s)

The Stidda (Sicilian for 'star'; pronounced [ˈstiɖːa]) is a Sicilian and Maltese Mafia-type criminal organization and criminal society centered in the central-southern part of Sicily and island of Malta.

Members are known as stiddari or stiddaroli. It is most active in the rural parts of southern Sicily and is a rival to the Cosa Nostra, originating as a dissident offshoot group of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra. Some members have a star tattooed on their bodies.