From Wild Italy
I had to close the blog, true, but I dedicate this post to troll Luciano61, papiminkia affectionate, upset a lot of blogs and blogging in particular harasser of women ..
As I think you know everyone, September 17 - after the summer break - has taken up the appeal process to Marcello Dell'Utri (former secretary and architect of Berlusconi's Forza Italy) convicted in first instance to 9 years and 6 months' imprisonment for complicity with the Mafia.
Among other convictions, the current Senator of the PDL, it also includes one for false invoices and tax fraud (2 years and 3 months. The circumstances will explain them to you later) and another 2 years for attempted extortion (declassified , after "aggravated threat" and therefore barred).
But who really is this man? To answer this question, I can not tell you his story, which - as you'll see later - is intertwined with our Premier.
Born in Palermo on 11 September 1941, he moved - his early twenties - to Milan to study Law at the University. There the miracle happens: he meets Silvio Berlusconi (who strangely he studied law) and is now at first sight. Marcello becomes Secretary of Berlusconi in 1965
leave Milan to go to Rome to head the sports center Elis (owned by Opus Dei). Two years later he moved to Palermo to perform the same task, this time connected Bacigalupo Athletic Club. And it is there that claims to have met Dell'Utri Vittorio Mangano (Young Mafia turf) and Gaetano China (another of the same stack that - as a hedge - ran a laundry in middle of Palermo and was related to the major heads Mafia the time). Dell'Utri Mangano said he noticed "because it drew the lines of the field with chalk" (and I have told you everything!)
In 1970, two or three times a job change (in banking) from a mere employee of the Savings Bank of the Sicilian province, the Directorate General of Sicilcassa.
Four years later, Berlusconi - who had just bought Villa Casati Stampa (Villa Arcore) at a nominal price (500 million considering all the paintings of immense value and land that surround it) to an orphan minor, Annamaria Casati Stampa whose parents were killed in a car accident and who had assigned a mentor (Cesare Previti) Dell'Utri asked to quit his job and go back to being his secretary. Marcello Silvio leaves everything and follows, in this new adventure.
First of all, when you buy a new house, who hired? The answer self-evident, it would be: electricians, carpenters, upholsterers, no? Instead, Berlusconi's right hand, makes up her mind to want to take just one factor to keep at bay the horses runaway.
then start your selections. Throughout Brianza (mainly agricultural area) there is one person who wants to work for Berlusconi. Good Marcello wanders so desperately between regions of the peninsula, until the lands in his native Sicily and Palermo finally found someone who wants to assume this position is Vittorio Mangano, already arrested several times and that in those years (according to As said by Paolo Borsellino in one of his last interviews) used to send dog or horse heads chopped off (style "The Godfather") to primary clinics that did not pay protection money. Dell'Utri claimed later not to be aware of what I have just said.
Berlusconi will say you chose it after seeing a group of candidates (I'd imagine the other, as could be ...). The assumption, however - according to the Court of Palermo who condemned Dell'Utri mafia (the sentence I mentioned at the beginning) - was made operational after a summit, along with "Abbott and Costello, were Bonta and even the boss Teresi.
Mangano, however, we can not say that it is just one factor: Berlusconi leads to employment, accompanies her children to school, have dinner with him and his family - who proceeded to take Sicily. In short it is a sort of guard body, sent from La Cosa Nostra to keep an eye on.
Over time, they disappear in valuables from the house, but Knight and Dell'Utri not suspect anything, there's the strange figure who, according to the statements of regret Mafia fugitives are hosted by Mangano at Villa Arcore . Asked by the judges, Dell'Utri told that they were "people who had better not ask questions" (imagine the faces ...)
One night, disappears also the best friend of Berlusconi - Prince D'Angerio, which is not at all Noble is a balloon like so many others - who is kidnapped just outside the villa. The kidnappers, however, - Due to fog - go crashing into a tree. D'Angerio breaks free and runs to report the matter.
Investigations by the police, show an especially pretty disturbing: the mastermind of the kidnapping is just eat! But as usual, the Premier and Marcello did not decompose and will hold their "groom" for another two years.
If you take even if it has a small bad habit: every time he went in the other houses and placed Berlusconi uan bomb ... so ... for fun ... It is 1975 when a bomb exploded against his house in Milan in Via Rovani Silvio does not mention the judicial authorities. One year
after eating leaves and a local newspaper writes that the Premier has a Mafioso in his house. Reading it, Victor is from Dell'Utri and resigned in order to safeguard the Knight. Marcello but try to restrain him, he does not want him to go on trial ... will say the opposite, saying that he and Berlusconi had cast him.
