Showing posts with label Sicilian Mafia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sicilian Mafia. Show all posts
March 8, 2026

The man at the centre of one of Italy's biggest antiquities trafficking scandals, Gianfranco Becchina, has had his fortune restored. Should it have been?

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Today in Italu, it was announced that the Preventive Measures Section of the Palermo Court of Appeal has overturned a sweeping asset confisc...
August 13, 2023

Thoughts on the confessions of Cosa Nostra boss Matteo Messina Denaro during his February interrogation

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A man of many "pezzini" As mentioned in an earlier ARCA blog post this week, Matteo Messina Denaro, the former fugutive Cosa Nostr...
August 10, 2023

So one particular (Sicilian) looting "mafia" was actually a Mafia.

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Interrogated by Palermo prosecutor Maurizio De Lucia and deputy prosecutor Paolo Guido, shortly after his January 16th arrest by the Carabin...
January 16, 2023

Having Eluded Capture for 30 Years - Matteo Messina Denaro, A.K.A. "Diabolik," has been captured.

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Palermo prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia and with the deputy prosecutor Paolo Guido confirmed today that longtime fugitive, Cosa Nostra boss,  M...
May 25, 2022

Justice Rendered: The final confiscation of properties and business enterprises of Gianfranco Becchina has been confirmed.

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DIA Seizing Gianfranco Becchina assets in 2017 Italy's Direzione Investigativa Antimafia,  the country's Anti-Mafia Investigation De...
October 24, 2018

Court of Palermo dismisses charges of mafia association against Gianfranco Becchina.

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Following a formal request by the Deputy Prosecutor for the District Anti-Mafia Directorate   Carlo Marzella,  preliminary reexaminatio...
November 17, 2017

A Sicilian Mafia Primer to Organized Crime Members with apparent ties to Gianfranco Becchina

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This is a list of mafia-tied individuals and cooperating mafia-tied individuals authorities have stated have associations with, or wh...