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  • ROME, ITALY - 6 APRIL, 2014: Exterior of Pizza Ciro, a pizzeria and restaurant seized by the police in January, in central Rome, Italy, on April 6th 2014.<br />
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Pizza Ciro, along with more than 20 other well-known restaurants in Rome, is under special court administration after police raids in January, when arrest warrants were issued for 90 people accused of being linked to the Contini clan, part of the Neapolitan Mafia known as the Camorra. Prosecutors allege the restaurants were used for money-laundering to "clean” some of the illicit funds stemming from drug-running, extortion rackets and usury.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 6 APRIL, 2014: Customers have dinner at Pizza Ciro, a pizzeria and restaurant seized by the police in January, in Rome, Italy, on April 6th 2014.<br />
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Pizza Ciro, along with more than 20 other well-known restaurants in Rome, is under special court administration after police raids in January, when arrest warrants were issued for 90 people accused of being linked to the Contini clan, part of the Neapolitan Mafia known as the Camorra. Prosecutors allege the restaurants were used for money-laundering to "clean” some of the illicit funds stemming from drug-running, extortion rackets and usury.
    CIPG_20140407_NYT_MafiaRestaurants__...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 6 APRIL, 2014: Salvatore, a pizzaoiolo working at Pizza Ciro, a pizzeria and restaurant seized by the police in January, places a cooked pizza on a dish, in central Rome, Italy, on April 6th 2014.<br />
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Pizza Ciro, along with more than 20 other well-known restaurants in Rome, is under special court administration after police raids in January, when arrest warrants were issued for 90 people accused of being linked to the Contini clan, part of the Neapolitan Mafia known as the Camorra. Prosecutors allege the restaurants were used for money-laundering to "clean” some of the illicit funds stemming from drug-running, extortion rackets and usury.
    CIPG_20140407_NYT_MafiaRestaurants__...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 6 APRIL, 2014: Salvatore, a pizzaoiolo working at Pizza Ciro, a pizzeria and restaurant seized by the police in January, places a cooked pizza on a dish, in central Rome, Italy, on April 6th 2014.<br />
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Pizza Ciro, along with more than 20 other well-known restaurants in Rome, is under special court administration after police raids in January, when arrest warrants were issued for 90 people accused of being linked to the Contini clan, part of the Neapolitan Mafia known as the Camorra. Prosecutors allege the restaurants were used for money-laundering to "clean” some of the illicit funds stemming from drug-running, extortion rackets and usury.
    CIPG_20140407_NYT_MafiaRestaurants__...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 6 APRIL, 2014: Exterior of Pizza Ciro, a pizzeria and restaurant seized by the police in January, in central Rome, Italy, on April 6th 2014.<br />
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Pizza Ciro, along with more than 20 other well-known restaurants in Rome, is under special court administration after police raids in January, when arrest warrants were issued for 90 people accused of being linked to the Contini clan, part of the Neapolitan Mafia known as the Camorra. Prosecutors allege the restaurants were used for money-laundering to "clean” some of the illicit funds stemming from drug-running, extortion rackets and usury.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 6 APRIL, 2014: Pizza take away boxes are piled up on a shelf under a painting of Mount Vesuvius at Pizza Ciro, a pizzeria and restaurant seized by the police in January, in central Rome, Italy, on April 6th 2014.<br />
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Pizza Ciro, along with more than 20 other well-known restaurants in Rome, is under special court administration after police raids in January, when arrest warrants were issued for 90 people accused of being linked to the Contini clan, part of the Neapolitan Mafia known as the Camorra. Prosecutors allege the restaurants were used for money-laundering to "clean” some of the illicit funds stemming from drug-running, extortion rackets and usury.
    CIPG_20140407_NYT_MafiaRestaurants__...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 6 APRIL, 2014: A waitor at Pizza Ciro, a pizzeria and restaurant seized by the police in January, in Rome, Italy, on April 6th 2014.<br />
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Pizza Ciro, along with more than 20 other well-known restaurants in Rome, is under special court administration after police raids in January, when arrest warrants were issued for 90 people accused of being linked to the Contini clan, part of the Neapolitan Mafia known as the Camorra. Prosecutors allege the restaurants were used for money-laundering to "clean” some of the illicit funds stemming from drug-running, extortion rackets and usury.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 6 APRIL, 2014: Interior of Pizza Ciro, a pizzeria and restaurant seized by the police in January, in Rome, Italy, on April 6th 2014. <br />
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Pizza Ciro, along with more than 20 other well-known restaurants in Rome, is under special court administration after police raids in January, when arrest warrants were issued for 90 people accused of being linked to the Contini clan, part of the Neapolitan Mafia known as the Camorra. Prosecutors allege the restaurants were used for money-laundering to "clean” some of the illicit funds stemming from drug-running, extortion rackets and usury.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 6 APRIL, 2014: Menus are piled up on a table at the entrance of Pizza Ciro, a pizzeria and restaurant seized by the police in January, in central Rome, Italy, on April 6th 2014.<br />
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Pizza Ciro, along with more than 20 other well-known restaurants in Rome, is under special court administration after police raids in January, when arrest warrants were issued for 90 people accused of being linked to the Contini clan, part of the Neapolitan Mafia known as the Camorra. Prosecutors allege the restaurants were used for money-laundering to "clean” some of the illicit funds stemming from drug-running, extortion rackets and usury.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 6 APRIL, 2014: Kafih El Houssaine, 50, a Moroccan-born<br />
waitor at Pizza Ciro, a pizzeria and restaurant seized by the police in January, waits for clients, in central Rome, Italy, on April 6th 2014.<br />
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"We were very surprised," Mr Houssaine said; "I've worked with them for 18<br />
years and never had a single doubt."<br />
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Pizza Ciro, along with more than 20 other well-known restaurants in Rome, is under special court administration after police raids in January, when arrest warrants were issued for 90 people accused of being linked to the Contini clan, part of the Neapolitan Mafia known as the Camorra. Prosecutors allege the restaurants were used for money-laundering to "clean” some of the illicit funds stemming from drug-running, extortion rackets and usury.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 6 APRIL, 2014: Paintings of the volcano Mount Vesuvius and of the Gulf of Naples inside Pizza Ciro, a pizzeria and restaurant seized by the police in January, in central Rome, Italy, on April 6th 2014.<br />
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Pizza Ciro, along with more than 20 other well-known restaurants in Rome, is under special court administration after police raids in January, when arrest warrants were issued for 90 people accused of being linked to the Contini clan, part of the Neapolitan Mafia known as the Camorra. Prosecutors allege the restaurants were used for money-laundering to "clean” some of the illicit funds stemming from drug-running, extortion rackets and usury.
