TRAVEL NEWS
Friday, June 22, 2007
Sicily's mafia lands turned over to tourism
Confiscated mafia land in Sicily has been turned over to agrotourism as the island slowly comes to terms with its tumultuous past.
timesonline.co.uk
timesonline.co.uk
Labels: agrotourism, mafia, Sicily
Friday, May 25, 2007
Garbage crisis overwhelms Italy's south
Bad administration, shady political deals and the interference of the Mafia are at the heart of southern Italy's illegal waste racket.
theage.com.au
theage.com.au
Friday, March 23, 2007
Fears that Mafia is behind collapse of historic column in Pompeii
Italian officials fear that the mafia has destroyed a column of the House of Obellio Firmo, an important part of Pompeii's history and major tourist attraction, in a bid to intimidate them.
independent.co.uk
independent.co.uk
Labels: House of Obellio Firmo, mafia, Pompeii
