Word: mafioso
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...electoral lists unknown candidates who would later be placed under investigation for conspiring with the Mafia. All this while the center-right (led by Silvio Berlusconi) watched its ally, the governor of Sicily, celebrate as a victory a recent court decision that determined he was not a mafioso, even while finding that he had done favors for a noted Mob boss. In this febrile environment, Berlusconi is again seeking the Prime Minister's office, while Prodi has been replaced as the center-left candidate by former Rome mayor Walter Veltroni. This will be the first election for Veltroni's Democratic...
...once iconic, used to have international legitimacy and sympathy in its fight against Colombia's epic inequality; but that was before it became widely branded as a "narco-guerrilla" group. Perhaps panicked by its dark fortunes of late, the FARC has been trying in recent months to reverse its mafioso image by releasing some of its higher-profile hostages - but not the three U.S. defense contractors it abducted in 2003 after their plane crashed in southern Colombia. Those men - Keith Stansell, Thomas Howes and Marc Gonsalves - completed five years in FARC captivity last month. Martin Sombra, the FARC veteran...
Open ambition is a dangerous thing for a mafioso. For years, Salvatore Lo Piccolo managed to mask his highest aspirations as he rose from loyal foot soldier to the upper reaches of the Mafia hierarchy. The 65-year-old Palermo native always seemed to know how to wind up on the winning side of internal feuds, a gift that eventually made him supreme boss in the Sicilian capital. But Lo Piccolo wanted more: control over the entire island of Sicily, expanded cooperation with U.S. mobsters, even the title of capo dei capi - the boss of bosses...
...real-life run-in with police. After crashing his silver Cadillac Escalade into two parked vehicles in Pacific Palisades, Calif., Liotta, 52, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. He posted $15,000 bail, then was released and ordered to appear in court March 19. The movie mafioso's arrest is just the latest DUI among the rich and famous: Nicole Richie, Saturday Night Live's Tracy Morgan, Haley Joel Osment and Mel Gibson were all charged after teetering roadside recently. Gang, when you can afford a limo, party night's the time...
...consumers to shop at them. With unemployment in Sicily at 16%, the Mafia must be defeated not just for moral, but also economic reasons, says Francesco Bertolino, 28, who owns a small ceramic-restoration business. And his region's President? "Look," says Bertolino. "I don't think Cuffaro is mafioso - he's not the one demanding the pizzo. But he represents the face of so many Sicilians who silently accept this criminal system." Cuffaro would surely dispute Bertolino's description, but he'd doubtless kiss him just the same...