    CIPG_20140407_NYT_MafiaRestaurants__...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 6 APRIL, 2014: Salvatore, a pizzaoiolo working at Pizza Ciro, a pizzeria and restaurant seized by the police in January, puts a pizza in the oven, in central Rome, Italy, on April 6th 2014.<br />
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Pizza Ciro, along with more than 20 other well-known restaurants in Rome, is under special court administration after police raids in January, when arrest warrants were issued for 90 people accused of being linked to the Contini clan, part of the Neapolitan Mafia known as the Camorra. Prosecutors allege the restaurants were used for money-laundering to "clean” some of the illicit funds stemming from drug-running, extortion rackets and usury.
    CIPG_20140407_NYT_MafiaRestaurants__...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 6 APRIL, 2014: Menus are piled up on a table at the entrance of Pizza Ciro, a pizzeria and restaurant seized by the police in January, in central Rome, Italy, on April 6th 2014.<br />
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Pizza Ciro, along with more than 20 other well-known restaurants in Rome, is under special court administration after police raids in January, when arrest warrants were issued for 90 people accused of being linked to the Contini clan, part of the Neapolitan Mafia known as the Camorra. Prosecutors allege the restaurants were used for money-laundering to "clean” some of the illicit funds stemming from drug-running, extortion rackets and usury.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 6 APRIL, 2014: Interior of Pizza Ciro, a pizzeria and restaurant seized by the police in January, with a painting of of the volcano Mount Vesuvius and Pulcinella,  a classical character that originated in the commedia dell'arte of the 17th century and became a stock character in Neapolitan puppetry, in central Rome, Italy, on April 6th 2014.<br />
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Pizza Ciro, along with more than 20 other well-known restaurants in Rome, is under special court administration after police raids in January, when arrest warrants were issued for 90 people accused of being linked to the Contini clan, part of the Neapolitan Mafia known as the Camorra. Prosecutors allege the restaurants were used for money-laundering to "clean” some of the illicit funds stemming from drug-running, extortion rackets and usury.
    CIPG_20140407_NYT_MafiaRestaurants__...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 6 APRIL, 2014: The pizza prep table, oven and take away boxes at Pizza Ciro, a pizzeria and restaurant seized by the police in January, in central Rome, Italy, on April 6th 2014.<br />
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Pizza Ciro, along with more than 20 other well-known restaurants in Rome, is under special court administration after police raids in January, when arrest warrants were issued for 90 people accused of being linked to the Contini clan, part of the Neapolitan Mafia known as the Camorra. Prosecutors allege the restaurants were used for money-laundering to "clean” some of the illicit funds stemming from drug-running, extortion rackets and usury.
