Tag: maxiprocesso
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We’ve seen this show already
39 years ago, on the 10th February 1986, the Maxiprocesso kicked off in Palermo Sicily with 475 members of the Mafia brought to trial with an indictment that was 8,000 pages long. 338 were convicted with 19 top Mafia bosses condemned to life in prison. Two of the Magistrates leading the trial were Paolo Borsellino…
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Sorry seems to be the hardest word
One of the reasons why Rosianne Cutajar won’t apologise is that she knows very well that I would be using her apology against her in a criminal case I would file through my lawyer Joseph Mizzi. The result of her decision is that she won’t be accepted back in the Labour Party parliamentary group, and…
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38 Years Ago: First Court Sitting of Maxiprocesso in Palermo
The first court sitting of the series of trials in Italy, held in a court in Palermo (Sicily) that went on to defeat and dissolve Cosa Nostra, the largest Sicilian mafia group at that time, began 38 years ago on the 10th of February 1986. Photo shows Luciano Liggio, a mafia boss in prison, who…
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On cruelty and organised criminals
Truth is always the first culprit of authoritarian regimes. In Malta, we are going through the early formative stages of an authoritarian regime with a democratically elected criminal organisation that is subverting democracy and has captured the state. The characteristics are all there. We have a similar system to a one-party state with a feeble…