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Italy: Sting operations reveal Mafia involvement in renewable energy
2013-01-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Inside a midnight-blue BMW, a Sicilian entrepreneur delivered his pitch to the accused mafia boss. A new business was blowing into Italy that could spin wind and sunlight into gold, ensuring the future of the Earth as well as the Cosa Nostra: renewable energy. "Uncle Vincenzo,' implored the businessman, Angelo Salvatore, using a term of affection for the alleged head of Sicily's Gimbellina crime family, 79-year-old Vincenzo Funari. According to a transcript of their wiretapped conversation, Salvatore...
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