Is the mafia in retreat or in defeat? (Italy)

The Economist (US) | July 29, 1995 | Copyright

WITH muted optimism, some of Italy's top crime fighters are savouring the prospect, if not of victory, then at least of a clear reverse for the Mafia. "There are signs, indeed evidence," says Pierluigi Vigna, Florence's chief prosecutor, "that Cosa Nostra [as the Mafia is often called] is slipping."

One of these signs was the arrest on June 24th of Leo-luca Bagarella, a convicted murderer, allegedly an influential "man of honour" and one of the country's most wanted criminals. Mr Bag- arella stands accused of, among other things, some of the most spectacular Mafia ...

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