Lezioni di mafia

"The assembly hall of the Supreme Court of Cassation in Rome is the symbolical place chosen by Pietro Grasso for his "Lessons of the Mafia," a television project wanted to uncover the crimes and trafficking of one of the most powerful and bloodthirsty criminal organizations. His story, the book continues and deepens, delves into the world of Cosa Nostra explaining the structure of the dome, consensus building, business, politics and relations with the Church, the role of women, massacres, antimafia investigations. Each of the twelve lessons deals with a theme, providing basic information on the Mafia and showing how dangerous it is for the survival of the institutions and of democracy itself, the social and cultural system, so prevalent in our country, where one can find the ' intimidation, cronyism and resignation to live illegally"-- http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.ibs.it/code/9788820055387/grasso-pietro/lezioni-mafia-storia.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3D9788820055387%26biw%3D1456%26bih%3D754 (translation as viewed on June 16, 2014).