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Project to save children from the mafia extended to Sicily and Naples

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 26 March - 22:14

Scheme was founded in 2012 to prevent at-risk children being enticed by Italy’s most powerful mafia, the ’Ndrangheta

A project to save children from Italy’s biggest mafia by removing them from mob families is being extended to organised crime groups in Sicily and Naples, the justice ministry has announced.

The scheme aims to prevent at-risk children from following their parents into a life of crime, breaking the cycle by which power is passed down the generations through blood ties and family loyalty.

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Poisoned chalice: bleach smell alerts Italian priest to apparent mafia threat

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 26 February - 12:36

Father Felice Palamara notices unusual aroma after consecrating vessel for eucharist

A parish priest in southern Italy was about to take a sip from a chalice of wine when he realised it was laced with bleach in what is believed to have been a mafia-related threat.

Father Felice Palamara had just consecrated the chalice of water and wine before celebrating the eucharist during evening mass on Saturday at San Nicola di Pannaconi church in Cessaniti, a small town in the Campania region, and as he prepared to drink from it he notice a strange smell.

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Seventeen men arrested in Sicily and US in joint anti-mafia operation

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 8 November - 18:33

Arrets come after two-year investigation targeting members of New York’s Gambino family and some Sicilian associates

Seventeen men have been arrested in Sicily and the United States in a joint anti-mafia operation by the FBI and Italian police.

The arrests come after a two-year investigation targeting members of New York’s notorious Gambino crime family and some of its Sicilian associates based in the province of Palermo. Seven men were arrested in Sicily and 10 in New York.