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PIO LA TORRE: THE CORNERSTONE OF THE ANTIMAFIA SYSTEM
Pio La Torre was an Italian politician and trade unionist who became a symbol of the fight against the mafia.

Lucas Manjon


LAURA BONAPARTE AND THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME
The recovery of people with drug addiction issues is the key policy in the fight against organized crime.

Lucas Manjon


DON PEPPE DIANA: FOR THE LOVE OF THE PEOPLE
Don Giuseppe "Peppe" Diana was an Italian priest who dedicated his life to the fight against the Camorra, the Neapolitan mafia.

Lucas Manjon


GIOVANNI FALCONE: THE ANTI-MAFIA SCIENTIST
Pioneer in complex investigations such as drug trafficking, arms trafficking, and corruption through the pursuit of money.

Lucas Manjon


HISTORY AND TOOLS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE MAFIA
So far, the State has failed to provide effective—let alone innovative—responses to this phenomenon. In Italy, however, with the support of organized civil society and broad sectors of the political and judicial systems, efforts have been underway for nearly seventy years to develop a series of logical, modern, and interconnected tools to confront mafia organizations and to restore key democratic values that are eroded by mafia activity—chief among them, the public’s trust in

Lucas Manjon


THE THIN RED LINE
From Drug Cartels to Criminal Organizations. The Changing Landscape in Rosario Echoes What Happened in Sicily.

Lucas Manjon


LOW-RANK SOLDIER
Story about a kid (or not) from Greater Rosario.

Florencia Sequeira


PAOLO BORSELLINO: THE ANTIMAFIA EXAMPLE
Paolo Borsellino was an Italian magistrate who, together with his friend and colleague Giovanni Falcone, led numerous prosecutions against the Sicilian mafia, including the "Maxiprocesso di Palermo" in 1986. Here is part of his story.

Lucas Manjon


PEPPINO IMPASTATO: THE ANTI-MAFIA CULTURE
Giuseppe "Peppino" Impastato es un militante socialista italiano que enfrentó a la mafia en la localidad de Cinisi, en la isla de Sicilia. Todavía hoy es un referente de la lucha y de la cultura contra la mafia. Con herramientas como el arte, la musica y la poesia desarrollo parte de la cultura antimafia. Aquí parte de su historia.

Lucas Manjon


LEA GAROFALO: THE REVOLUTION OF THE MOTHERS
Lea Garofalo was one of the first women who tirelessly sought to break away from the fate that her family and her town had laid out for her. The deaths and the birth of her daughter would change her life forever and give her a new purpose: to save herself in order to save her daughter. Here is part of her story.

Lucas Manjon & Giulia Baruzzo


RITA ATRIA: THE ANTI-MAFIA GIRL
Born into a Sicilian mafia family in the 1970s, Rita Atria defied the fate that Cosa Nostra had mapped out for her simply because she was a woman. Here is part of her story.

Lucas Manjon & Giulia Baruzzo


ROSSELLA CASINI: THE FACE OF HISTORY
The story of Rossella Casini is a story of women—of many women: her own story, that of her mother, her friends, and her university classmates; also that of her sister-in-law and of those who decided her fate. Here is part of her story.

Lucas Manjon & Giulia Baruzzo


CHICO MENDES: SON OF THE RAINFOREST, BASTARD CHILD OF PROGRESS
The son of a rubber tapper in the Amazon rainforest, he began working before the age of ten. He became a representative of the workers, whom he rallied to the cause of environmental protection, promoting the idea that progress could be achieved in a balanced and sustainable way. He stood up to the military government, to landowners, and to criminals. Here is part of his story.

Lucas Manjon
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