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  • GUIDONIA, ITALY - 7 MARCH 2013: Lorenzo Tedeschi, 23, checks a machine at the Temeca woodworking shop in Guidonia, Italy, on March 7, 2013. Lorenzo is the son of Temeca owner Emanuele Tedeschi; he has been working at his father's business for 2 years after dropping out of goldsmithry school in Milan. The Temeca woodworking shop was founded in 1959 by Renzo Tedeschi, 84, father of the current owner Emanuele Tedeschi. Until the 80's the Temeca woodworking shop had 16 employees; after the shop to Emanuele, Renzo's son, four employees retired and the number of the carpenters was reduced to 12.  After the 2009 crisis, the number of workers at the Temeca woodworking were reduced to 7..Gianni Cipriano for The International Herald Tribune
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  • SAN SEVERO, ITALY - 3 FEBRUARY 2022: Gianpaolo Romano (46), a car dealer whose business suffered a bomb attack on January 4th, walk towards the car dealer garage in San Severo, Italy, on February 3rd 2022.<br />
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A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
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The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
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Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This has led to the arrest of a number of mafia bosses and seizure of assets worth millions of euros.<br />
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The group is much less powerful than the Cosa Nostra or the ‘Ndrangheta, but it permeates the whole area. That has made Foggia one of the poorest parts of Puglia, which in turn is the most economically advanced region of southern Italy. business suffered a bomb attack on January 4th, walk toward garage in San Severo, Italy, on February 3rd 2022.<br />
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A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
<br />
The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
<br />
Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This
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  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
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As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Aninfa Hokic (31) serves a customer at a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_67...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Customers line up at the Gipsy Queens food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_64...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (R-L) Gipsy Queen member Aninfa Hokic (31) and Grazia (12, daughter of the Gipsy Queen member Darmaz Florentina) relax during a break before heading to a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_57...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
<br />
As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
    CIPG_20220221_NYT-Fashion-Heirs-Mari...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens members Maria Miglescu (20) and Codruta Balteau (24) eat a pita during a break at their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_66...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Quen member Maria Miglescu (20) is here at the Ponte Nomentano park which hosts the iFest, an alternative music festival, where the Gipsy Queens have a food stand, in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_65...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queen member Codruta Balteau (24) and Aninfa Hokic (31) prepare typical Roma dishes at their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_65...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (R-L) Gipsy Queen member Codruta Balteau (24) and Aninfa Hokic (31) prepare typical Roma dishes at their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_64...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Codruta Balteau (24, center) prepares typical Roma dishes at their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_64...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queens member Micescu Mieila (49) grills meat at their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: A woman walks in the Ponte Nomentano park which hosts the iFest, an alternative music festival, where the Gipsy Queens have a food stand, in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_63...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Aninfa Hokic (31) serves a customer at a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_63...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queens members Aninfa Hokic (31) and Micescu Mieila (49) serve customers at their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_63...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queens member Aninfa Hokic (31) grills meat at their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_62...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Aninfa Hokic (31) serves a customer at a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_61...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Codruta Balteau (24) is walks toward their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_61...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens members Aninfa Hokic (31) and Codruta Balteau (24) put on their headscarves as they set up their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_61...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: The entrance to the iFest, an alternative music festival where the Gipsy Queens have their food stand, is seen here  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queen members Darmaz Florentina (33), Micescu Mieila (49),  Aninfa Hokic (31), Maria Miglescu (20) and Codruta Balteau, (24) pose for a group photo in front of the Astra 19 social center where they gathered to cook for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_60...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queen members Maria Miglescu (20), Darmaz Florentina (33), Aninfa Hokic (31) and Micescu Mieila (49) joke around as they gather for a group photo in front of the Astra 19 social center, before heading to their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_60...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Micescu Mieila (49) shapes dough for pitas for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_59...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Micescu Mieila (49) shapes dough for pitas for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_59...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Micescu Mieila (49) relaxes after shaping dough for pitas, before heading to a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_59...