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Parisi-Palermiti Clan
The Parisi-Palermiti clan, is a criminal organization, originating from the city of Bari, having its stronghold mainly in the Japigia neighborhood, but with territorial control over many cities in the province of Bari. History The organization, historically led by Savino Parisi, known as "''Savinuccio'' ", currently in prison, appeared on the Bari criminal scene in the 1980s due to its control over drug dealing, particularly heroin, in the Japigia neighborhood. With the excessive power of drug dealing and extortion committed over the years by his clan, the boss Parisi would have accumulated a large amount of wealth, partly reinvested in real estate, partly made up of cash. Furthermore, Savinuccio dedicated a separate chapter to the acquisition of "control of economic activities", control centered on the figure of Michele Labellarte, an entrepreneur who died in 2009. According to investigators, the criminal group, however, would not limit itself to making money only with drug tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savino Parisi
Savino Parisi (14 December 1960) is an Italian criminal, one of the most important crime bosses of the Bari region, and one of the founders and heads of the Parisi-Palermiti clan. Biography Savino Parisi, known as "Savinuccio", made his way in the Bari crime scene with robberies, extortions and smuggling in the 1970s. Parisi soon became the right-hand man of Francesco Biancoli, known as Il Dado, who controlled the gambling dens and drug dealing in the Libertà district during the 1980s. In 1984, he was brought among the defendants in the maxi-trial against Puglia, before joining the Sacra Corona Unita and then leaving it in 1986, founding an independent clan in the Bari's Japigia neighbourhood. Between the 1980s and 1990s Japigia was one of the most important heroin dealing area in Southern Italy and Parisi, together with Antonio Capriati, founder and historical head of the Capriati clan, established links with the 'Ndrangheta The 'Ndrangheta (, , ) is a mafia-type organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capriati Clan
The Capriati clan is a criminal organization, originating from the city of Bari, operating mainly in the historic centre of the city. History Active since the 1980s, the criminal organization has historically been led by Antonio Capriati, known as ''Tonino'', currently in prison where he is serving a life sentence. The clan is mainly dedicated to extortion and drug dealing, and for a certain period under the leadership of Tonino's nephews, Filippo and Pietro, the group tried to expand into other areas beyond its stronghold in Bari Vecchia, having also committed thefts in the region of Basilicata. Furthermore, the clan also managed to infiltrate a company that manages internal roads in the Port of Bari, and according to the investigations, the Capriati aimed to infiltrate the economic fabric of the city. In 2018, the then head of the organization, Filippo Capriati, was arrested and sentenced to 16 years in prison. In September 2023, a "top-down and hierarchical" structure was dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organized Crime In Italy
Criminal organizations have been prevalent in Italy, especially in Southern Italy, the southern part of the country, for centuries and have affected the social and economic life of many Italian regions. There are major native mafia-like organizations that are heavily active in Italy. The most powerful of these organizations are the Camorra from Campania, the 'Ndrangheta from Calabria and the Cosa Nostra from Sicily. In addition to these three long-established organizations, there are also other significantly active organized crime syndicates in Italy that were founded in the 20th century: the Sacra Corona Unita, the Società foggiana and the Bari crime groups from Apulia; the Stidda from Sicily and the Sinti crime groups, such as the Casamonica clan, Casamonica, the Spada and the Fasciani clan from Lazio. Four other Italian organized crime groups, namely the Banda della Magliana of Rome, the Mala del Brenta of Veneto, and the Banda della Comasina and Francis Turatello, Turatell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mola Di Bari
Cathedral. Mola di Bari, commonly referred to simply as Mola ( Barese: ), is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Bari, in the region of Apulia, in Southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. In recent times, the town was best known for having primarily whitewashed buildings, however, growth, modern construction, and building design have changed the image significantly, particularly in the northern (and more modern) part of the town. Mola's city center is its main piazza, ''Piazza XX Settembre'' near the port and it also boasts a church (Chiesa Matrice, i.e. Mother Church) dating back to the 13th century. Bakeries in Mola are known for their focaccia food. Until the early 1990s, there were two privately owned public firewood ovens available to the inhabitants of Mola, one located on Via Nino Bixio, on the southern part of the town, and the other located on Via Pesce, on the opposite side of the main Piazza. These businesses served the local residents by providing a place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bisceglie
Bisceglie (; ) is a city and municipality of 55,251 inhabitants in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, in the Apulia region (''Italian'': ''Puglia''), in southern Italy. The municipality has the fourth highest population in the province"dati del bilancio demografico ufficiale ISTAT" Retrieved 11 September 2014 and fourteenth highest in the region. Retrieved 9 November 2011 The area has been inhabited since prehistoric times, with at least two caves showing evidence of occupation during the Neolithic. Its name probably derives from the Latin "vigilae", "watchtowers", suggesting the importance of its location on the Adriatic Sea during the time of the Roman Empire. The modern city finds its roots ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan City Of Bari
The Metropolitan City of Bari () is a metropolitan city in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Bari. It replaced the province of Bari and includes the city of Bari and some forty other ''comuni'' (: ''comune''). It was first created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and then established by the Law 56/2014. It has been operative since January 1, 2015. The Metropolitan City of Bari is headed by the Metropolitan Mayor (''sindaco metropolitano'') and by the Metropolitan Council (''consiglio metropolitano''). Since 1 January 2015 Antonio Decaro, as mayor of the capital city, has been the first mayor of the Metropolitan City. It has an area of and a population of 1,218,191 as of 2025. Geography Overlooking the Adriatic Sea in south-eastern Italy, the Province of Bari is located in the central part of Apulia and is bordered on the west by the provinces of Matera and Potenza, to the north by the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, and to the south b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strisciuglio Clan
