Quaestor prohibits public funeral of an alleged boss
The questore of Agrigento, Emanuele Ricifari , banned, for reasons of public order and safety, the public funeral for the alleged boss of Licata Giovanni Lauria. The 83-year-old man is believed to be the "head of the Licata mafia family" as claimed by the magistrates who coordinated the "Xydi" operation. Lauria died last Sunday, probably due to a heart attack.
The criminal profile and caliber An old-fashioned man of honor who knows how to maintain relationships not only with the bosses and local followers but also with the families of Catania, Enna and the Trapani area. In the interceptions carried out by the Ros, the criminal caliber of the "Professor" is underlined who, as spokesman for Giuseppe Falsone, has been the protagonist of highly significant associative dynamics which have involved the top management of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra. "He is placed after Riina and Provenzano, then he is placed at the level of ... he was Provenzano's postman, both Provenzano's brother-in-law's postman and then coordinator of all the provinces". As an "old-fashioned" mafioso, the 'professor' respects the rules of the so-called "old mafia", such as contempt for drug trafficking and the prohibition of killing women and children, but, at the same time, he is inflexible in punishing those who he was responsible for a shortcoming.