    CIPG_20140407_NYT_MafiaRestaurants__...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 6 APRIL, 2014: The pizza prep table, oven and take away boxes at Pizza Ciro, a pizzeria and restaurant seized by the police in January, in central Rome, Italy, on April 6th 2014.<br />
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Pizza Ciro, along with more than 20 other well-known restaurants in Rome, is under special court administration after police raids in January, when arrest warrants were issued for 90 people accused of being linked to the Contini clan, part of the Neapolitan Mafia known as the Camorra. Prosecutors allege the restaurants were used for money-laundering to "clean” some of the illicit funds stemming from drug-running, extortion rackets and usury.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Horses are seen here in Giuseppe Cimarosa's horse riding center in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia f
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: The wedding album of Giuseppe Cimarosa's parents, Lorenzo and Rosa (center), posing for a group picture with mafia boss and fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro (right) in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Prove
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: The wedding album of Giuseppe Cimarosa's parents, Lorenzo and Rosa (center), posing for a group picture with mafia boss and fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro (right) in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Prove
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: The wedding album of Giuseppe Cimarosa's parents, Lorenzo and Rosa (center), posing for a group picture with mafia boss and fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro (right) in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Prove
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • FULGATORE, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: A wind farm is seen here in Fulgatore, Italy, on February 17th 2020. Mafia top boss Matteo Messina Denaro's closest men have managed to infiltrate the construction of the largest wind farms in western Sicily. <br />
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In 2019 Vito Nicastri, a Sicilian wind farm businessman known as the “king of wind”, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for bankrolling the top mafia fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro. Investigators said Nicastri, who made his name as an alternative energy entrepreneur, had invested money made from criminal activities and had “high-level” contacts in the mafia and “close ties to Matteo Messina Denaro”. According to prosecutors, Nicastri allegedly acted as a middleman between local bosses and corrupt politicians, securing all the permits required to build and deliver hundreds of windfarm turbines to Spanish, Danish and Maltese operators, with profits finding their way back to Denaro.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa's shows his parents' wedding album in which they pose for a group picture with mafia boss and fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro (right) in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 201
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • Gioia Tauro, Italy - 1 September, 2012: Unfinished tombs are seen here in the cemetery of Gioia Tauro, a mafia strongold in Calabria,  Italy, on September 1st, 2012. The unfinished concrete buildings, which are very common throughout Calabria, are the result of the inability to go beyond the merely useful, creating functionality without regard for form.<br />
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The current mayor of Gioia Tauro, Renato Bellofiore, was elected in 2010 after the former mayor and deputy mayor, Giorgio Dal Torrione and Rosario Schiavone, were arrested on Mafia charges in 2008. Both had been forced to step down when the city council was dissolved on suspicion of Mafia infiltration. Gioia Tauro is a city of 19,000 people built on an ancient Greek necrapolis and that today has the largest seaport in Italy and the sevent largest container port in Europe with its extension of 4,646 meters. Because the port is not connected to adeguate roads or rails, the ships mostly transfer containers to smaller vessels and little economic activity stays local. To authorities, the port is best known as the first point of entry for most of the cocaine that enters Europe from South America. In a routine rais earlier this month, authorities seized 176 kilos of pure cocaine with an estimated street value of 38 million euros.<br />
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Calabria is one of the poorest Italian regions which suffers from lack of basic services (hospitals without proper equipment, irregular electricity and water), the product of disparate political interests vying for power. The region is dominated by the 'Ndrangheta (pronounced en-Drang-get-A), which authorities say is the most powerful in Italy because it is the welthiest and best organized.<br />
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The region today has nearly 20 percent unemployment, 40 percent youth unemployment and among the lowest female unemployment and broadband Internet levels in Italy. Business suffer since poor infrastructure drives up transport costs.<br />
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Last summer the European Union's anti-fraud office demanded that Italy redi
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) cuddles his horse at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Ma
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, steps out of an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
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Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
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In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: The tomb of lorenzo Cimarosa, Giuseppe Cimarosa's father, is seen here at the cemetery in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Famil
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) cuddles his horse at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Ma
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: A sign of the Belicittà shopping center, confiscated from the entrepreneur Giuseppe Grigoli, accused of being a front man for the mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, is seen here in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020. <br />
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The entrepreneurial rise of Matteo Messina Denaro coincides with the beginning of his escape. In addition to the traditional sectors in which Cosa Nostra operates, such as the control of drug trafficking (thanks to Messina Denaro's contacts with the South American drug cartels), the boss began to expand his business into the large-scale distribution and alternative energy sectors. Money was thus laundered into supermarkets and shopping malls. Partner and front man of Matteo Messina Denaro was Giuseppe Grigoli, the so-called "king of supermarkets", owner of a giant retailer that managed the Despar supermarkets and the Belicittà shopping centre. Grigoli started his business with a small shop in 1974, and with the protection of the boss he managed to put together an empire of 750 million euros. Another great business is alternative energy, in particular wind power. Messina Denaro's closest men have managed to infiltrate the construction of the largest wind farms in western Sicily. Giuseppe Grigoli was arrested in 2007.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have lon
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: The family tomb of the Messina Denaro family, a well known mafia family in the area, is seen here in the cemetery of Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) walks towards his father's tomb at the cemetery in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: A view of the Belicittà shopping center, confiscated from the entrepreneur Giuseppe Grigoli, accused of being a front man for the mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, is seen here in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020. <br />
<br />
The entrepreneurial rise of Matteo Messina Denaro coincides with the beginning of his escape. In addition to the traditional sectors in which Cosa Nostra operates, such as the control of drug trafficking (thanks to Messina Denaro's contacts with the South American drug cartels), the boss began to expand his business into the large-scale distribution and alternative energy sectors. Money was thus laundered into supermarkets and shopping malls. Partner and front man of Matteo Messina Denaro was Giuseppe Grigoli, the so-called "king of supermarkets", owner of a giant retailer that managed the Despar supermarkets and the Belicittà shopping centre. Grigoli started his business with a small shop in 1974, and with the protection of the boss he managed to put together an empire of 750 million euros. Another great business is alternative energy, in particular wind power. Messina Denaro's closest men have managed to infiltrate the construction of the largest wind farms in western Sicily. Giuseppe Grigoli was arrested in 2007.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have lon