The Strisciuglio clan is a criminal organization, originating from the city of Bari, having its stronghold mainly in the northern area of the city. The clan is considered the most powerful and bloodthirsty criminal organization operating in the Bari area. History The criminal organization was born at the late 1990s as an offshoot of another clan operating in Bari, the Capriati clan. From the beginning, the Strisciuglio clan was commanded by Domenico Strisciuglio, nicknamed "Mimmo la luna" who is in jail from 1999 in the 41 bis, 41 bis regime. In August 2003, Franco Strisciuglio, Mimmo's brother, was killed in an ambush outside his home, at the age of 33. At that time, Franco was considered the number two in the criminal group, after Mimmo, and consequently the most important free member of the clan. In 2021, Vincenzo Strisciuglio, known as ''Chachino'' , another brother of Domenico, was sentenced to 7 years and 4 months in prison. According to the investigators, due to the very r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellocco 'ndrina
The Bellocco 'ndrina is a clan of the 'Ndrangheta, a criminal and mafia-type organisation in Calabria, Italy. The 'ndrina is based in Rosarno, on the Tyrrhenian coast, and belongs to the '' locale'' of that town, particularly very active in drugs trafficking, arms trafficking, extortion and control of commercial and entrepreneurial activities. The pentito Antonino Belnome affirms that regarding the supply of drugs through the Port of Gioia Tauro, it was necessary to refer to the Mancusos, the Pesce or the Bellocco. The last took 30% of the goods in transit or in cash or drugs. Powerful 'Ndrangheta clan The Bellocco clan is one of the most powerful clans in the 'Ndrangheta. Activities range from drug trafficking, extortion and the control of nearly all commercial businesses in the Gioia Tauro plain. Jointly with the Pesce clan and in collaboration with the Piromalli-Molè 'ndrina they controlled the public contracts for the construction of the container terminal in the port of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bribery
Bribery is the corrupt solicitation, payment, or Offer and acceptance, acceptance of a private favor (a bribe) in exchange for official action. The purpose of a bribe is to influence the actions of the recipient, a person in charge of an official duty, to act contrary to their duty and the known rules of honesty and integrity. Gifts of money or other items of value that are otherwise available to everyone on an equivalent basis, and not for dishonest purposes, are not bribery. Offering a discount or a refund to all purchasers is a rebate (marketing), rebate and is not bribery. For example, it is legal for an employee of a Public Utilities Commission involved in electric rate regulation to accept a rebate on electric service that reduces their cost of electricity, when the rebate is available to other residential electric customers; however, giving a discount specifically to that employee to influence them to look favorably on the electric utility's rate increase applications would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bari
Bari ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia Regions of Italy, region, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is the first most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy. It is a port and university city as well as the city of Saint Nicholas. The city itself has a population of 315,473 inhabitants, and an area of over , while the urban area has 750,000 inhabitants. Its Metropolitan City of Bari, metropolitan province has 1.2 million inhabitants. Bari is made up of four different urban sections. To the north is the closely built old town on the peninsula between two modern harbours, with the Basilica di San Nicola, Basilica of Saint Nicholas, the Cathedral of San Sabino (1035–1171) and the Castello Normanno-Svevo (Bari), Norman-Swabian Castle, which is now also a major nightlife district. To the south is the Murat quarter (erected by Joachim Murat), the modern heart of the city, which is laid out on a rectangular grid-plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambling
Gambling (also known as betting or gaming) is the wagering of something of Value (economics), value ("the stakes") on a Event (probability theory), random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy (game theory), strategy are discounted. Gambling thus requires three elements to be present: consideration (an amount wagered), risk (chance), and a prize. The outcome of the wager is often immediate, such as a single roll of dice, a spin of a roulette wheel, or a horse crossing the finish line, but longer time frames are also common, allowing wagers on the outcome of a future sports contest or even an entire sports season. The term "gaming" in this context typically refers to instances in which the activity has been specifically permitted by law. The two words are not mutually exclusive; ''i.e.'', a "gaming" company offers (legal) "gambling" activities to the public and may be regulated by one of many gaming control boards, for example, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usury
Usury () is the practice of making loans that are seen as unfairly enriching the lender. The term may be used in a moral sense—condemning taking advantage of others' misfortunes—or in a legal sense, where an interest rate is charged in excess of the maximum rate that is allowed by law. A loan may be considered usurious because of excessive or abusive interest rates or other factors defined by the laws of a state. Someone who practices usury can be called a ''usurer'', but in modern colloquial English may be called a ''loan shark''. In many historical societies including ancient Christian, Jewish, and Islamic societies, usury meant the charging of interest of any kind, and was considered wrong, or was made illegal. During the Sutra period in India (7th to 2nd centuries BC) there were laws prohibiting the highest castes from practicing usury. Similar condemnations are found in religious texts from Buddhism, Judaism ('' ribbit'' in Hebrew), Christianity, and Islam (''rib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
