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OGGETTO: MAFIA SICILIANA scossa dalla POLIZIA E BUSINESS AZIONI sensibile ma non classificato - manico di conseguenza.
 ¶ 1. (SBU) Riassunto: Una serie di successi di applicazione del diritto in Sicilia, tra cui l'arresto di un boss mafioso importanti nel mese di novembre e un raid che compensate 70 indagati il 4 dicembre, ha Cosa Nostra trattura. I proprietari delle aziende hanno sempre più uniti, rifiutandosi di pagare il pizzo, che è stata tradizionalmente una delle principali fonti di reddito mafia. Il successo nella lotta alla criminalità organizzata in Sicilia si trova in netto contrasto con la generale mancanza di esso in altre regioni del sud Italia. Fine riassunto.
 ¶ 2. (U) una serie di successi applicazione della legge, combinato con una ribellione da parte delle imprese a fronte del pagamento del pizzo, ha Cosa Nostra sulla difensiva. L'ultima serie di vittorie governo ha cominciato con l'arresto 5 novembre nei pressi di Palermo del potente boss mafioso Salvatore Lo Piccolo e tre dei suoi collaboratori. La polizia crede che Lo Piccolo aveva rilevato l'alberino superiore a Cosa Nostra dopo l'arresto aprile 2006, di Bernardo Provenzano, "il boss di tutti i boss". La polizia e carabinieri seguiti da un raid congiunto il 3 dicembre in casa a Gela (un mafioso influenzato pesantemente sulla città costa meridionale dell'isola il) di un altro boss locale, Daniele Emmanuello. Emmanuello, ricercato per omicidio e il racket, è stato colpito a morte dalla polizia mentre cercava di fuggire. Il giorno dopo, i carabinieri arrestato 70 persone, tra cui presunti boss Vincenzo Santapaola, a Catania. Il padre di Santapaola, Benedetto, sta scontando una condanna a vita ed è considerato uno dei più temuti capi della mafia siciliana.
 ¶ 3. (U) I proprietari delle aziende sono stati incoraggiati dalla stringa continua di vittorie applicazione della legge, con nuovi e più riferito, rifiutando di pagare il denaro dell'estorsione (noto in gergo italiano come il "pizzo"), in particolare dopo l'arresto di Provenzano. Secondo il recente rapporto annuale rilasciato dal National Traders Association (Conferescenti), fino al 80 per cento delle imprese di Palermo e Catania pagato il pizzo lo scorso anno, e il costo delle estorsioni in Sicilia è più alto di qualsiasi altra parte del paese . Diverse le associazioni anti-racket sono stati formati, a quanto pare con buoni risultati. La più importante è "Addio pizzo" ("Addio, Pizzo"), costituita nel 2004, che conta 210 commercianti e imprenditori come soci e oltre 9.000 consumatori impegna a comprare solo nei negozi appartenenti al pizzo-free "lista". polizia di Palermo e il prefetto hanno deciso di guardare in modo discreto, dopo i negozi aderenti. "Addio pizzo" ha organizzato i programmi in più di 90 scuole e istituti di formazione, con la partecipazione dei pubblici ministeri e polizia, e anche condotto un pizzo-free "festival" in una delle principali piazze di Palermo nel maggio 2006. (Uno dei leader dell'associazione è stato selezionato per un programma internazionale Visitor Dipartimento di Stato nel 2008, che si concentrerà su sensibilizzare l'opinione pubblica dello Stato di diritto e di sostegno alle ONG che lottano contro la criminalità organizzata.)
 ¶ 4. (U) Nel settembre di quest'anno, il ramo siciliano degli industriali 'la federazione (Confindustria) ha votato all'unanimità di espellere uno dei suoi membri che continuano a pagare la tassa mafiosa. Il voto è venuto a sostegno di Andrea Vecchio, un noto proprietario di un'impresa edile che ha detto la Cosa Nostra non avrebbe più pagare. Da quando ha assunto questa decisione coraggiosa, che ha ricevuto quattro minacce di morte e due dei suoi cantieri sono stati sabotati. Vecchio e la sua famiglia vivono oggi sotto la protezione della polizia.
