Saturday, March 21, 2009

Good thing we didn't go antique shopping

Tens of thousand protest in Naples anti-mafia march
More than 100,000 people took to the streets of Naples on Saturday in one of the biggest anti-mafia rallies in recent years. They marched to commemorate the victims of organised crime and demand an end to its stranglehold on southern Italy. Family members of victims led the march, many carrying photos of the deceased. Four mafia groups in Italy are together held responsible for 900 deaths in recent decades. Investigative journalist Roberto Saviano, who wrote the Mafia expose “Gomorrah” and faces a death threat from the Camorra as a result - made a surprise appearance at the protest.

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