Italy: Information regarding mafia prosecutions in Calabria (Reggio area) especially a trial which began in July 1993 with 143 people charged
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 April 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ITA23404.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Italy: Information regarding mafia prosecutions in Calabria (Reggio area) especially a trial which began in July 1993 with 143 people charged, 1 April 1996, ITA23404.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aab014.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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For information on the above-mentioned subject, please consult the attachments.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
Agence France Press (AFP). 10 October 1994. "Updates with numbers of arrests." (NEXIS)
_____. 19 January 1994. "Head of Italian Electricity Service is Arrested." (NEXIS)
_____. 22 April 1993. "Arrest Warrants Issued for Top Mafia Bosses." (NEXIS)
AP Worldstream. 1 July 1995. "Police Swoop Down on Organized Crime Suspects." (NEXIS)
The Christian Science Monitor (Boston(. 5 January 1996. Richard L. Wentworth. "Out of a Ludlum Novel: How a Judge Winds Through Maze to Italy's Mafia." (NEXIS)
The Dallas Morning News. 2 December 1993. Final Edition. George Rodrigue. "Italian Prosecutor Sees Masons as Link Between Mafia and Elites; He Cites Evidence of Murder, Gun Sales." (NEXIS)
The Independent (London(. 25 February 1996. Andrew Gumbel. "Woman of Honour." (NEXIS)
_____. 14 November 1993. "Swoop on Mafia." (NEXIS)
The International Herald Tribune (Neuilly(. 17 January 1996. Daniel Williams. "An Italian Baroness's Lone Crusade Against Mafia; 'I Want the State to Do Its Duty'/Fight Spurred by Brother's Murder." (NEXIS)
_____. 24 March 1994. "Berlusconi Denounces Raid on His Party." (NEXIS)
Press Association Newsfile. 23 March 1994. "Police Raid Berlusconi Party HQ." (NEXIS)
Reuters. 1 July 1995. BC Cycle. Jeffrey Donovan. "Italian Police Hold Leading Sicilian Mafia Suspect." (NEXIS)
_____. 11 November 1994. BC Cycle. "Mafia Planned to Kill Magistrate, Prosecutor Says." (NEXIS)