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May 4, 2021 · May 4, 2021. The 31 counts against the crew arrested last week in the southern Italian city of Potenza included mafia association, murder and extortion. But it was an allegation in count No. 19...
The Basilischi is a mafia -type criminal organization active in the Basilicata region, founded in Potenza in 1994 with the approval of the 'Ndrangheta. Its status as a mafia group was only recognized on December 21, 2007, with a verdict from the Potenza Court that sentenced twenty-six defendants to a total of 242 years in prison. [1]
Dec 9, 2019 · It wasn’t until 1994 when Matera and Potenza become one autonomous family, known as ‘Famiglia Basilischi’ after the region from whence it came, and along with the Camorra, Sicilian Mafia, ‘Ndrangheta and Sacra Corona Unita became the fifth officially recognised Mafia of Italy.
The Società foggiana - also known as Mafia Foggiana (Foggian mafia) and the Fifth Mafia - is a mafia-type criminal organization. They are operating in a large part of the Province of Foggia, including the city of Foggia itself, and have significantly infiltrated other Italian regions.
Potenza rebelled for the last time in 1860, before Garibaldi's revolutionary army brought about the unification of Italy. In September 1943, the city suffered heavy Allied bombing. In 1980, another strong earthquake struck Potenza.
May 5, 2021 · An investigation in Italy has found that the mafia controlled a bar inside a courthouse in the southern city of Potenza, the capital of the southern Basilicata region.
KEY POINTS • The Basilischi, a mafia group that emerged in the Basilicata region of southern Italy in the 1990s, effectively established itself as the fifth most significant mafia in Italy. • Following a major trial and the imprisonment of several high-profile members in 2007, the group fractured and fell under the influence of the more ...
