The latest repentant Sergio Macaluso speaks: a trip to the very recent Cosa Nostra of the capital. With the flurry of names (over two hundred) and the backstory they contain. A mine of information. A journey through the very recent Cosa Nostra which concerns four lines: Resuttana (of which Macaluso was regent for a period), San Lorenzo, Porta Nuova and Pagliarelli. The bosses move a lot. It is a fluid mafia with continuous exchanges of information between families. There are identities unveiled and others to reveal, characters of which Macaluso indicates only the nicknames, mobsters, entrepreneurs and professionals in league with the clans. The stories of Macaluso will do much harm to Cosa Nostra.

http://livesicilia.it/2018/03/11/mafia-pentito-sergio-macaluso-palermo_940682/

http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/crona...ittima-mafia-truffa-200mila-1505496.html

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/gen...ceb2100-7d1d-4d3e-8910-301aeefdd238.html

Man arrested for Mafia victim fraud. For 10 years he convinced his parents to be in contact with the man, who had died long ago, cheating and extorting them 200 thousand euros.
The scam went on for ten years, during which Francesco Simone, 44 years old from the small town of Basicò, convinced an old couple to be in contact with his son, who however had died of white lupara twenty-five years earlier.

http://www.lastampa.it/2018/03/15/e...corso-nhBYDylaxgpZYbQ5PfGthN/pagina.html

The EU rejects the brand of the restaurant chain "La Mafia sits at the table": a non-educational message

Italy has asked all'Euipo not to recognize the name, for the unsustainability of good publicity to organized crime

Published 15/03/2018
Last modified on 03/15/2018 at 12:20
EMANUELE BONINI
BRUSSELS
No, the mafia does not sit at the table and will not sit down. The EU Court rejected the proposed trademark for the Spanish restaurant chain "La mafia se sienta a la mesa" ("the Mafia sits at the table"), a choice that sees promoting Cosa Nostra as a synonym of quality in contrast with good taste and, above all, the fundamental principles on which the EU is based. No brand, then. It is "contrary to public order", according to the judges of Luxembourg. Via the signs then.

Sicily narco boss gets 16 yrs
Trusted kingpin of Messina Denaro, 'Mafia's FM'

Sicily narco boss Salvatore Miceli, the trusted drugs kingpin of No.1 Mafia fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro, on Wednesday got 16 years in jail for drugs trafficking.
Miceli, who was appointed by late superboss Bernardo Provenzano to run the drugs traffic between South America and Italy, was arrested in a Caracas hotel in 2009.
He had been on the list of Italy's 30 most dangerous fugitives for eight years.
Miceli was nicknamed "the Mafia's foreign minister".

This week the Palermo bosses Antonino Rotolo, Carmelo Cangemi, Salvatore Sorrentino and Giovanni Nicchi were sentenced to 12 years and eight months for cocaine dealing, with the aggravating circumstance of having facilitated the activity of Cosa Nostra.
The trial was removed from the main proceedings, the sentence of which has become final in 2012 with definitive sentences of more than two centuries in prison for the 18 convicted.

Gianni Nicchi is done,he is young,but they locked him up long time.

If not released for other reasons Nicchi is behind bars until 2028. Rotolo has life anyway the other two are fugitives.

angelo carità was shot dead in licata (agrigento)
he was charged with murder and sentenced to life but he's free waiting the end of the trial

The Court of Liberty of Palermo has annulled the orders for precautionary custody against the brothers Gaspare Salvatore and Vito Gucciardi, aged 56 and 58 respectively, of Vita, who were arrested on March 13 in the 'Pioneering' anti-mafia operation. The two brothers, assisted by lawyers Vito Galluffo and Carlo Ferracane, have already been released. According to the accusation the two would be part of a network of supporters of the fugitive boss Matteo Messina Denaro.

Double murder in Bergamo, northern Italy, the victims are sicilians Carlo Novembrini (51) and a woman were shot dead in a bar.
Novembrini was a member of a mafia clan based in Gela.

His own brother confessed to the murders.

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/gen...d067eba-a73d-4240-ae87-18a9feb2ef81.html

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/gen...ad20688-87af-4e6b-aa99-8253b4074748.html

Mafia clan planned to kill journalist

https://www.rt.com/news/424269-italian-mafia-journalist-threats/

‘Mafia didn’t die, it adapted’: Journalist in hiding talks to RT

Italy: police arrest 22 in search for Mafia fugitive Denaro
Apr 19, 2018 Updated 29 min ago (0)

MILAN (AP) — Italian police have arrested 22 suspected Sicilian Mafiosi as part of an ongoing operation aimed at capturing Italy's most-wanted Mafia fugitive Matteo Denaro.

The raids Thursday in the Trapani province in western Sicily attacked the network of "pizzini," the system of paper notes that support Denaro's flight. Police said their aim is to "progressively take away power from the criminal organization and impoverish its economic resources."

Denaro, a fugitive since 1993, is considered a possible successor to the "boss of bosses" Salvatore "Toto" Riina, who died last year in custody while serving 26 life sentences.

The operation was the latest move to root out Denaro, 55, who has long evaded arrest for his role in the bombing assassination of magistrates in the 1990s, along with other Mafia hits and crimes.

http://www.grandangoloagrigento.it/...l-boss-messina-denaro-16-anni-al-nipote/

Sister of fugitive godfather Matteo MessinaDenaro sentenced 14 years, nephew gets 16.


http://www.italianinsider.it/?q=node/6652


TRAPANI – The Cosa Nostra Sicilian mafia network, spearheaded by the highly sought-after Matteo Messina Denaro, was hit hard on Thursday morning, suffering a further setback after authorities confirmed the arrest of 22 alleged members of the group.