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Maria Miglescu (20) relaxes during a break before heading to a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here at the entrance of the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_59...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (R-L) Gipsy Queen Maria Miglescu (20) chats with volunteer Francesca, while other Gipsy Queen member Aninfa Hokic (31, left) laughs at the jokes of Grazia (12, daughter of Darmaz Florentina), during a break a break before heading to a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here at the entrance of the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_57...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Aninfa Hokic (31, top) relaxes and chats with volunteers (L-R) Francesca and her mother Maria during a break before heading to a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_57...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queens members Darmaz Florentina (33, right) and Aninfa Hokic (31, 2nd from left) chat during a break together with Darmaz's daughter Grazia (12, center) and two volunteers Francesca (left) and her mother Maria (2nd from right), before heading to their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_57...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens members Darmaz Florentina (33), Maria Miglescu (20) and Aninfa Hokic (31) prepare typical Roma dishes for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_56...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens member Darmaz Florentina (33) prepares sarmales, a typical Roma dish made of savoy cabbage rolls stuffed with rice and ground meat, for a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_56...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens member Darmaz Florentina (33) prepares sarmales, a typical Roma dish made of savoy cabbage rolls stuffed with rice and ground meat, for a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_56...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens members Codruta Balteau (24), Darmaz Florentina (33) and Maria Miglescu (20) prepare typical Roma dishes for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_56...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Aninfa Hokic (31) shapes puts the pitas stuffed with zucchinis and ricotta in the oven for a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_55...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Aninfa Hokic (31) shapes dough for pitas stuffed with zucchinis and ricotta for a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_55...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens members Codruta Balteau (24) and Darmaz Florentina (33) prepare typical Roma dishes for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_55...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (R-L) Gipsy Queens members Micescu Mieila (49) and Maria Miglescu (20) cut savoy cabbage used in sarmales (a typica Roma roll made of savoy cabbage stuffed with rice and ground meat) for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, in the kitchen of the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens members Micescu Mieila (49) and Maria Miglescu (20) cut savoy cabbage used in sarmales (a typica Roma roll made of savoy cabbage stuffed with rice and ground meat) for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, in the kitchen of the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_54...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queens member Codruta Balteau (24) shapes pita dough for the the a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_54...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens members Codruta Balteau (24), Darmaz Florentina (33) and Maria Miglescu (20) prepare typical Roma dishes for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_54...jpg
  • Alessandro Marinella helps run his family's business, E.Marinella, a tailoring company founded in 1914.<br />
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As family businesses get sold and corporatize, the nextgen of fashion’s great families are choosing their own, fashion-adjacent paths: going into furniture (Alice Etro), restaurants (Pietro and Romeo Ruffini), music (Daniele Cavalli)  and NFTs (Francesca Versace). A round-up of the fashion creative diaspora.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Visitors gather at the Ponte Nomentano park which hosts the iFest, an alternative music festival, where the Gipsy Queens have a food stand, in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_63...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens members Aninfa Hokic (31) and Codruta Balteau (24) grill meat at their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival  in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_62...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: Gipsy Queen member Maria Miglescu (20) relaxes during a break before heading to a food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here at the entrance of the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_59...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: (L-R) Gipsy Queens members Codruta Balteau (24), Darmaz Florentina (33), Maria Miglescu (20) and Aninfa Hokic (31) prepare typical Roma dishes for their food stand at the iFest, an alternative music festival, here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
The Gipsy Queens are a travelling catering business founded by Roma women in Rome.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_55...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 3 JULY 2016: An oven cooking rice for sarmales (savoy cabbage rolls) made by the Gipsy Queens, a catering business founded by Roma women, is here in the Astra 19 social center in Rome, Italy, on July 3rd 2016.<br />
<br />
In 2015 Arci Solidarietà, an independent association for the promotion of social development, launched the “Tavolo delle donne rom” (Round table of Roma women) to both incentivise the process of integration of Roma in the city of Rome and to strengthen the Roma women’s self-esteem in the context of a culture tied to patriarchal models. The “Gipsy Queens” project was founded by ten Roma women in July 2015 after an event organised together with Arci Solidarietà in the Candoni Roma camp in the Magliana, a neighbourhood in the South-West periphery of Rome, during which people were invited to dance and eat Roma cuisine. The goal of the Gipsy Queen travelling catering business is to support equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship among Roma women, who are often relegated to the roles of wives and mothers.
