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An investigation in Italy has found that the Mafia controlled a bar inside a courthouse in the southern city of Potenza, the capital of the southern Basilicata region (File photo). Italy’s various Mafia networks are known to launder the proceeds of drugs and extortion by buying up restaurants and hotels, but owning a business inside the justice system is thought to be without precedent. Running the bar enabled local mobsters to listen in on the conversations of lawyers, magistrates, judges and police, gleaning information about ongoing investigations. Managing the bar was a “striking demonstration” of the local Mafia’s influence in the region and “at the same time guaranteed them a privileged observation point inside a crucial part of the legal system,” said Francesco Curcio, a district prosecutor.
Mafia accused of running courthouse cafe to eavesdrop on judiciary
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Rome: As a means of keeping tabs on their adversaries in the police and judiciary, it could hardly have been bettered – or more brazen.
An investigation in Italy has found that the mafia controlled a bar inside a courthouse in the southern city of Potenza, the capital of the southern Basilicata region.
As prosecutors and police officers sipped their cappuccini and tucked into cornetti (croissants), they were unknowingly being watched and overheard.