A post I wrote on Italy Chronicles back in 2009 - Italian Courage - has inspired a song by one Berni Armstrong. And it's not just any old song, but one which pays tribute to the extreme … [Read more...]
Delving into the Murky World of Italy’s Mafia
During the summer I read John Dickie's fascinating best-selling book, Cosa Nostra, which is all about that scourge of Italy, the mafia. Dickie's first book on Italy's complex criminal … [Read more...]
The Offer Antonio Ingroia Cannot Refuse
Those of you who read Italy Chronicles from outside of Italy have probably never heard of the Italian magistrate Antonio Ingroia. If this is the case, you will not have heard Ingroia has … [Read more...]
Brindisi School Bomb Tragedy
Today a bomb went off outside a high school in the city of Brindisi, Puglia in southern Italy. One sixteen year old girl has been killed, others have been injured. Reports are coming … [Read more...]
The Mafia Moves into Milan
While the mafia has long been associated with Italy's poorer southern regions and Sicily, there is now strong evidence to suggest that the tentacles of organized crime in Italy have well and … [Read more...]
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