mafia

Images of the destroyed highway

 

Isabella Castelli, a strategic planner for a web agency, remembers the watching the news about the murder of judge Giovanni Falconi by the mafia in Sicily in 1992.

Storyteller: Isabella Castelli

Date of Story: 23 May, 1992
Location of Story: Turin, Italy
Location: Turin, Italy
Date: 18 February, 2016

This post is part of a collaboration with author Davide Rubini to collect the stories of Italy in the aftermath of the “Bribesville” (Tangentopoli) scandals of the 1990s. Find out more about Rubini’s new novel,  il fischio finale (The Final Blow).  

Tangentopoli shaped my political thinking

 
International organization director Massimo Vettori lists three key events during the Tangentopoli period in 1990s Italy shaped his political ideas: the assasination of Falcone, the downfall of Craxi, and the “decreto salvaladri” during the 1994 World Cup.

Storyteller: Massimo Vettori

Date of Story: 1993; 23 May, 1992- 13 July 1994
Location of Story: Ascoli Piceno, Italy
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Date: 26 February, 2016

This post is part of a collaboration with author Davide Rubini to collect the stories of Italy in the aftermath of the “Bribesville” (Tangentopoli) scandals of the 1990s. Find out more about Rubini’s new novel,  il fischio finale (The Final Blow).  

Disappointing Palermo’s honest citizens

 
Lawyer Riccardo La Cognata recounts the events after reformist judge Giovanni Falcone was murdered in Sicily by the Mafia, how politicians wept at his funeral only to return to their bad behavior.

Storyteller: Riccardo La Cognata

Date of Story: 23 May, 1992
Location of Story: Palermo, Italy
Location: Rome, Italy
Date: 2 February, 2016

This post is part of a collaboration with author Davide Rubini to collect the stories of Italy in the aftermath of the “Bribesville” (Tangentopoli) scandals of the 1990s. Find out more about Rubini’s new novel,  il fischio finale (The Final Blow).  

Why couldn’t they protect Borsellino?

 
Scientist Mario Alemi argues that the state should have done more to protect judge Paolo Borsellino, who was assassinated 57 days after his colleague was murdered elsewhere in Sicily.

Storyteller:Mario Alemi

Date of Story: 19 July, 1992
Location of Story: Palermo, Italy
Location: London, UK
Date: 11 February, 2016

This post is part of a collaboration with author Davide Rubini to collect the stories of Italy in the aftermath of the “Bribesville” (Tangentopoli) scandals of the 1990s. Find out more about Rubini’s new novel,  il fischio finale (The Final Blow).  

Italian cultural relativism and its consequences

 
Lawyer Riccardo La Cognata reflects on the consequences of cultural relativism, a classical Italian mental attitude evidenced during Tangentopoli later Calciopoli in 1990s Italy.

Storyteller: Riccardo La Cognata

Date of Story: 23 May, 1992
Location of Story: Palermo, Italy
Location: Rome, Italy
Date: 2 February, 2016

This post is part of a collaboration with author Davide Rubini to collect the stories of Italy in the aftermath of the “Bribesville” (Tangentopoli) scandals of the 1990s. Find out more about Rubini’s new novel,  il fischio finale (The Final Blow).  

“I was convinced there had to be another way”

 
Activist Fabrizio Damiani describes how the events of the early 1990s changed his life, as he came into adulthood and found new engagement in politics.

Storyteller: Fabrizio Damiani

Date of Story: 1991-1994
Location of Story: Rome, Italy
Location: Rome, Italy
Date: 10 February, 2016

This post is part of a collaboration with author Davide Rubini to collect the stories of Italy in the aftermath of the “Bribesville” (Tangentopoli) scandals of the 1990s. Find out more about Rubini’s new novel,  il fischio finale (The Final Blow).  

“If they can kill him, there is no hope”

 

Academic advisor Genny Chiarandon remembers her mother’s emotional reaction to the murder of Sicilian judge and prosecuting magistrate Giovanni Falcone by the mafia in 1992.  She remembers comparing Falcone to the character Achilles–her class was reading Homer at the time–who was also aware he was fated for a premature death.

Storyteller: Genny Chiarandon

Date of Story: May 1992
Location of Story: Italy
Location: Vienna, Austria
Date: 31 January, 2016

This post is part of a collaboration with author Davide Rubini to collect the stories of Italy in the aftermath of the “Bribesville” (Tangentopoli) scandals of the 1990s. Find out more about Rubini’s new novel,  il fischio finale (The Final Blow).