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by Silvia Donati | Wed, 10/06/2021 - 04:59

Days are getting shorter and temperatures are getting chillier: as we get deeper into the fall season and inevitably start to spend more time inside, it’s a…

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Joe Petrosino: the Legendary Italian-American Detective who Fought the Mafia in New York

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 04/08/2016 - 00:00

For ITALY Magazine’s Italian-American series, we look at the legendary figure of Joe Petrosino, the Italian immigrant who became a police officer with the New…

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1909 Murder of First NYC Anti-Mafia Policeman Joe Petrosino Solved

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 06/24/2014 - 06:21

More than 100 years after Italian-American New York City police officer Giuseppe 'Joe' Petrosino was murdered by the Mafia in Palermo, Italian police may have…

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The Legality Boat to Remember Anti-mafia Judge Falcone

by Katia Amore | Fri, 05/23/2014 - 05:20

Yesterday, 1,500 Italian students boarded La Nave della Legalità (the Legality Boat) traveling from Rome to Palermo, to take part in many initiatives to…

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Agrigento Bishop's Unexpected Way to Stand Against the Mafia

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 05/05/2014 - 04:17

To the slogan "Chi non salta un mafioso è!" (He who doesn’t jump is a mafioso), the bishop of Agrigento Francesco Montenegro engaged the crowd of young…

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Transatlantic Police Investigation Dismantles Network of US and Italian Mafia Families

by Katia Amore | Wed, 02/12/2014 - 08:37

While news that the Miami villa of notorious Chicago gangster Al Capone is on the market for $8.5 million (photo at end) gets the attention of lovers of Mafia-…

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'The Mafia Only Kills in the Summer': Talking to Director Pierfrancesco 'Pif' Diliberto

by Katia Amore | Tue, 01/28/2014 - 10:13

When preparing for the interview with Italian journalist, TV satirist and director Pierfrancesco “Pif” Diliberto, about his debut film La Mafia Uccide…

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Addiopizzo Keeps Fighting the Mafia with Special Christmas Event

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 12/18/2013 - 05:53

This year, in Palermo, Christmas trees send a strong anti-mafia message thanks to special decorations distributed around the city by Addiopizzo (goodbye "…

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Talking To Our Editor, Katia Amore, On Life In Sicily During Anti-Mafia Operation Sicilian Vespers

by Carol King | Fri, 07/19/2013 - 05:02

Anti-mafia magistrate Paolo Borsellino was murdered by the mafia on 19 July 1992. ‘Italy Magazine’ marks the anniversary of the death in an interview with our…

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Talking to John Dickie Presenter Of TV's The Mafia's Secret Bunkers

by Carol King | Mon, 04/29/2013 - 04:59

Carol King interviews the presenter of ‘The Mafia’s Secret Bunkers’: internationally recognised expert on the history of Italian organised crime, John Dickie.…