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, steps out of an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
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Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
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In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
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Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
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In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, wears a necklace with a Trinacria, the three-legged symbol of Sicily, during a portrait session in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
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Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
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In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
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Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
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In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
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Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
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In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
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Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
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In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
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Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
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In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
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Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
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In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 FEBRUARY 2020: Federico Cafiero De Raho (68), the Italian national Anti-Mafia and Counter-Terrorism Public Prosecutor, poses for a portrait in his office in Rome, Italy, on February 21st 2020.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: A view of the Belicittà shopping center, confiscated from the entrepreneur Giuseppe Grigoli, accused of being a front man for the mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, is seen here in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020. <br />
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The entrepreneurial rise of Matteo Messina Denaro coincides with the beginning of his escape. In addition to the traditional sectors in which Cosa Nostra operates, such as the control of drug trafficking (thanks to Messina Denaro's contacts with the South American drug cartels), the boss began to expand his business into the large-scale distribution and alternative energy sectors. Money was thus laundered into supermarkets and shopping malls. Partner and front man of Matteo Messina Denaro was Giuseppe Grigoli, the so-called "king of supermarkets", owner of a giant retailer that managed the Despar supermarkets and the Belicittà shopping centre. Grigoli started his business with a small shop in 1974, and with the protection of the boss he managed to put together an empire of 750 million euros. Another great business is alternative energy, in particular wind power. Messina Denaro's closest men have managed to infiltrate the construction of the largest wind farms in western Sicily. Giuseppe Grigoli was arrested in 2007.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have lon
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: An interior view of the Belicittà shopping center, confiscated from the entrepreneur Giuseppe Grigoli, accused of being a front man for the mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, is seen here in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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The entrepreneurial rise of Matteo Messina Denaro coincides with the beginning of his escape. In addition to the traditional sectors in which Cosa Nostra operates, such as the control of drug trafficking (thanks to Messina Denaro's contacts with the South American drug cartels), the boss began to expand his business into the large-scale distribution and alternative energy sectors. Money was thus laundered into supermarkets and shopping malls. Partner and front man of Matteo Messina Denaro was Giuseppe Grigoli, the so-called "king of supermarkets", owner of a giant retailer that managed the Despar supermarkets and the Belicittà shopping centre. Grigoli started his business with a small shop in 1974, and with the protection of the boss he managed to put together an empire of 750 million euros. Another great business is alternative energy, in particular wind power. Messina Denaro's closest men have managed to infiltrate the construction of the largest wind farms in western Sicily. Giuseppe Grigoli was arrested in 2007.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: An interior view of the Belicittà shopping center, confiscated from the entrepreneur Giuseppe Grigoli, accused of being a front man for the mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, is seen here in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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The entrepreneurial rise of Matteo Messina Denaro coincides with the beginning of his escape. In addition to the traditional sectors in which Cosa Nostra operates, such as the control of drug trafficking (thanks to Messina Denaro's contacts with the South American drug cartels), the boss began to expand his business into the large-scale distribution and alternative energy sectors. Money was thus laundered into supermarkets and shopping malls. Partner and front man of Matteo Messina Denaro was Giuseppe Grigoli, the so-called "king of supermarkets", owner of a giant retailer that managed the Despar supermarkets and the Belicittà shopping centre. Grigoli started his business with a small shop in 1974, and with the protection of the boss he managed to put together an empire of 750 million euros. Another great business is alternative energy, in particular wind power. Messina Denaro's closest men have managed to infiltrate the construction of the largest wind farms in western Sicily. Giuseppe Grigoli was arrested in 2007.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • Gioia Tauro, Italy - 1 September, 2012: Unfinished tombs are seen here in the cemetery of Gioia Tauro, a mafia strongold in Calabria,  Italy, on September 1st, 2012. The unfinished concrete buildings, which are very common throughout Calabria, are the result of the inability to go beyond the merely useful, creating functionality without regard for form.<br />
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The current mayor of Gioia Tauro, Renato Bellofiore, was elected in 2010 after the former mayor and deputy mayor, Giorgio Dal Torrione and Rosario Schiavone, were arrested on Mafia charges in 2008. Both had been forced to step down when the city council was dissolved on suspicion of Mafia infiltration. Gioia Tauro is a city of 19,000 people built on an ancient Greek necrapolis and that today has the largest seaport in Italy and the sevent largest container port in Europe with its extension of 4,646 meters. Because the port is not connected to adeguate roads or rails, the ships mostly transfer containers to smaller vessels and little economic activity stays local. To authorities, the port is best known as the first point of entry for most of the cocaine that enters Europe from South America. In a routine rais earlier this month, authorities seized 176 kilos of pure cocaine with an estimated street value of 38 million euros.<br />
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Calabria is one of the poorest Italian regions which suffers from lack of basic services (hospitals without proper equipment, irregular electricity and water), the product of disparate political interests vying for power. The region is dominated by the 'Ndrangheta (pronounced en-Drang-get-A), which authorities say is the most powerful in Italy because it is the welthiest and best organized.<br />
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The region today has nearly 20 percent unemployment, 40 percent youth unemployment and among the lowest female unemployment and broadband Internet levels in Italy. Business suffer since poor infrastructure drives up transport costs.<br />
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Last summer the European Union's anti-fraud office demanded that Italy redi
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 24 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) votes in a elementary school in Palermo, Italy, on February 24, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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PALERMO, ITALIA - 24 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio,vota in una scuola elementare a Palermo il 24 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per l'ONU.<br />
