Francesco Sandokan Schiavone has become a mafia supergrass, 26 years after he was first jailed following a sprawling trial that saw dozens of mafia bosses jailed for life
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An Italian association dedicated to keeping alive the memory of victims of mafia violence have donated oil produced at the site where two judges were killed to several Italian dioceses for the annual Holy Thursday Chrism Mass.
Palermo prosecutors said Wednesday that the omertà that enabled late Cosa Nostra boss Matteo Messina Denaro to remain a fugitive to Italian justice for 30 years is still continuing many months after his death. (ANSA)