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Theresa Maggio

Sicily

25th anniversary of Mafia/State murder of Paolo Borsellino

July 19, 2017
Tags: Paolo Borsellino, judge, investigator, anti-mafia, assassination, escorts, 25th anniversary, mafia, state, people, sorrow, Grief, Hero, martyr, honest
Cardboard cututs of Borsellino and fellow victims on the balcony of his mother's apartment in Via D'Amelio, Palermo
After the church bells tolled, after the minute of silence at 4:58 p.m., the moment the car bomb exploded twenty-five years before, the assassinated Judge Paolo Borsellino's brother read the names of the victims:
Paolo Borsellino
Agostino Catalano
Emanuela Loi
Walter Eddiee Cosina
Claudio Traina
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25th anniversary of Mafia murder of Giovanni Falcone

May 23, 2017
Tags: mafia, murder, judge, investigator, Giovanni Falcone, Capaci, strage, blown up
RIP Giovanni Falcone
Trump fires the people investigating him. In Sicily, with the complicity of politicians, the mafia kills them. RIP Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards who were blown up with him 25 years ago today. Read "Excellent Cadavers" by Alexander Stille.
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Italian Judge breaks up families to save children from the mafia

February 26, 2016
Tags: judge, mafia, Children, Family, break, chain, ndragheta, calabria, generations, jail, death, abuse
A mafioso just arrested gives the thumbs up to members of his family. It is considered an honor to go to jail for the mafia, but the mothers say they don't know what pain it causes. Click here to read the story in English.
And that's not easy because the family as the basic unit of Italian society is built into the Italian constitution. This judge says it is abusive to bring a child to mafia meetings, indoctrinate him for entry into criminal organizations, and reduce his life's horizons. That it is just as much a crime as giving a child a syringe or a kalishnokov rifle. Read the story in English in The Guardian by clicking on the caption. Read More 
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Corrupt Judge Suspended from Duty, Salary Cut off

November 3, 2015
Tags: silvana saguto, judge, corruption, mafia, confiscated, goods, business, power, greed, woman, malfeasance, abuse of office, shady deals, favors, recommendations, almighty, God
Palermo Judge Silvana Saguto, formerly in charge of goods and businesses confiscated from the mafia by the government
A Palermo judge accused of corruption and abuse of office was suspended from duty today and her salary taken away. Judge Silvana Saguto, who headed the Palermo Tribunal's office in charge of confiscated Mafia goods and businesses, was caught on tape saying she was "like God Almighty." Jobs are scarce in Palermo. When a Mafia business  Read More 
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How Falcone Died

June 3, 2015
Tags: photo, foto, strage, Capaci, 23 maggio 1992, falcone, veicoli, esplosione, bomba, explosion, highway, assassination, kill, mafia, judge, Hero, martyr, inevitable
How he was killed.
A photo of the explosion site on the highway in Capaci, between the airport and Palermo town. Date: 23 May 1992
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Falcone's remains secretly moved to Palermo's Pantheon

June 3, 2015
Tags: Giovanni Falcone, law, anti-mafia, judge, killed, assassinated, coffin, mve, cemetery, San Domenico
The blessing of Giovanni Falcone's remains at the Church of San Domenico where it was transferred in secret.
The remains of anti-mafia Judge Giovanni Falcone, killed by the mafia and the state 23 years ago, were moved in a secret ceremony from the family mausoleum in the Sant' Orsola Cemetery to a place of honor among Sicily's finest historical figures in the Church of San Domenico, Palermo's Pantheon, in Via Roma near the heart of the old city. Read More 
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May 23, 23 years ago, Falcone murdered by the mob and Italian state

May 24, 2015
Tags: falcone, mafia, Palermo, assisantion, murder, judge, investigator, maryr, antimafia
Falcone and Borsellino
Giovanni Falcone and his escort , Francesca Morvillo, Vito Schifani, Rocco Dicillo and Antonio Montinaro, were blown up by the mafia by 500 kilos of explosives on the highway between the Palermo airport and town. I had just returned to the states from Palermo and had been on that road after reporting on that spring's Favignana  Read More 
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