 ¶ 5. (U), 11 novembre, quaranta imprenditori siciliani ha lanciato un nuovo anti-pizzo "associazione" per assistere gli imprenditori che rifiutano di pagare il denaro dell'estorsione. Il gruppo si chiama "Libero Futuro", che traduce "Free Future", ma rende anche omaggio a Libero Grassi, imprenditore siciliano che è stato assassinato nel 1991 per essersi rifiutato di pagare il "pizzo". In risposta alla organizzazione della fondazione, Palermo sindaco Diego Cammarata ha promesso 50.000 € per aiutare i commercianti che sono stati vittime di estorsione. L'associazione inaugurazione hanno partecipato i leader politici nazionali, infatti, l'auditorium era pieno, mentre quando il lancio di un simile è stato tentato due anni fa, solo circa 30 persone si presentarono.
 ¶ 6. (U) Nella notte tra il 26 novembre gli uffici di Confindustria in Sicilia città centrale di Caltanissetta sono stati suddivisi in, e dischi per computer contenente informazioni riservate di imprenditori sostenere una campagna contro il pagamento del pizzo sono stati rubati. I leader di Confindustria immediatamente accusato la mafia e dichiarato che non sarebbe stato intimidito da tale atto.
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SUBJECT: SICILIAN MAFIA REELING FROM POLICE AND BUSINESS ACTIONS
Sensitive but unclassified - handle accordingly.
¶1. (SBU) Summary: A series of law enforcement successes in
Sicily, including the arrest of a major mafia boss in November
and a raid that netted 70 suspects on December 4, has the Cosa
Nostra reeling. Business owners have increasingly banded
together, refusing to pay the protection money that has
traditionally been a major source of mafia income. The success
in combating organized crime in Sicily stands in stark contrast
to the general lack thereof in other regions of southern Italy.
End summary.
¶2. (U) A string of law enforcement successes, combined with a
rebellion by businesses against the payment of protection money,
has the Cosa Nostra on the defensive. The latest round of
government victories started with the November 5 arrest near
Palermo of powerful Mafia boss Salvatore Lo Piccolo and three of
his associates. Police believed that Lo Piccolo had taken over
the top post in the Cosa Nostra after the April 2006 arrest of
Bernardo Provenzano, "the boss of all bosses." The police and
Carabinieri followed up with a joint raid on December 3 on the
home in Gela (a heavily mafia-influenced town on the island's
southern coast) of another local boss, Daniele Emmanuello.
Emmanuello, wanted for murder and racketeering, was shot to
death by police as he tried to flee. The next day, the
Carabinieri detained 70 people, including alleged mob boss
Vincenzo Santapaola, in Catania. Santapaola's father,
Benedetto, is serving a life sentence and is considered one of
the Sicilian mafia's most feared leaders.
¶3. (U) Business owners have been emboldened by the continuing
string of law enforcement victories, with more and more
reportedly refusing to pay extortion money (known in Italian
slang as the "pizzo"), particularly since Provenzano's arrest.
According to the recent annual report issued by the National
Traders Association (Conferescenti), up to 80 percent of
businesses in Palermo and Catania paid protection money in the
past year, and the cost of extortion is higher in Sicily than
any other part of the country. Several anti-racket associations
have been formed, reportedly with good results. The most
prominent is "Addio pizzo" ("Goodbye, pizzo"), formed in 2004,
which counts 210 traders and entrepreneurs as members and over
9,000 consumers committed to buy only at shops belonging to the
"pizzo-free" list. Palermo police and the prefect have agreed
to discreetly look after the member shops. "Addio pizzo" has
organized programs in more than 90 schools and educational
institutes, with the participation of prosecutors and police,
and also conducted a "pizzo-free" festival in one of Palermo's
main plazas in May 2006. (One of the association's leaders has
been selected for a State Department International Visitor
program in 2008, which will focus on awakening public opinion to
rule of law and supporting NGOs who fight organized crime.)
¶4. (U) In September of this year, the Sicilian branch of the
industrialists' federation (Confindustria) voted unanimously to
expel any of its members who continue to pay the Mafia's tax.
