The Sicilian Mafia is not
beaten, former national anti-mafia prosecutor Pietro Grasso said
Wednesday.
Grasso, now leader of the leftwing Free and Equal (LeU)
party, said "the mafia is not only history.
"The mass-killing mafia of (the late Bernardo) Provenzano and
(the late Totò) Riina may have been defeated thanks to police
and prosecutors but Riina's recent death must constitute a
reason for particular attention on the possibility of Cosa
Nostra's strategic and decision-making central command structure
being rebuilt".
He said "criminal organisations of a Mafia type still today
make their presence felt".
Grasso was speaking at the presentation of the final report
of the parliamentary anti-mafia commission.
In the report, commission chair Rosy Bindi said Riina's death
had strengthened the mafia, which was actively reorganising and
seeking a new boss of bosses.
She also said no part of northern Italy was "immune" from
mafia penetration, and that the mafia played a big role in
managing migrant arrivals.
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