Mangano settled in a hotel in New York from which to manage drug trafficking and money laundering for which Spatola was convicted at trial and the maxi trial carried out by Falcone and Borsellino.
The same year, Antonino Calderone - Catania boss of Cosa Nostra - celebrating his birthday at a restaurant in Milan "The Hills of Pistoia" with various mafiosi more or less famous. The cheerful little party of course can not miss the good accompanied by Marcello Vittorio. Dell'Utri said he had participated "for fear that I had to eat" is said without a shadow of doubt that had been presented to the guests. Had infiltrated only to scrounge a piece of cake and was eating on the sidelines if the poor thing ... ... you imagine?
E 'in 1977, when Berlusconi leaves and Dell'Utri Arcore: wants to be a leader Silvio Fininvest but does not want. If he goes then slamming the door to further his studies in theology (he is a bibliophile so expert who in 2007 buys the diaries of Mussolini, which will be judged by the Times completely false). Then opt for a post offered by a friend of China, Philip Rapier also linked him with mobsters large caliber.
Become CEO of Construction Bresciano, his brother (Alberto Dell'Utri) instead of Venchi Unica (headed always Rapisarda). Of course, both will fail in no time. Albert ends up in jail, while Marcello is still on the loose.
In February 1980 the Milanese Criminalpol intercepts - in an investigation of drug - a phone call between Dell'Utri and Mangano, who tells him he has a "deal" to propose "to his horse." Marcello replied that, for the horse in question, are the "stalks" (money). Victor then reply telling him to "ask his main" but the senator says that "no one sura" (not releases). Paolo Borsellino - recounts in his latest interview with some French journalists - who Mangano spoke of "horse" with other Mafia and had been established that he was referring to consignments of heroin. And when the judges ask Marc what he was doing talking to this mob, Marcello replied that "I was afraid of his criminal personality."
In April, Jimmy goes to London Fauci, affected Sicilian friend of the boss, that runs the drug trade between Britain, Canada and Italy. Among the guests at the wedding, include Mafia bosses as well as Gary Teresi China. In such a social event, those who could not miss? You guessed it, was also present Dell'Utri. At this point, the judges asked him what he was doing at the wedding of a mobster in London (since it's not that we happen by chance) and he - as white as an angel - replied that he was in town for an exhibition of the Vikings . Who meets in the show? Just China, which forced him to go to the wedding. In addition we would point out that "I was introduced to the groom, I do not know."
A month later, he was arrested Mangano on direct order from Giovanni Falcone and drug mafia. Is sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Between '75 and 83 will flow into the coffers of well Finivest 113 billion lire (of unknown origin) that Berlusconi will look good to explain to investigators. Just in 1983, Berlusconi promotes Marcello in President Publitalia (due to its bankruptcy. Now that's a meritocracy).
In 1986, another bomb explodes, also against building on Via Rovani. Berlusconi, confessed to the police to suspect Mangano (who was actually still in prison). It also talks with Marcello, who once called China for more information. Convened in Milan, can I know that Victor is still serving his years in prison. Reassuring, therefore, Silvio "Tanino (China) told me that it is absolutely (Mangano) to be excluded. It is to be quiet. " The repentant
Anthony Galliano - close to China - will claim that the attack was the work of men Catania agreement with Riina, to engage with Silvio Craxi, before the elections' s 87, when the Mafia will vote in the PSI, betraying the Christian Democrats who had blocked the maxi process of Falcone and Borsellino.
In 1992 - the former PRI senator and President of Basketball Drills - Vincent Garaffa, receives a visit Virga's boss, who tells him "I send Dell'Utri" (to recover a debt alleged by Marcello in black for a sponsorship of Publitalia).
In 1993, after the assassination of Falcone and other attacks around Italy, Provenzano makes a pact with Dell'Utri End of the attacks and massacres in exchange dell'alleggerimento judicial pressure, seizures of property and the Law on repentance.
In November of that year, Dell'Utri Mangano met two more times. When the judges asked him why he had met a mobster pluricondannato decisionei who participated in the massacres, as "regent" of the Family of Porta Nuova. Marcello Mangano replied that he had spoken to him "of his health problems."
Question: Dell'Utri but was not graduated in Law? Mystery ....
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