1977-2020: 43 anni di attività contro la mafia, per la pace e i diritti umani, tra memoria, ricerca e impegno civile
Umberto Santino Mafia and Mafia-type organizations in Italy Introduction: the Sicilian Mafia as a local and transnational criminality and the proliferation of the Mafia-type organizations The term “Mafia”, first used only to define a Sicilian phenomenon, is now used to describe any organized criminal group and it is certainly one of the words in the…
UMBERTO SANTINO From the mafia to transnational crime The Sicilian mafia: from vagueness to the paradigm of complexity Although the world ‘mafia’ has been too often characterised by a strong degree of vagueness, so much so as to be used for any form of crime and excessive power, assuming on television the features of the…
Umberto Santino Fighting the Mafia and Organized Crime: Italy and Europe Premise: The Sicilian Mafia as a local and transnational criminality and the proliferation of criminals of the mafia type 1. The laws regarding organized crime in Italy 1.1. 114 laws in ten years 1.2. From Palermo’s maxi-trial to the arrest of mafia bosses 1.3.…
Umberto Santino The Mafia and the antimafia fight: an analisys beyond the stereotypes Premise. The term “Mafia” first used only to define a Sicilian phenomenon, is now used to describe any organized criminal group and it is certainly the word of the Italian language best known and most used internationally. This is due to two…
UMBERTO SANTINO The financial mafia. The illegal accumulation of wealth and the financial-industrial complex It is the duty of the bank to accept proffered funds. If you came into my of fice with one million dollars in your suitcase, I would take it. A high official of the Central Bank of the Bahamas. There…
Umberto Santino Sulla cattura di Provenzano L’incubo, la farsa e lo stereotipo Con la cattura di Provenzano è finito un incubo (quello del supercapomafia onnipotente, al centro di tutte le trame criminali del nostro tempo), è finita la farsa (quella della “primula rossa” inafferrabile, nonostante fosse, come tutti pensavano e dicevano, a due passi da…
Giuseppe was born on 5 January 1948 in Cinisi in the province of Palermo, into a mafia family. His father Luigi had been sent into internal exile during the fascist era, and was a close friend of mafia boss Gaetano Badalamenti. His father’s brother-in-law, Cesare Manzella, was a major mafia boss who was killed in…
What is the Centre Founded by Umberto Santino in 1977, the Sicilian Centre of Documentation was the first study centre on the Mafia in Italy. The name of Giuseppe Impastato, a new left activist murdered by the Mafia on 9 May 1978, was soon added to its masthead. The Centre’s purpose is to develop awareness…