Apr 30 2007
Minister: Mafia operates like a business, can reproduce itself
ROME: The Sicilian Mafia operates like a business, and while its leaders can be removed, it can regenerate itself like no legitimate organization in Italy, the interior minister said Saturday, according to news reports.
Giuliano Amato made the comments in Palermo, Sicily, on the sidelines of a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Mafia slaying of Pio La Torre, head of the Communist Party in Sicily.
“We can decapitate the mafia but let’s remember that it’s an organism that has the capacity to reproduce itself, perhaps like no other in Italy,” the ANSA news agency quoted Amato as saying.
He said Cosa Nostra had such wealth that it operated like its own economy in a large part of Sicily and mainland Italy. “It operates like a business,” ANSA quoted him as saying.
In a message for the anniversary, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said “only a great movement of people, opinions and culture can defeat the Mafia.”
The Associated Press - Published: April 28, 2007 - http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/28/europe/EU-GEN-Italy-Mafia.php
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