Tag Archives: Italy

20 years after Falcone’s Demise Mafia Down But Not Out

by fdvent1 Posted on May 21, 2012

@import url(http://www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css); Custom Search Twenty years after Italian judge Giovanni Falcone was assassinated by the Sicilian mafia in a bombing that shocked a nation, Cosa Nostra’s grip has been weakened but is far from over.Seventy-five-year-old Vincenzo Agostino, one the many … Continue reading →

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Mafia Accused of Italian School Bombing That Killed Teenage Girl

by fdvent1 Posted on May 20, 2012

Police and paramilitary Carabinieri were raiding the homes of suspected mafiosi belonging to a crime group known as the Sacra Corona Unita, or United Sacred Crown, and checking their whereabouts prior to the attack. The bomb, believed to have been … Continue reading →

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Seizure Agency Recovers Over $33 Million From Mafia Clans

by fdvent1 Posted on May 19, 2012

Since January 2012, the National Agency for Assets Seized and Confiscated from Mafia Clans over $33 million. The Agency is successfully recovering “relevant amounts of money arising from confiscation procedures filed against members of organized crime”. Since the beginning of … Continue reading →

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Unidentified Bones Found in Italian Gangster’s Tomb

by fdvent1 Posted on May 15, 2012

In Rome a 30-year-old unsolved mystery has another bizarre twist, with unidentified bones reportedly discovered in mafia chief Enrico de Pedis tomb during the search for a vanished teen’s remains. Investigators entered the Roman basilica of Saint Apollinaire to find … Continue reading →

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