A row has erupted over a Turin
restaurant named after a Camorra boss.
The name of the eatery, Lovigino, a nickname of former
Neapolitan mafia kingpin Luigi Giuliano, has incurred the
opposition of several anti-mafia and partisan local associations
including Libera Torino, Arci Torino and Anpi as well as trade
unions and leftwing political parties.
They said in a statement: "Mafias are a serious thing; the death
of the victims, the grief of their families, the contempt for
rights, justice and democracy typical of criminal activity, is
also serious. You can't joke about it or think of marketing it".
The owners of the restaurants, which has been open since July
27, said the name Lovigino had been proposed by a marketing
company and "combines the concepts of Love and Family ('cugino'
or cousin).
"If you come into our establishment you will not fin any nod to
organized crime or any mafia clan, which will always remain very
far away from us".
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