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Le elezioni politiche italiane del 2013 per il rinnovo dei due rami del P
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
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Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
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In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
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Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
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In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_69...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: A man parks his Porsche car at the side entrance of the Belicittà shopping center, confiscated from the entrepreneur Giuseppe Grigoli, accused of being a front man for the mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020. <br />
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The entrepreneurial rise of Matteo Messina Denaro coincides with the beginning of his escape. In addition to the traditional sectors in which Cosa Nostra operates, such as the control of drug trafficking (thanks to Messina Denaro's contacts with the South American drug cartels), the boss began to expand his business into the large-scale distribution and alternative energy sectors. Money was thus laundered into supermarkets and shopping malls. Partner and front man of Matteo Messina Denaro was Giuseppe Grigoli, the so-called "king of supermarkets", owner of a giant retailer that managed the Despar supermarkets and the Belicittà shopping centre. Grigoli started his business with a small shop in 1974, and with the protection of the boss he managed to put together an empire of 750 million euros. Another great business is alternative energy, in particular wind power. Messina Denaro's closest men have managed to infiltrate the construction of the largest wind farms in western Sicily. Giuseppe Grigoli was arrested in 2007.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and busine
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) cuddles his horse at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Ma
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) poses for a portrait at his horse riding center. in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Giuseppe Cimarosa (36) was born into a Mafia family. He is a relative of Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Cosa Nostra godfather, on the run since 1993. Furthermore, investigators have long believed that Giuseppe’s father, Lorenzo, occasionally provided “support” for the fugitive godfather. “My mother is a first cousin of Matteo Messina Denaro and my father was arrested as part of the Eden investigation [involving Messina Denaro]. I live in Castelvetrano [Messina Denaro’s home town in Sicily, near Trapani] and I’m having a hard time . . .”, Mr Cimarosa said.<br />
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When the police came to arrest his father in 2013, Giuseppe was furious. There and then he wanted to again leave Sicily and return to Rome where he had lived and worked with horses for eight years in his 20s. He was disgusted that his father had again fallen into the clutches of their powerful relative. It was only when he went to visit his father in prison, immediately after his arrest, that Giuseppe changed his mind. In tears, his father told him that he was going to collaborate with the investigators, which he subsequently did. Realising how much his father was now risking, he opted not just to stay in Castelvetrano but also, in a certain sense, to fight back against the Mafia. What is more, he does so, not with a false identity as part of a witness protection programme, but rather by staying in his home town. His father, Lorenzo Cimarosa, died of cancer in 2017.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 24 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) votes in a elementary school in Palermo, Italy, on February 24, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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PALERMO, ITALIA - 24 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio,vota in una scuola elementare a Palermo il 24 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per l'ONU.<br />
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Le elezioni politiche italiane del 2013 per il rinnovo dei due rami del P
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 24 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) votes in a elementary school in Palermo, Italy, on February 24, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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PALERMO, ITALIA - 24 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio,vota in una scuola elementare a Palermo il 24 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per l'ONU.<br />
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Le elezioni politiche italiane del 2013 per il rinnovo dei due rami del P
    CIPG_20130224_ELE2013_INGROIA_VOTO_P...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 24 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) votes in a elementary school in Palermo, Italy, on February 24, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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PALERMO, ITALIA - 24 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio,vota in una scuola elementare a Palermo il 24 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per l'ONU.<br />
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Le elezioni politiche italiane del 2013 per il rinnovo dei due rami del P
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  • ROME, ITALY - 5 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) leads a press conference on research and business growth in Rome, Italy, on February 5, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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ROMA, ITALIA - 5 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio, tiene una conferenza stampa sulla ricerca e il rilancio delle imprese nel suo comitato elettorale a Roma il 5 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per
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  • ROME, ITALY - 5 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) leads a press conference on research and business growth in Rome, Italy, on February 5, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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ROMA, ITALIA - 5 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio, tiene una conferenza stampa sulla ricerca e il rilancio delle imprese nel suo comitato elettorale a Roma il 5 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per
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  • ROME, ITALY - 5 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) leads a press conference on research and business growth in Rome, Italy, on February 5, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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ROMA, ITALIA - 5 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio, tiene una conferenza stampa sulla ricerca e il rilancio delle imprese nel suo comitato elettorale a Roma il 5 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per
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  • ROME, ITALY - 5 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) leads a press conference on research and business growth in Rome, Italy, on February 5, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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ROMA, ITALIA - 5 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio, tiene una conferenza stampa sulla ricerca e il rilancio delle imprese nel suo comitato elettorale a Roma il 5 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per
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  • ROME, ITALY - 5 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) leads a press conference on research and business growth in Rome, Italy, on February 5, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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ROMA, ITALIA - 5 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio, tiene una conferenza stampa sulla ricerca e il rilancio delle imprese nel suo comitato elettorale a Roma il 5 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, steps out of an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
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Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
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In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, steps out of an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
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Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
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In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, wears a necklace with a Trinacria, the three-legged symbol of Sicily, during a portrait session in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
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Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
