Jan 21 2008
Rome – A Palermo judge handed out sentences worth a total of over 400 years on Monday to 38 Sicilian Mafia figures linked to jailed Corleone boss Bernardo Provenanzo, the news agency ANSA reported. Continue Reading »
Jan 20 2008
Refusal to fork over protection money is undermining mob
Palermo, Sicily — When it came down to business, Cosa Nostra could always count on fear.
No more.
In a rebellion shaking the Sicilian Mafia to its centuries-old roots, businesses are joining forces in refusing to submit to demands for protection money called “pizzo.” Continue Reading »
Jan 19 2008
Salvatore “Totò” Cuffaro has been found guilty of having dealings with the Mafia
The state president of Sicily has been found guilty of having dealings with the Mafia and sentenced to five years of solitary confinement.
Salvatore “Totò” Cuffaro, 50, passed state secrets to Giuseppe Guttadauro, a Mafia godfather, while in office. A court in Palermo heard that Cuffaro told Guttadauro there were hidden microphones in his house. Continue Reading »
Jan 18 2008
Nikolay Davydenko has again defended himself against suggestions he threw a tennis match last year, and rubbished talk that he had links with the Russian mafia. Continue Reading »
Jan 17 2008
MONTREAL – Five alleged leaders of the Montreal Mafia who have been in jail since November 2006 are opting to go directly to trial.
Nicolo Rizzuto, Paolo Renda, Rocco Sollecito, Francesco Arcadi and Lorenzo Giordano have chosen to skip their preliminary hearing. Continue Reading »
Jan 17 2008
Clare Longrigg reviews Gomorrah: Italy’s Other Mafia by Roberto Saviano
On 26 May 2002, a long-running feud between two crime families on the outskirts of Naples erupted in a shoot-out between two cars. In one were five women from the Cava clan, including the wife and teenage daughters of the recently arrested boss. Since his arrest, the women had started carrying guns and doing target practise. Continue Reading »
