Cipriano Chianese is known as a legitimate business man and a respected attorney by many but Italian authorities say he is part of the Neapolitan Mafia or Camorra and was taken into custody. He is the head of the Camorra’s waste rackets and has allegedly extorted waste management quotas while operating Mary Trans a … [Read more…]
An appeals court in Palermo has released six senior Sicilian mafia leaders that were once top deputies for Bernardo Provenzano. All once loyal lieutenants of the infamous Provenzano they were all convicted in the Gotha trial and sentenced each to 10 years in prison. But an appeals court judge decided that a penalty based … [Read more…]
Italy’s secret service reports that a power vacuum has developed a the top of the Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra. The annual report claims that Cosa Nostra is in the midst of a power struggle and highlighted the touchy relationship between various factions with in the Sicilian Mafia. Pietro Grasso the chief anti-Mafia prosecutor … [Read more…]
Gianni Nicchi was sentenced to ten years in prison Wednesday in Palermo. The 31-year-old Nicchi is a boss in the Sicilian mafia also known as Cosa Nostra and was dubbed the boy wonder of the Sicilian mafia. He climbed through mob ranks quickly after the arrest of Salvatore Lo Piccolo then the “boss of … [Read more…]