    CIPG_20160703_NYT-GipsyQueens_5M3_53...jpg
  • SAN SEVERO, ITALY - 4 FEBRUARY 2022: A tree is seen here in the lands used by agricultural entrepreneur Lazzaro D'Auria, in San Severo, Italy, on February 4th 2022.<br />
<br />
Lazzaro D'Auria is an agricultural entrepreneur who business has suffered multiple fire and bomb attacks by the mafia over the past years.<br />
<br />
A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
<br />
The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
<br />
Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This has led to the arrest of a number of mafia bosses and seizure of assets worth millions of euros.<br />
<br />
The group is much less powerful than the Cosa Nostra or the ‘Ndrangheta, but it permeates the whole area. That has made Foggia one of the poorest parts of Puglia, which in turn is the most economically advanced region of southern Italy.
    CIPG_20220204_WSJ-Foggia-Mafia-A73-1...jpg
  • SAN SEVERO, ITALY - 4 FEBRUARY 2022: A view from an armored pickup truck  of the lands used by agricultural entrepreneur Lazzaro D'Auria, in San Severo, Italy, on February 4th 2022.<br />
<br />
Lazzaro D'Auria is an agricultural entrepreneur who business has suffered multiple fire and bomb attacks by the mafia over the past years.<br />
<br />
A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
<br />
The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
<br />
Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This has led to the arrest of a number of mafia bosses and seizure of assets worth millions of euros.<br />
<br />
The group is much less powerful than the Cosa Nostra or the ‘Ndrangheta, but it permeates the whole area. That has made Foggia one of the poorest parts of Puglia, which in turn is the most economically advanced region of southern Italy.
    CIPG_20220204_WSJ-Foggia-Mafia-A73-0...jpg
  • SAN SEVERO, ITALY - 4 FEBRUARY 2022: A view of the Gargano moutain, home to several mafia families, is seen here from the under construction company headquarters built by agricultural entrepreneur Lazzaro D'Auria (66), whose business has suffered multiple fires and bomb attacks by the mafia over the years, here in San Severo, Italy, on February 4th 2022.<br />
<br />
A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
<br />
The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
<br />
Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This has led to the arrest of a number of mafia bosses and seizure of assets worth millions of euros.<br />
<br />
The group is much less powerful than the Cosa Nostra or the ‘Ndrangheta, but it permeates the whole area. That has made Foggia one of the poorest parts of Puglia, which in turn is the most economically advanced region of southern Italy.
    CIPG_20220204_WSJ-Foggia-Mafia-A73-0...jpg
  • SAN SEVERO, ITALY - 4 FEBRUARY 2022: A view of the Gargano moutain, home to several mafia families, is seen here from the under construction company headquarters built by agricultural entrepreneur Lazzaro D'Auria (66), whose business has suffered multiple fires and bomb attacks by the mafia over the years, here in San Severo, Italy, on February 4th 2022.<br />
<br />
A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
<br />
The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
<br />
Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This has led to the arrest of a number of mafia bosses and seizure of assets worth millions of euros.<br />
<br />
The group is much less powerful than the Cosa Nostra or the ‘Ndrangheta, but it permeates the whole area. That has made Foggia one of the poorest parts of Puglia, which in turn is the most economically advanced region of southern Italy.
    CIPG_20220204_WSJ-Foggia-Mafia-A73-0...jpg
  • AREA AROUND FOGGIA, ITALY - 3 FEBRUARY 2022: Exterior view of a local business burned down by a fire caused by a bomb attack,  here in the area around Foggia, Italy, on February 3rd 2022.<br />
<br />
A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
<br />
The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
<br />
Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This has led to the arrest of a number of mafia bosses and seizure of assets worth millions of euros.<br />
<br />
The group is much less powerful than the Cosa Nostra or the ‘Ndrangheta, but it permeates the whole area. That has made Foggia one of the poorest parts of Puglia, which in turn is the most economically advanced region of southern Italy.
    CIPG_20220203_WSJ-Foggia-Mafia-A73-0...jpg
  • AREA AROUND FOGGIA, ITALY - 3 FEBRUARY 2022: Interior view of a local business burned down by a fire caused by a bomb attack,  here in the area around Foggia, Italy, on February 3rd 2022.<br />
<br />
A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
<br />
The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
<br />
Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This has led to the arrest of a number of mafia bosses and seizure of assets worth millions of euros.<br />
<br />
The group is much less powerful than the Cosa Nostra or the ‘Ndrangheta, but it permeates the whole area. That has made Foggia one of the poorest parts of Puglia, which in turn is the most economically advanced region of southern Italy.
