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Rita Atria
Rita Atria (; September 4, 1974 − July 26, 1992) was a witness and key collaborator in a major Sicilian Mafia, Mafia investigation in Sicily. She committed suicide in July 1992, a week after Cosa Nostra killed prosecutor Paolo Borsellino, with whom she had been working. Family background Rita was born into a Mafia family in Partanna, Sicily. In 1985, at the age of 11, she lost her father, Vito, a shepherd, who was shot dead by a hit man from a rival Mafia family. Her brother, Nicola, vowed to avenge his father and probably knew the identity of the person who had killed him.Longrigg, Clare"Where talking is met with deadly silence" ''The Independent,'' September 21, 1992. Accessed July 19, 2014. After her father's death, Rita became closer to her brother and his wife, Piera Aiello. Since her brother was also a Mafioso, Rita was privy to detailed information on the doings of the Mafia in Partanna. At some point, she also dated a boy who also had a role in the criminal underworld.St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partanna
Partanna is a town and ''comune'' in province of Trapani, south-western Sicily, southern Italy. It is south-east of Trapani Trapani ( ; ; ) is a city and municipality (''comune'') with 54,887 inhabitants, on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an important fishing port and the mai .... References External links Official website Municipalities of the Province of Trapani {{Sicily-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sicilian Girl
''The Sicilian Girl'' () is a 2008 Italian film directed by Marco Amenta. The film is inspired by the story of Rita Atria, a key witness in a major Mafia investigation in Sicily. Synopsis Beginning in 1985 in Balata, Sicily, the eleven-year-old Rita Mancuso witnessed the assassination of her beloved father Don Michele by a rival Mafia family. Six years later, her brother is killed by the Mafia as well. Determined to avenge the murders, she decides to break the code of silence and goes to an anti-Mafia prosecutor in Palermo with her detailed diaries to be used as evidence. Being forced to flee her village, she is put into witness protection and transferred to a safe house in Rome. Reception For ''The Sicilian Girl'', Amenta received a David di Donatello nomination for Best New Director. According to a ''New York Times'' movie review, the film is hobbled by sluggish direction by Amenta, who previously addressed Atria’s story in his 1997 documentary, ''One Girl Against the Mafia: D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of The Sicilian Mafia
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Antimafia
The Antimafia Commission () is a bicameral commission of the Italian Parliament, composed of members from the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic (Italy), Senate of the Republic. The first commission, formed in 1963, was established as a body of inquiry tasked with investigating the "phenomenon of the [Sicilian] Sicilian Mafia, Mafia". Subsequent commissions expanded their scope to investigate all "organized crime of the Mafia type", which included other major criminal organizations in Italy, such as the Camorra, the 'Ndrangheta, and the Sacra Corona Unita. The Antimafia Commission's goal is to study the phenomenon of organized crime in all its forms and to measure the adequacy of existing anti-crime measures, legislative and administrative, according to their results. The commission has judicial powers in that it may instruct the judicial police to carry out investigations. It can ask for copies of court proceedings, and is entitled to request any form of collaborat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From The Province Of Trapani
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1992 Deaths
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1992 Suicides
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1974 Births
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, the Greek junta's collapse paves the way for the establishment of a parliamentary republic and Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the hosts won the championship title, as well as '' The Rumble in the Jungle'', a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Stille
Alexander Stille (born January 1, 1957, in New York City) is an American author and journalist. Early life and education He is the son of Elizabeth and Michael U. Stille. Michael was a Russian-born journalist who was the longtime American correspondent for and later chief editor of Milan's Corriere della Sera newspaper. Alexander graduated from Yale and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Career Works Stille has written several books and numerous articles about Italy's history, culture, and politics, and the legacy of the Mafia. His writing has appeared in publications including the ''New York Times'', ''La Repubblica'', ''The New Yorker'', ''The New York Review of Books'', '' The New York Times Magazine'', the '' Atlantic Monthly'', ''The New Republic'', '' The Correspondent'', '' U.S. News & World Report'', ''The Boston Globe'', and the '' Toronto Globe and Mail''. Stille's first book, ''Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Victims Of The Sicilian Mafia
This list of victims of the Sicilian Mafia includes people who have been killed by the Sicilian Mafia while opposing its rule. It does not include people killed in internal conflicts of the Mafia itself. 1890s 1893 *February 1 – Emanuele Notarbartolo, former mayor of Palermo (1873–1876) and director of the Banco di Sicilia. He wanted to "clean" the management of the bank, damaging the Mafia political power. 1900s 1905 *October 14 – Luciano Nicoletti, peasant, militant of the Fasci Siciliani movement, engaged in struggles against large estates. He was 54 years old when he died. 1906 *January 13 – Andrea Orlando, doctor, city councilor. He supported the peasants in the struggles for "collective tenancy". 1909 *March 12 – Joseph Petrosino, a New York City police officer on a mission in Palermo to gather information from local police files to help deport Italian gangsters from New York as illegal immigrants. 1910s 1911 *May 16 – Lorenzo Panepinto, peasant leader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronica D'Agostino
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Marco Amenta
Marco Amenta (Palermo, 11 August 1970) is an Italian director, producer, and photojournalist. Biography After attending the Liceo Classico Umberto I in Palermo, Amenta started his career at ''Il Giornale di Sicilia'' as a photojournalist. In 1992 he moved to Paris where he obtained the Degree in Cinematography from the University Paris 8 and where worked for agencies and magazines, making many short films in film. During the war in ex-Yugoslavia he filmed the documentary ''Born in Bosnia'' for French TV, presented at the festival "Palermocinema" and another documentary in Cuba, ''Lettre de Cuba'', winner of the French "Rouletabille" for young filmmakers. In 1995 he produced and directed the documentary film ''Diary of a Sicilian Rebel'', official selection (out of competition) at the "54th Venice Film Festival." The film won 21 international awards, including 1st prize International Festival "50th Prix Italia" - 1st prize "Medianet Award" International Festival of Monaco di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
