The mysterious death of a brilliant young Italian doctor has taken a dark new twist with claims that he was murdered by the Sicilian Mafia.
Attilio Manca (34), was found dead at his home in Viterbo, central Italy, in 2004, supposedly of a heroin overdose.
Monica Mileti, his friend, was convicted of administering the dose and jailed for five years, but on Tuesday an appeals court in Rome acquitted her of any involvement in the urologist’s death.
Suspicions have turned instead to Cosa Nostra, Sicily’s Mafia network.
Fabio Repici, a lawyer representing the victim’s parents, said they had always suspected their son was murdered.
Cops seize 150 mn from mafia-linked supermarket king
Carmelo Lucchese, 53, close to Bagheria clan say police
18 Febbraio 2021
PALERMO, FEB 18 - Italian police on Thursday seized
150 million euros from a Palermo-based supermarket king who
has been linked with the mafia.
Carmelo Lucchese, 53, owns 13 supermarkets in Palermo and the
surrounding province, at Bagheria, Carini, Bolognetta, San
Cipirello and Termini Imerese.
Police froze his bank accounts, inusrance policies and shares,
impounded companies, and seized property and cars.
Police said their investigations had shown that Lucchese, while
not a member of Cosa Nostra, was close to them.
Informants said he had ties to the mafia in Bagheria and had had
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With Brexit looming, questions remain over the UK s relationship with The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, or EuroPol.
Headquartered in The Hague in the Netherlands, EuroPol is the law enforcement agency of the European Union (EU) and serves as a cross-border police force to track criminals through cooperation between the EU member states.
It s focus is primarily on cracking down on serious international organised crime and terrorism through the sharing of information across borders.
But with the UK leaving the EU, there have been warnings from UK police chiefs that the country s fight against international crime will be slowed.