Police, Carabinieri and Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate (DIA) have ramped up the hunt for the fugitive head of the Sicilian Mafia. The raid in the province of Trapani intensifies the police grip on mafia affairs as they look to stamp out the illegal activity, particularly prominent throughout Sicily.

The widespread, albeit seemingly weakening, influence of Cosa Nostra has burrowed into the region’s social and economic operations, largely preserved through the mafia’s fierce culture of intimidation.

Authorities were able to identify, through the probe, Cosa Nostra’s pizzini notes, small paper annotations used by the Sicilian Mafia for high-level communications.

The 22 arrested reportedly have ties to the mafia families of Castelvetrano, Campobello di Mazara and Partanna, all based in Trapani. They await further investigation under numerous charges including mafia association, extortion, damage, possession of weapons and fictitious registration of assets.

The raid has given investigators a further insight into Cosa Nostra’s dealings, confirming Messina Denaro’s place at the head of the organisation as well as the heavy involvement of two of his brothers-in-law. Gaspare Como and Rosario Allegra, husbands of Bice and Giovanna Messina Denaro were amongst the 22 arrested.

Thursday’s blitz also follows last month’s seizure of one of Denaro’s closest advisors, Salvatore Miceli, who received a 16-year sentence on charges of drug trafficking. The former narco boss had directed the vast illegal drug network between South America and Italy, earning him the nickname, “the Mafia’s foreign minister.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...fia-godfather-sicily-dawn-raids-arrests/

Italy closes net on mafia godfather in Sicily with dawn raids and arrests

In historic ruling, court says Italian state negotiated with mafia

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...tate-negotiated-with-mafia-idUSKBN1HR2JJ

Pax Mafiosa: Guilty verdicts as prosecutors prove secret pact between Sicilian Mafia and Italian government http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profil...ts-as-prosecutors-prove-secret-pact-betw

https://www.corriere.it/english/18_...bc79e2-47e2-11e8-80f7-0314029e9b8f.shtml

How the mafia controls betting and rigs slot machines
Illegal gambling used to provide funds for mafia bosses in hiding, such as Matteo Messina Denaro

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/gen...02bd26b-52c0-4839-8c99-cb567eb4cba2.html

Six nabbed for extortion near Messina

DIA report says there is an agreement between the 'Ndrangheta and the Sicilian Mafia to divide up Abruzzo and Molise in Central Italy for the control of drugs. In the past the region was under the influence of the Camorra. It's the first time the national leadership speaks of an organic division of the region by organized crime associations that agree for greater control of the territory.

https://rsf.org/en/news/sicilian-mafia-planned-murder-investigative-reporter

Update: Sicilian mafia planned to murder investigative reporter

Ambush in the Gela countryside. A 38-year-old man, BP, was hit by shotgun shots yesterday evening. The incident occurred in the district "Farello", a rural area not far from the city. P. would have reported wounds in one arm. Hospitalized in Gela hospital he is not in danger of life. According to what is learned, the police would have identified the man who took the shotgun. It would be an acquaintance of the wounded.

Nicola Amoroso, 37, has been captured in Germany, nicknamed Cola tri piedi, who has been wanted since last July. One of the most important fugitives in Italy and member of the Italian Crime Syndicate COSA NOSTRA, was arrested in Biebesheim (Germany).
The dangerous fugitive was wanted by the Italian authorities because of his involvement in several crimes and because of his mafia affiliation (belonging to the Scalisi clan - Criminal organization of the mafia family Laudani of Catania). The arrest is the result of a fruitful exchange of information between Europol, the Italian and German police and it represents the first result of the 'Eurosearch' project, initiated by the Central Operations Service, which locate and captures dangerous mafia fugitives targets in Europe. Europol supported the investigation by providing analytical and operational support and by organising a dedicated operational meeting at its headquarter in The Hague.

The Court of Cassation has confirmed the convictions of over 200 years in prison on appeal to bosses and followers of the province of Palermo.
The Roman judges reiterated the leading role of Antonino Sciortino who, at first instance, was acquitted and on appeal sentenced to 18 years. The trial stems from the New Mandamento investigation, so called for the project of the clan to constitute a superclan that would have unite the families of Camporeale, Monreale, Partinico, San Giuseppe Jato, Camporeale, Altofonte, Borgetto, Montelepre and Giardinello.
The defendants responded in various ways to mafia, extortion, possession of arms and drugs, theft of livestock and the murder of Giuseppe Billitteri , eliminated with the method of the lupara bianca March 22, 2012.

Mafia, blitz 'Montagna', arrested in Belgium the fugitive Daniele Fragapane, he was a captain of a football team in Brussels.
It has been four months since the blitz with 56 orders for precautionary custody against the alleged summits of the families of Cosa Nostra dell'Agrigentino. Daniele is considered the right-hand man of his cousin Francesco.

https://www.panoramitalia.com/en/travel/article/corleone-s-complicated-history/5127/

Corleone’s Complicated History

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/20/world/europe/italy-journalists-mafia.html

The Mafia Reporter With a Police Escort (and the 200 Journalists Like Him)

http://montrealgazette.com/pmn/spor...wcm/58de21b8-dfd0-4a10-a13f-bc670d80e02e

Reina faces hearing over links with trio connected to mafia