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In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
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Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
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In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 FEBRUARY 2020: Federico Cafiero De Raho (68), the Italian national Anti-Mafia and Counter-Terrorism Public Prosecutor, poses for a portrait in his office in Rome, Italy, on February 21st 2020.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: The family tomb of the Messina Denaro family, a well known mafia family in the area, is seen here in the cemetery of Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • A stage with three Italian flags is set up minutes before Gianfranco Fini, former President of the lower house of the Italian parliament and leader of the "Future and Freedom" party in outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti's coalition, delivers a poorly attended speech, in Palermo on January 17th 2013.<br />
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The stage was temporarily built in via d'Amelio, where anti-mafia magistrate Paolo Borsellino was assassinated by a car bomb placed by the mafia in 1992. Magistrates Paolo Borsellino and Giovanni Falcone were investigating on the relationships between the Mafia and politics in the months preceding their death that same yeaer. <br />
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Palermo, febbraio 2013. Un palco allestito per l'arrivo di Gianfranco Fini, Presidente della Camera dei Deputati uscente e leader del partito Futuro e Libertà nella coalizione del premier Mario Monti, durante un omaggio in via d'Amelio al giudice Paolo Borsellino, ucciso dalla mafia nel 1992.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 24 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) votes in a elementary school in Palermo, Italy, on February 24, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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PALERMO, ITALIA - 24 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio,vota in una scuola elementare a Palermo il 24 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per l'ONU.<br />
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Le elezioni politiche italiane del 2013 per il rinnovo dei due rami del P
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 24 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) votes in a elementary school in Palermo, Italy, on February 24, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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PALERMO, ITALIA - 24 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio,vota in una scuola elementare a Palermo il 24 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per l'ONU.<br />
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Le elezioni politiche italiane del 2013 per il rinnovo dei due rami del P
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 24 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) votes in a elementary school in Palermo, Italy, on February 24, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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PALERMO, ITALIA - 24 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio,vota in una scuola elementare a Palermo il 24 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per l'ONU.<br />
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Le elezioni politiche italiane del 2013 per il rinnovo dei due rami del P
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  • ROME, ITALY - 5 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) leads a press conference on research and business growth in Rome, Italy, on February 5, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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ROMA, ITALIA - 5 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio, tiene una conferenza stampa sulla ricerca e il rilancio delle imprese nel suo comitato elettorale a Roma il 5 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per
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  • ROME, ITALY - 5 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) leads a press conference on research and business growth in Rome, Italy, on February 5, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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ROMA, ITALIA - 5 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio, tiene una conferenza stampa sulla ricerca e il rilancio delle imprese nel suo comitato elettorale a Roma il 5 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per
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  • ROME, ITALY - 5 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) leads a press conference on research and business growth in Rome, Italy, on February 5, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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ROMA, ITALIA - 5 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio, tiene una conferenza stampa sulla ricerca e il rilancio delle imprese nel suo comitato elettorale a Roma il 5 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per
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  • ROME, ITALY - 5 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) leads a press conference on research and business growth in Rome, Italy, on February 5, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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ROMA, ITALIA - 5 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio, tiene una conferenza stampa sulla ricerca e il rilancio delle imprese nel suo comitato elettorale a Roma il 5 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per
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  • ROME, ITALY - 5 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) leads a press conference on research and business growth in Rome, Italy, on February 5, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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ROMA, ITALIA - 5 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio, tiene una conferenza stampa sulla ricerca e il rilancio delle imprese nel suo comitato elettorale a Roma il 5 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per
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  • ROME, ITALY - 5 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) leads a press conference on research and business growth in Rome, Italy, on February 5, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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ROMA, ITALIA - 5 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio, tiene una conferenza stampa sulla ricerca e il rilancio delle imprese nel suo comitato elettorale a Roma il 5 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per
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  • ROME, ITALY - 5 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) leads a press conference on research and business growth in Rome, Italy, on February 5, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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ROMA, ITALIA - 5 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio, tiene una conferenza stampa sulla ricerca e il rilancio delle imprese nel suo comitato elettorale a Roma il 5 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per
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  • ROME, ITALY - 5 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) leads a press conference on research and business growth in Rome, Italy, on February 5, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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ROMA, ITALIA - 5 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio, tiene una conferenza stampa sulla ricerca e il rilancio delle imprese nel suo comitato elettorale a Roma il 5 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 FEBRUARY 2020: Federico Cafiero De Raho (68), the Italian national Anti-Mafia and Counter-Terrorism Public Prosecutor, poses for a portrait in his office in Rome, Italy, on February 21st 2020.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • A stage with three Italian flags is set up minutes before Gianfranco Fini, former President of the lower house of the Italian parliament and leader of the "Future and Freedom" party in outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti's coalition, delivers a poorly attended speech, in Palermo on January 17th 2013.<br />
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The stage was temporarily built in via d'Amelio, where anti-mafia magistrate Paolo Borsellino was assassinated by a car bomb placed by the mafia in 1992. Magistrates Paolo Borsellino and Giovanni Falcone were investigating on the relationships between the Mafia and politics in the months preceding their death that same yeaer. <br />
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Palermo, febbraio 2013. Un palco allestito per l'arrivo di Gianfranco Fini, Presidente della Camera dei Deputati uscente e leader del partito Futuro e Libertà nella coalizione del premier Mario Monti, durante un omaggio in via d'Amelio al giudice Paolo Borsellino, ucciso dalla mafia nel 1992.