The vote came in support of Andrea Vecchio, a well-known
construction company owner who told the Cosa Nostra he would no
longer pay. Since taking this bold decision, he has received
four death threats and two of his building sites have been
sabotaged. Vecchio and his family are now living under police
protection.
¶5. (U) On November 11, forty Sicilian business owners launched
a new "anti-pizzo" association to assist entrepreneurs who
refuse to pay extortion money. The group is called "Libero
Futuro," which translates "Free Future," but also pays homage to
Libero Grassi, a Sicilian businessman who was murdered in 1991
for refusing to pay the "pizzo." In response to the
organization's founding, Palermo mayor Diego Cammarata promised
50,000 euros to assist merchants who have been victims of
extortion. The association's inauguration was attended by
national political leaders; in fact, the auditorium was packed,
whereas when a similar launch was attempted two years ago, only
around 30 people showed up.
¶6. (U) During the night of November 26, the offices of
Confindustria in the central Sicilian city of Caltanissetta were
broken into, and computer disks containing confidential details
of business owners backing a campaign against the payment of
protection money were stolen. Confindustria leaders immediately
blamed the Mafia and declared that they would not be intimidated
by the act.
¶7. (SBU) Comment: The stunning law enforcement successes and a
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vocal public campaign against extortion have left the Cosa
Nostra with its back to the wall. Most of the organization's
top-level bosses have been captured, but national anti-Mafia
prosecutor Piero Grasso has stated that he has no intention of
declaring the war over. According to Grasso, total victory
requires a "cultural revolution," in addition to arrests.
Unfortunately, the success in Sicily stands in stark contrast to
the rest of southern Italy, where significantly less progress
has been made in fighting the Camorra in Campania and the
'Ndrangheta in Calabria (although there has been good success
combating the Sacra Corona Unita in Puglia). Our local contacts
in the anti-mafia prosecutor's office tell us that it is hard to
apply the Sicilian model to these regions because these other
groups consist of clans, many of which compete with each other,
while the Cosa Nostra has more of a pyramid structure.
Nonetheless, the disparity between the success in combating the
Sicilian mafia and the lack thereof elsewhere is striking.
HALLIBURTON
 ¶ 7. (SBU) Commento: L'incredibile contrasto successi e una Napoli 00.000.129 002 di 002 pubblico vocale campagna contro l'estorsione hanno lasciato la Cosa Nostra con le spalle al muro. La maggior parte di boss-livello dell'organizzazione il top sono stati catturati, ma nazionali anti-mafia procuratore Piero Grasso ha dichiarato che lui non ha alcuna intenzione di dichiarare finita la guerra. Secondo Grasso, la vittoria totale richiede una "rivoluzione culturale", oltre ad arresti. Purtroppo, il successo in Sicilia è in netto contrasto con il resto del sud Italia, dove meno progresso significativo è stato fatto nella lotta contro la camorra in Campania e la 'ndrangheta in Calabria (anche se c'è stata un buon successo la lotta contro la Sacra Corona Unita in Puglia ). I nostri contatti locali anti mafia procuratore-office la ci dicono che è difficile applicare il modello siciliano di queste regioni, perché questi altri gruppi costituiti da clan, molti dei quali in concorrenza tra loro, mentre Cosa Nostra ha più di una struttura piramidale . Tuttavia, la disparità tra il successo nella lotta contro la mafia siciliana e la sua mancanza è altrove sorprendente. HALLIBURTON
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KCRM IT
SUBJECT: SICILIAN MAFIA REELING FROM POLICE AND BUSINESS ACTIONS
Sensitive but unclassified - handle accordingly.
¶1. (SBU) Summary: A series of law enforcement successes in
Sicily, including the arrest of a major mafia boss in November
and a raid that netted 70 suspects on December 4, has the Cosa
Nostra reeling. Business owners have increasingly banded
together, refusing to pay the protection money that has
traditionally been a major source of mafia income. The success
in combating organized crime in Sicily stands in stark contrast
to the general lack thereof in other regions of southern Italy.
End summary.