    CIPG_20220203_WSJ-Foggia-Mafia-A73-0...jpg
  • AREA AROUND FOGGIA, ITALY - 3 FEBRUARY 2022: Interior view of a local business burned down by a fire caused by a bomb attack,  here in the area around Foggia, Italy, on February 3rd 2022.<br />
<br />
A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
<br />
The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
<br />
Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This has led to the arrest of a number of mafia bosses and seizure of assets worth millions of euros.<br />
<br />
The group is much less powerful than the Cosa Nostra or the ‘Ndrangheta, but it permeates the whole area. That has made Foggia one of the poorest parts of Puglia, which in turn is the most economically advanced region of southern Italy.
    CIPG_20220203_WSJ-Foggia-Mafia-A73-0...jpg
  • SOVERIA MANNELLI, ITALY - 16 NOVEMBER 2016: (L-R) Siblings Francesco, Angelo and Claudio Sirianni, who run the family business Camillo Sirianni, a school furniture manifacturer, pose for a portrait in the company's warehouse in Soveria Mannelli, Italy, on November 16th 2016.<br />
<br />
Camillo Sirianni is a third generation family business that started as a family mechanized carpentry in 1909 and transformed into a leading school furniture manufacturer. In a high-tech warehouse in the outskirts of Soveria Mannelli, they assemble thousands of Calabrian beechwooden, colorful desks, benches, closets and other accessories that are later shipped to many corners of the globe, from the United Kingdom to the Emirates, from central America to Polynesia.<br />
<br />
Soveria Mannelli is a mountain-top village in the southern region of Calabria that counts 3,070 inhabitants. The town was a strategic outpost until the 1970s, when the main artery road from Naples area to Italy’s south-western tip, Reggio Calabria went through the town. But once the government started building a motorway miles away, it was cut out from the fastest communications and from the most ambitious plans to develop Italy’s South. Instead of despairing, residents benefited of the geographical disadvantage to keep away the mafia infiltrations, and started creating solid businesses thanks to its administrative stability, its forward-thinking mayors and a vibrant entrepreneurship numbering a national, medium-sized publishing house, a leading school furniture manufacturer and an ancient woolen mill.
    CIPG_20161116_NYT-SoveriaMannelli_5M...jpg
  • SAN SEVERO, ITALY - 4 FEBRUARY 2022: A view of the Gargano moutain, home to several mafia families, is seen here from the under construction company headquarters built by agricultural entrepreneur Lazzaro D'Auria (66), whose business has suffered multiple fires and bomb attacks by the mafia over the years, here in San Severo, Italy, on February 4th 2022.<br />
<br />
A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
<br />
The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
<br />
Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This has led to the arrest of a number of mafia bosses and seizure of assets worth millions of euros.<br />
<br />
The group is much less powerful than the Cosa Nostra or the ‘Ndrangheta, but it permeates the whole area. That has made Foggia one of the poorest parts of Puglia, which in turn is the most economically advanced region of southern Italy.
    CIPG_20220204_WSJ-Foggia-Mafia-A73-0...jpg
  • SAN SEVERO, ITALY - 3 FEBRUARY 2022: Gianpaolo Romano (46), a car dealer whose business suffered a bomb attack on January 4th, poses for a portrait in the car dealer garage in San Severo, Italy, on February 3rd 2022.<br />
<br />
A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
<br />
The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
<br />
Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This has led to the arrest of a number of mafia bosses and seizure of assets worth millions of euros.<br />
<br />
The group is much less powerful than the Cosa Nostra or the ‘Ndrangheta, but it permeates the whole area. That has made Foggia one of the poorest parts of Puglia, which in turn is the most economically advanced region of southern Italy.
    CIPG_20220203_WSJ-Foggia-Mafia-A73-0...jpg
  • SAN SEVERO, ITALY - 3 FEBRUARY 2022: Gianpaolo Romano (46), a car dealer whose business suffered a bomb attack on January 4th, poses for a portrait in the car dealer garage in San Severo, Italy, on February 3rd 2022.<br />
<br />
A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
<br />
The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
<br />
Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This has led to the arrest of a number of mafia bosses and seizure of assets worth millions of euros.<br />
<br />
The group is much less powerful than the Cosa Nostra or the ‘Ndrangheta, but it permeates the whole area. That has made Foggia one of the poorest parts of Puglia, which in turn is the most economically advanced region of southern Italy.
