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A series of assassinations orchestrated by the new Sicilian mafia in 1979

Publication date 16/09/1981 From €100.00

Palermo Mafia

During 1979, a series of assassinations was orchestrated by the new Sicilian mafia. Ugo MACERA, head of the Italian criminal police, and Leonardo SCIASCIA, radical deputy and writer, explain that the mafia felt threatened by upright men like Judge Terranova or Commissioner Boris Giuliano who were close to dismantling their traffics.

Senator Li Causi on the power of the Sicilian mafia and the role of the antimafia commission

Publication date 26/11/1971 From €100.00

Palermo Mafia

Senator Girolamo LI CAUSI evokes the drug trafficking organized by the Sicilian mafia and the complicity of national and international banks. According to him, the purpose of the antimafia commission is to "uproot the mafia" which he likens to an old oak tree. He insists that "the mafia is a power".

The new districts of Palermo under the influence of the Sicilian mafia

Publication date 11/06/1971 From €100.00

Palermo Mafia

The city of Palermo was completely transformed after the war and its area tripled in just 10 years. New neighborhoods have emerged with many buildings. Juliana SELADRINO explains in French that the mafia found here a new market with real estate speculation. This led to a bloody struggle between different clans that resulted in 50 homicides in 56 days in the 1960s - 62.

Transfer of the mafioso Franck Coppola to the Palace of Justice of Rome

Publication date 26/11/1971 From €100.00

Palermo Mafia

Franck Coppola, right-hand man of the Sicilian mafia, was recently arrested in his villa in Pomezia. He is transferred from Ucciardone’s prison in Palermo to the Palace of Justice in Rome for trial.

The Palermo market under the control of the Sicilian mafia

Publication date 11/06/1971 From €100.00

Palermo Mafia

The programme’s journalists are trying to negotiate the right to film the mafia-controlled Palermo market. With an authorization from the prefect of police, the "market management" ends up authorizing them to enter.

Testimonies about the abduction of journalist Mauro de Mauro by the Sicilian mafia

Publication date 20/11/1970 From €100.00

Palermo Mafia

The journalist Mauro de Mauro disappeared on 16 September 1970, allegedly killed by the Sicilian mafia. Testimony of a journalist and Mauro de Mauro’s wife. Wanting to remain anonymous, the Italian journalist confirms (in French) the theory of murder by the mafia, he thinks that Mauro de Mauro had discovered a major drug trade in Sicily. Mrs DE MAURO (in Italian doubled in French) wonders which mafia is responsible for the disappearance of her husband.

Italian testimony of Madame Costa, the widow of Judge Costa murdered by the mafia

Publication date 03/11/1981 From €100.00

Palermo Mafia

On 8 August 1980, Judge Costa was assassinated by the Sicilian mafia. His wife, Madame COSTA explains (in Italian not subtitled) the reasons for this murder: according to her, he was about to discover something important concerning the mafia. She also highlights her exceptional personality and incorruptibility.

Mafia in Corleone, Sicily

Publication date 03/11/1981 From €100.00

Palermo Mafia

After the assassination of Colonel Giuseppe Russo in 1977 which hindered real estate speculation organized by the Sicilian mafia, his successor took a close interest in the struggle between two mafia clans: those of Palermo and those of Corleone. In Corleone, interview of inhabitants not very talkative about the mafia.

Mafia control over water management in Palermo

Publication date 12/08/1975 From €100.00

Palermo Mafia

Half the population of the city of Palermo in Sicily is not supplied with running water despite the existence of 2 lakes nearby. The distribution of water is partly controlled by the mafia, which takes advantage of these dysfunctions. Several testimonies evoke the links between private speculators, mafia and municipality in water management.

Atmosphere in the streets of Palermo in Sicily in 1963

Publication date 14/06/1963 From €100.00

Palermo Mafia

Images of the streets and daily life of the inhabitants of Palermo in Sicily at the time of the regional elections.

Mafia control of drug trafficking in Sicily in the late 1970s

Publication date 16/09/1981 From €100.00

Palermo Mafia

In Sicily, the mafia monopolizes drug trafficking. Colonel SATERIALE, of the brigade of the carabinieri of Palermo and Roberto FABIANI, specialist of the mafia talk about the bloody struggle between the different clans (cosce) to ensure the best part of this market. For 5 years, the Italian police led by Boris Giuliano who paid him with his life, still arrested major mafiosi including Tommaso Buscetta, Gerlando Alberti, Leoluca Bagarella and Franck Coppola. Dottore DI GIOVANNI, Prefect of Palermo, speaks of mob intimidation following these arrests.

A mafioso transferred to the island of Filicudi in Sicily

Publication date 11/06/1971 From €100.00

Palermo Mafia

Mafioso Accardo is exiled to the island of Filicudi in Sicily where he is under house arrest with 14 other mafiosi. This allows the antimafia commission to investigate drug trafficking organized by the mafia and the death of Scaglione’s prosecutor.

The influence of the mafia on political parties in Sicily

Publication date 14/06/1963 From €100.00

Palermo Mafia

The secretary general of the Italian social movement in Sicily talks about the influence of the mafia on the electorate and the Sicilian political parties. The mafia has every interest in having their man in power. [...] Every candidate tries to get the support of the mafia."

The water problem in Palermo

Publication date 12/08/1975 From €100.00

Palermo Mafia

Half the population of the city of Palermo in Sicily is not supplied with running water despite the existence of 2 lakes nearby. The distribution of water is partly controlled by the mafia, which takes advantage of these dysfunctions. An elected official from the municipality (?) testifies to these difficulties.

Journalist Roberto Ciuni on the links between mafia and politics in Sicily

Publication date 20/11/1970 From €100.00

Palermo Mafia

The journalist Roberto CIUNI evokes in French the links between the mafia and politics in Sicily. For him, the antimafia commission is on the wrong track in trying to make those connections. He thinks that the problem comes mainly from the fact that the ruling class has the same functioning as the mafia, that it is "arbitrary", that it uses "schemes" and "caste privileges".

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