A law to break the Mafia’s code of silence lets a killer go free
Giovanni Brusca served only 25 years for multiple murders
SHORTLY AFTER nine o’clock on a Monday night, Giovanni Brusca, his brother, their wives and children had abruptly to abandon their roast-chicken dinner. Armed, masked police burst into their rented villa and arrested both men.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “The price of success”
Europe June 5th 2021
- Germany’s Christian Democrats struggle against populists in the east
- A Christian, a Jew and a Muslim walk into the same house of worship...
- Europe’s vaccination campaign has gathered pace, though not everywhere
- A law to break the Mafia’s code of silence lets a killer go free
- An interview with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky
- The era of small-state privilege in Europe is coming to an end
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