    CIPG_20220203_WSJ-Foggia-Mafia-A73-0...jpg
  • AREA AROUND FOGGIA, ITALY - 3 FEBRUARY 2022: Interior view of a local business burned down by a fire caused by a bomb attack,  here in the area around Foggia, Italy, on February 3rd 2022.<br />
<br />
A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
<br />
The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
<br />
Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This has led to the arrest of a number of mafia bosses and seizure of assets worth millions of euros.<br />
<br />
The group is much less powerful than the Cosa Nostra or the ‘Ndrangheta, but it permeates the whole area. That has made Foggia one of the poorest parts of Puglia, which in turn is the most economically advanced region of southern Italy.
    CIPG_20220203_WSJ-Foggia-Mafia-A73-0...jpg
  • MANFREDONIA, ITALY - 3 FEBRUARY 2022: Giovanni Longhi (75), a business partner of the bathing establishment "L'Ultima Spiaggia" (Last Resort), is seen here among the remains  of a fire caused by a bomb attack on January 23rd, in Manfredonia, Italy, on February 3rd 2022.<br />
<br />
A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
<br />
The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
<br />
Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This has led to the arrest of a number of mafia bosses and seizure of assets worth millions of euros.<br />
<br />
The group is much less powerful than the Cosa Nostra or the ‘Ndrangheta, but it permeates the whole area. That has made Foggia one of the poorest parts of Puglia, which in turn is the most economically advanced region of southern Italy.
    CIPG_20220203_WSJ-Foggia-Mafia-A73-0...jpg
  • SOVERIA MANNELLI, ITALY - 16 NOVEMBER 2016: (L-R) Siblings Francesco, Angelo and Claudio Sirianni, who run the family business Camillo Sirianni, a school furniture manifacturer, pose for a portrait in the company's warehouse in Soveria Mannelli, Italy, on November 16th 2016.<br />
<br />
Camillo Sirianni is a third generation family business that started as a family mechanized carpentry in 1909 and transformed into a leading school furniture manufacturer. In a high-tech warehouse in the outskirts of Soveria Mannelli, they assemble thousands of Calabrian beechwooden, colorful desks, benches, closets and other accessories that are later shipped to many corners of the globe, from the United Kingdom to the Emirates, from central America to Polynesia.<br />
<br />
Soveria Mannelli is a mountain-top village in the southern region of Calabria that counts 3,070 inhabitants. The town was a strategic outpost until the 1970s, when the main artery road from Naples area to Italy’s south-western tip, Reggio Calabria went through the town. But once the government started building a motorway miles away, it was cut out from the fastest communications and from the most ambitious plans to develop Italy’s South. Instead of despairing, residents benefited of the geographical disadvantage to keep away the mafia infiltrations, and started creating solid businesses thanks to its administrative stability, its forward-thinking mayors and a vibrant entrepreneurship numbering a national, medium-sized publishing house, a leading school furniture manufacturer and an ancient woolen mill.
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  • SOVERIA MANNELLI, ITALY - 16 NOVEMBER 2016: (L-R) Siblings Francesco, Angelo and Claudio Sirianni, who run the family business Camillo Sirianni, a school furniture manifacturer, pose for a portrait in the company's warehouse in Soveria Mannelli, Italy, on November 16th 2016.<br />
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Camillo Sirianni is a third generation family business that started as a family mechanized carpentry in 1909 and transformed into a leading school furniture manufacturer. In a high-tech warehouse in the outskirts of Soveria Mannelli, they assemble thousands of Calabrian beechwooden, colorful desks, benches, closets and other accessories that are later shipped to many corners of the globe, from the United Kingdom to the Emirates, from central America to Polynesia.<br />
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Soveria Mannelli is a mountain-top village in the southern region of Calabria that counts 3,070 inhabitants. The town was a strategic outpost until the 1970s, when the main artery road from Naples area to Italy’s south-western tip, Reggio Calabria went through the town. But once the government started building a motorway miles away, it was cut out from the fastest communications and from the most ambitious plans to develop Italy’s South. Instead of despairing, residents benefited of the geographical disadvantage to keep away the mafia infiltrations, and started creating solid businesses thanks to its administrative stability, its forward-thinking mayors and a vibrant entrepreneurship numbering a national, medium-sized publishing house, a leading school furniture manufacturer and an ancient woolen mill.