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  • Gioia Tauro, Italy - 1 September, 2012: Unfinished tombs are seen here in the cemetery of Gioia Tauro, a mafia strongold in Calabria,  Italy, on September 1st, 2012. The unfinished concrete buildings, which are very common throughout Calabria, are the result of the inability to go beyond the merely useful, creating functionality without regard for form.<br />
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The current mayor of Gioia Tauro, Renato Bellofiore, was elected in 2010 after the former mayor and deputy mayor, Giorgio Dal Torrione and Rosario Schiavone, were arrested on Mafia charges in 2008. Both had been forced to step down when the city council was dissolved on suspicion of Mafia infiltration. Gioia Tauro is a city of 19,000 people built on an ancient Greek necrapolis and that today has the largest seaport in Italy and the sevent largest container port in Europe with its extension of 4,646 meters. Because the port is not connected to adeguate roads or rails, the ships mostly transfer containers to smaller vessels and little economic activity stays local. To authorities, the port is best known as the first point of entry for most of the cocaine that enters Europe from South America. In a routine rais earlier this month, authorities seized 176 kilos of pure cocaine with an estimated street value of 38 million euros.<br />
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Calabria is one of the poorest Italian regions which suffers from lack of basic services (hospitals without proper equipment, irregular electricity and water), the product of disparate political interests vying for power. The region is dominated by the 'Ndrangheta (pronounced en-Drang-get-A), which authorities say is the most powerful in Italy because it is the welthiest and best organized.<br />
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The region today has nearly 20 percent unemployment, 40 percent youth unemployment and among the lowest female unemployment and broadband Internet levels in Italy. Business suffer since poor infrastructure drives up transport costs.<br />
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Last summer the European Union's anti-fraud office demanded that Italy redi
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 24 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) votes in a elementary school in Palermo, Italy, on February 24, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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PALERMO, ITALIA - 24 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio,vota in una scuola elementare a Palermo il 24 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per l'ONU.<br />
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Le elezioni politiche italiane del 2013 per il rinnovo dei due rami del P
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 24 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) votes in a elementary school in Palermo, Italy, on February 24, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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PALERMO, ITALIA - 24 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio,vota in una scuola elementare a Palermo il 24 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per l'ONU.<br />
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Le elezioni politiche italiane del 2013 per il rinnovo dei due rami del P
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  • ROME, ITALY - 5 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) leads a press conference on research and business growth in Rome, Italy, on February 5, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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ROMA, ITALIA - 5 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio, tiene una conferenza stampa sulla ricerca e il rilancio delle imprese nel suo comitato elettorale a Roma il 5 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per
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  • ROME, ITALY - 5 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) leads a press conference on research and business growth in Rome, Italy, on February 5, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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ROMA, ITALIA - 5 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio, tiene una conferenza stampa sulla ricerca e il rilancio delle imprese nel suo comitato elettorale a Roma il 5 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per
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  • ROME, ITALY - 5 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) leads a press conference on research and business growth in Rome, Italy, on February 5, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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ROMA, ITALIA - 5 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio, tiene una conferenza stampa sulla ricerca e il rilancio delle imprese nel suo comitato elettorale a Roma il 5 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per
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  • ROME, ITALY - 5 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) leads a press conference on research and business growth in Rome, Italy, on February 5, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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ROMA, ITALIA - 5 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio, tiene una conferenza stampa sulla ricerca e il rilancio delle imprese nel suo comitato elettorale a Roma il 5 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Enzo Alfano (63), mayor of Castelvetrano, poses for a portrait in his office in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020. Castelvetrano is notorious as the birthplace of Cosa Nostra's top boss Matteo Messina Denaro.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
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  • Gioia Tauro, Italy - 1 September, 2012: Unfinished tombs are seen here in the cemetery of Gioia Tauro, a mafia strongold in Calabria,  Italy, on September 1st, 2012. The unfinished concrete buildings, which are very common throughout Calabria, are the result of the inability to go beyond the merely useful, creating functionality without regard for form.<br />
The unfinished concrete buildings, which are very common throughout Calabria, are the result of the inability to go beyond the merely useful, creating functionality without regard for form.<br />
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The current mayor of Gioia Tauro, Renato Bellofiore, was elected in 2010 after the former mayor and deputy mayor, Giorgio Dal Torrione and Rosario Schiavone, were arrested on Mafia charges in 2008. Both had been forced to step down when the city council was dissolved on suspicion of Mafia infiltration. Gioia Tauro is a city of 19,000 people built on an ancient Greek necrapolis and that today has the largest seaport in Italy and the sevent largest container port in Europe with its extension of 4,646 meters. Because the port is not connected to adeguate roads or rails, the ships mostly transfer containers to smaller vessels and little economic activity stays local. To authorities, the port is best known as the first point of entry for most of the cocaine that enters Europe from South America. In a routine rais earlier this month, authorities seized 176 kilos of pure cocaine with an estimated street value of 38 million euros.<br />