¶2. (U) A string of law enforcement successes, combined with a
rebellion by businesses against the payment of protection money,
has the Cosa Nostra on the defensive. The latest round of
government victories started with the November 5 arrest near
Palermo of powerful Mafia boss Salvatore Lo Piccolo and three of
his associates. Police believed that Lo Piccolo had taken over
the top post in the Cosa Nostra after the April 2006 arrest of
Bernardo Provenzano, "the boss of all bosses." The police and
Carabinieri followed up with a joint raid on December 3 on the
home in Gela (a heavily mafia-influenced town on the island's
southern coast) of another local boss, Daniele Emmanuello.
Emmanuello, wanted for murder and racketeering, was shot to
death by police as he tried to flee. The next day, the
Carabinieri detained 70 people, including alleged mob boss
Vincenzo Santapaola, in Catania. Santapaola's father,
Benedetto, is serving a life sentence and is considered one of
the Sicilian mafia's most feared leaders.
¶3. (U) Business owners have been emboldened by the continuing
string of law enforcement victories, with more and more
reportedly refusing to pay extortion money (known in Italian
slang as the "pizzo"), particularly since Provenzano's arrest.
According to the recent annual report issued by the National
Traders Association (Conferescenti), up to 80 percent of
businesses in Palermo and Catania paid protection money in the
past year, and the cost of extortion is higher in Sicily than
any other part of the country. Several anti-racket associations
have been formed, reportedly with good results. The most
prominent is "Addio pizzo" ("Goodbye, pizzo"), formed in 2004,
which counts 210 traders and entrepreneurs as members and over
9,000 consumers committed to buy only at shops belonging to the
"pizzo-free" list. Palermo police and the prefect have agreed
to discreetly look after the member shops. "Addio pizzo" has
organized programs in more than 90 schools and educational
institutes, with the participation of prosecutors and police,
and also conducted a "pizzo-free" festival in one of Palermo's
main plazas in May 2006. (One of the association's leaders has
been selected for a State Department International Visitor
program in 2008, which will focus on awakening public opinion to
rule of law and supporting NGOs who fight organized crime.)
¶4. (U) In September of this year, the Sicilian branch of the
industrialists' federation (Confindustria) voted unanimously to
expel any of its members who continue to pay the Mafia's tax.
The vote came in support of Andrea Vecchio, a well-known
construction company owner who told the Cosa Nostra he would no
longer pay. Since taking this bold decision, he has received
four death threats and two of his building sites have been
sabotaged. Vecchio and his family are now living under police
protection.
¶5. (U) On November 11, forty Sicilian business owners launched
a new "anti-pizzo" association to assist entrepreneurs who
refuse to pay extortion money. The group is called "Libero
Futuro," which translates "Free Future," but also pays homage to
Libero Grassi, a Sicilian businessman who was murdered in 1991
for refusing to pay the "pizzo." In response to the
organization's founding, Palermo mayor Diego Cammarata promised
50,000 euros to assist merchants who have been victims of
extortion. The association's inauguration was attended by
national political leaders; in fact, the auditorium was packed,
whereas when a similar launch was attempted two years ago, only
around 30 people showed up.
¶6. (U) During the night of November 26, the offices of
Confindustria in the central Sicilian city of Caltanissetta were
broken into, and computer disks containing confidential details
of business owners backing a campaign against the payment of
protection money were stolen. Confindustria leaders immediately
blamed the Mafia and declared that they would not be intimidated
by the act.
¶7. (SBU) Comment: The stunning law enforcement successes and a
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vocal public campaign against extortion have left the Cosa
Nostra with its back to the wall. Most of the organization's
top-level bosses have been captured, but national anti-Mafia
prosecutor Piero Grasso has stated that he has no intention of
declaring the war over. According to Grasso, total victory
requires a "cultural revolution," in addition to arrests.
Unfortunately, the success in Sicily stands in stark contrast to
the rest of southern Italy, where significantly less progress
has been made in fighting the Camorra in Campania and the
'Ndrangheta in Calabria (although there has been good success
combating the Sacra Corona Unita in Puglia). Our local contacts
in the anti-mafia prosecutor's office tell us that it is hard to
apply the Sicilian model to these regions because these other
groups consist of clans, many of which compete with each other,
while the Cosa Nostra has more of a pyramid structure.
Nonetheless, the disparity between the success in combating the
Sicilian mafia and the lack thereof elsewhere is striking.
HALLIBURTON
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