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  • SAN SEVERO, ITALY - 4 FEBRUARY 2022: Lazzaro D'Auria (66, center) is seen here with business partners while security details waits on the left, here at his agricultural company headquarters that has suffered multiple fires and bomb attacks by the mafia over the years, in San Severo, Italy, on February 4th 2022.<br />
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A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
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The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
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Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This has led to the arrest of a number of mafia bosses and seizure of assets worth millions of euros.<br />
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The group is much less powerful than the Cosa Nostra or the ‘Ndrangheta, but it permeates the whole area. That has made Foggia one of the poorest parts of Puglia, which in turn is the most economically advanced region of southern Italy.
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  • SAN SEVERO, ITALY - 3 FEBRUARY 2022: Gianpaolo Romano (46), a car dealer whose business suffered a bomb attack on January 4th, poses for a portrait in the car dealer garage in San Severo, Italy, on February 3rd 2022.<br />
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A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
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The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
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Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This has led to the arrest of a number of mafia bosses and seizure of assets worth millions of euros.<br />
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The group is much less powerful than the Cosa Nostra or the ‘Ndrangheta, but it permeates the whole area. That has made Foggia one of the poorest parts of Puglia, which in turn is the most economically advanced region of southern Italy.
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  • 9 July, 2008. Doylestow, PA. Jim Grundy, 54, is here next to the 1909 Pierce Arrow antique car he owns. He is the chief executor of Grundy Worldwide, an insurance company for collectible cars. His father Jim Sr. Jr.  started the business in 1947 and wrote the first antique car insurance policy in 1949. Jim Grundy has been in the business for 28 years and assumed major interest and the presidency 19 years ago. "I own the best pre World War I cars ever manufactured", Mr. Grundy says. <br />
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  • 9 July, 2008. Doylestow, PA. Jim Grundy, 54, is here next of the 1909 Pierce Arrow antique car he owns. He is the chief executor of Grundy Worldwide, an insurance company for collectible cars. His father Jim Sr. Jr.  started the business in 1947 and wrote the first antique car insurance policy in 1949. Jim Grundy has been in the business for 28 years and assumed major interest and the presidency 19 years ago. "I own the best pre World War I cars ever manufactured", Mr. Grundy says. <br />
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  • 9 July, 2008. Doylestow, PA. Jim Grundy, 54, drives his 1909 Pierce Arrow antique car. Jim Grundy is the chief executor of Grundy Worldwide, an insurance company for collectible cars. His father Jim Sr. Jr. started the business in 1947 and wrote the first antique car insurance policy in 1949. Jim Grundy has been in the business for 28 years and assumed major interest and the presidency 19 years ago. "I own the best pre World War I cars ever manufactured", Mr. Grundy says. <br />
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  • 9 July, 2008. Doylestow, PA. Patricia Grundy, mother of Jim Grundy, is in front of the 1909 Pierce Arrow antique car her son owns. Patricia Grundy sat in the back seat of this car at the age of 16, when her parents drove from Philadelphia to Detroit to participate at the Glidden Tour. Jim Grundy, 54, is the chief executor of Grundy Worldwide, an insurance company for collectible cars. His father Jim Sr. Jr.  started the business in 1947 and wrote the first antique car insurance policy in 1949. Jim Grundy has been in the business for 28 years and assumed major interest and the presidency 19 years ago. "I own the best pre World War I cars ever manufactured", Mr. Grundy says. <br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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  • 9 July, 2008. Doylestow, PA. Jim Grundy, 54, and his mother Patricia are here in front of the 1909 Pierce Arrow antique car Jim owns. Patricia Grundy sat in the back seat of this car at the age of 16, when her parents drove from Philadelphia to Detroit to participate at the Glidden Tour. Jim Grundy is the chief executor of Grundy Worldwide, an insurance company for collectible cars. His father Jim Sr. Jr. started the business in 1947 and wrote the first antique car insurance policy in 1949. Jim Grundy has been in the business for 28 years and assumed major interest and the presidency 19 years ago. "I own the best pre World War I cars ever manufactured", Mr. Grundy says. <br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
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  • 9 July, 2008. Doylestow, PA. Jim Grundy, 54, is here in front of the 1909 Pierce Arrow antique car he owns. He is the chief executor of Grundy Worldwide, an insurance company for collectible cars. His father Jim Sr. Jr.  started the business in 1947 and wrote the first antique car insurance policy in 1949. Jim Grundy has been in the business for 28 years and assumed major interest and the presidency 19 years ago. "I own the best pre World War I cars ever manufactured", Mr. Grundy says. <br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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