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Calabria is one of the poorest Italian regions which suffers from lack of basic services (hospitals without proper equipment, irregular electricity and water), the product of disparate political interests vying for power. The region is dominated by the 'Ndrangheta (pronounced en-Drang-get-A), which authorities say is the most powerful in Italy because it is the welthiest and best organized.<br />
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The region today has nearly 20 percent unemployment, 40 percent youth unemployment and among the lowest female unemploy
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  • ROME, ITALY - 5 FEBRUARY 2013: Leader of Civil Revolution and candidate for Prime Minister Antonio Ingroia (53) leads a press conference on research and business growth in Rome, Italy, on February 5, 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader of Civil Revolution with mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, started his career as a magistrate in the Antimafia pool of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were killed in 1992 by the Mafia. After investigating on the secret talks between the Italian state and the Mafia in the early 1990s aimed at bringing a campaign of murder and bombing to an end, Antonio Ingroia became chief of investigations of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). <br />
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A general election to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate, the two houses of the Italian parliament, will take place on 24–25 February 2013. The main candidates running for Prime Minister are Pierluigi Bersani (leader of the centre-left coalition "Italy. Common Good"), former PM Mario Monti (leader of the centrist coalition "With Monti for Italy") and former PM Silvio Berlusconi (leader of the centre-right coalition).<br />
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ROMA, ITALIA - 5 FEBBRAIO 2013: Antonio Ingroia (53 anni), leader di Rivoluzione Civile e candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio, tiene una conferenza stampa sulla ricerca e il rilancio delle imprese nel suo comitato elettorale a Roma il 5 febbraio 2013.<br />
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Antonio Ingroia, leader di Rivoluzione Civile insieme al sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris, ha iniziato la sua carriera da magistrato nel pool antimafia di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino, uccisi dalla mafia nel 1992. Dopo aver indagato sulla trattativa Mafia-Stato (un accordo che avrebbe previsto la fine della stagione stravista in cambio di un'attenuazione delle misure detentive previste dall'articolo 41bis), Antonio Ingroia è stato chiamato a dirigere l'unità di investigazione per la la lotta al narcotraffico in Guatemala per
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  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: The home in which Cosa Nostra's top boss Matteo Messina Denaro grew up, as well as his mother's current residence, is seen here in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • CASTELVETRANO, ITALY - 17 FEBRUARY 2020: Enzo Alfano (63), mayor of Castelvetrano, poses for a portrait in his office in Castelvetrano, Italy, on February 17th 2020. Castelvetrano is notorious as the birthplace of Cosa Nostra's top boss Matteo Messina Denaro.<br />
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Described as “the last Mohican of the old mafia”, Matteo Messina Denaro (57) is one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, who has been in hiding since 1993. He was once considered a candidate to be the Sicilian mafia’s boss of bosses after the deaths of Bernardo Provenzano in 2016 and Salvatore Riina in 2017. He was born into the Denaro Family (a well-known Mafia family) in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. <br />
Matteo Messina Denaro, who infamously claimed: “I filled a cemetery all by myself”, has apparently kept up his luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his several bankrollers who, according to prosecutors, include politicians and businessmen. Investigators have long claimed that the boss, wanted for more than 50 murders, is being shielded by powerful Freemasons in Trapani.
    CIPG_20200217_EL-PAIS_MatteoMessinaD...jpg
  • Gioia Tauro, Italy -1 September, 2012: The view of the valley landscape of Gioia Tauro by the port (on the left) in Gioia Tauro, a mafia stronghold in Italy, on September 1st, 2012. <br />
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The current mayor of Gioia Tauro, Renato Bellofiore, was elected in 2010 after the former mayor and deputy mayor, Giorgio Dal Torrione and Rosario Schiavone, were arrested on Mafia charges in 2008. Both had been forced to step down when the city council was dissolved on suspicion of Mafia infiltration. Gioia Tauro is a city of 19,000 people built on an ancient Greek necrapolis and that today has the largest seaport in Italy and the sevent largest container port in Europe with its extension of 4,646 meters. Because the port is not connected to adeguate roads or rails, the ships mostly transfer containers to smaller vessels and little economic activity stays local. To authorities, the port is best known as the first point of entry for most of the cocaine that enters Europe from South America. In a routine rais earlier this month, authorities seized 176 kilos of pure cocaine with an estimated street value of 38 million euros.<br />
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Calabria is one of the poorest Italian regions which suffers from lack of basic services (hospitals without proper equipment, irregular electricity and water), the product of disparate political interests vying for power. The region is dominated by the 'Ndrangheta (pronounced en-Drang-get-A), which authorities say is the most powerful in Italy because it is the welthiest and best organized.<br />
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The region today has nearly 20 percent unemployment, 40 percent youth unemployment and among the lowest female unemployment and broadband Internet levels in Italy. Business suffer since poor infrastructure drives up transport costs.<br />
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Last summer the European Union's anti-fraud office demanded that Italy redirect 380 million euros in structural funding away from the A3 Salerno - Reggio Calabria highway after finding widespread evidence of corruption in the bidding processes.
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