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Dismembering the mafia, one child at a time 2 published : 14 Jan 2021 at 10:45 2 Juvenile judge Roberto Di Bella's programme aims to prevent at-risk children following their parents into a life of organised crime CINQUEFRONDI (ITALY) - Lucia urged her six-year old twins to move quickly but quietly as she bundled them into the car under cover of darkness. Only once they were on the plane from Calabria in Italy's southern tip to an undisclosed location in the north could she begin to feel free of her mafiosi husband and relatives. "I knew th...

Advertisement Rome: The biggest mafia trial in more than 30 years is beginning this week when more than 350 alleged mobsters and their collaborators face justice in a huge, purpose-built courtroom in southern Italy. On trial will be members of the 'Ndrangheta, a network of clans based in Calabria, in the toe of the Italian boot. It is regarded as the most powerful of Italy's mafia organisations, having surpassed the more famous Cosa Nostra of Sicily. The Ndrangheta mafia, based in Calabria, are considered much more powerful than the Cosa Nostra. Credit:AP "It's the most dangerous and it is p...

Five things to know about Italy's 'Ndrangheta mafia AFP 1/11/2021 AFP © Gianluca CHININEA More than 350 alleged members and associates of the 'Ndrangheta mafia group go on trial this week The 'Ndrangheta, rooted in the southern region of Calabria, has surpassed Sicily's more famous Cosa Nostra to become Italy's most powerful mafia group, which operates across the world. Here are five things to know about the organised crime group, as more than 350 alleged members and their associates go on trial this week. - Origins - Criminologist Anna Sergi, of the University of Essex ...

Files on murder of 'Fat Joe' Versace, believed to be early mafia killing, opened for first time ThuThursday 31 updated ThuThursday 31 DecDecember 2020 at 9:59pm Police were told Joe Versace was stabbed in self defence. It's now believed to have been a mafia killing. ( Share Print text only The 1945 murder of Giuseppe "Fat Joe" Versace was horrific. His stomach was cut open. He was stabbed in the face, neck and torso. In all, the medical examiner found 91 knife wounds — some inflicted after his death. Presented to police at the time as the result of an argument over a woman, researchers now ...

Italy: Criminal clans seek to tap into EU funds dw.com 12/12/2020 Daniela De Lorenzo (Italy) Through the recovery fund, the EU will offer member states €1.8 trillion ($2.2 trillion) in grants for COVID-19 spending. 13.5 billion will go to Italy between 2021-2022. But will that money end up where it's needed? © Daniela De Lorenzo/DW Italian criminal clans are seeking to exploit EU funding loopholes There are indications that criminal organizations are preparing to intercept a large sum of the funds slated for Italy and there's widespread public concern that the much-need...