The Era of the 'Sorcio' Is over. The Drug Dealing Square of the San Basilio Newsstand Is No More

The final word has been written. After an initial wave of arrests, the Carabinieri and the district anti-mafia directorate of the Rome prosecutor's office have put handcuffs on the wrists of other faithful collaborators of 'Sorcio', aka Maurizio Valeri and father of Danilo Valeri, kidnapped on December 23...

A complex operation by the State Police has dealt a heavy blow to drug trafficking in the Sicilian capital. The Judge for Preliminary Investigations of Palermo has issued precautionary measures against twenty-two individuals, held to be responsible in various capacities for association aimed at drug trafficking and drug dealing. Pre-trial detention in prison has been ordered for seventeen of the suspects, while house arrest has been ordered for …