Sicily Wind Farm Investigation Revealed Mafia Promises Of Money And Votes To Local Officials In Exchange For Help In Approving Wind Farm Projects!

What you didn't think the Mafia only existed in the United States??? Nope! Mafia's originated in Italy and apparently are still alive and well. Just because the United States Mafia Mobsters control the White House doesn't mean we don't stand a chance. I'm just waiting for one of them to give the kiss of betrayal and death so I know who the real boss is... But then again, this probably would be done behind the scenes! Therefore, I will wait for news on the next VIP who gets the AXE literally! Let's just pray the entire FBI force has not been bought off and there are still FBI agents that will do the right thing for the American public. I'm eager to hear current news about a 1920's like FBI Mafia crackdown or a 1970's like 'Watergate' scandal.

I have observed Washington officials graciously stroking each other lately and openly for all of us to see! Pay attention next time. It's like they are letting each other know, don't worry I've got your back! But this also tells me they want us to know they've got each others back! Did you notice how much love and praise was being dished out yesterday during Ben Bernanke's testimony, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve?!

The Mafia (also known as Cosa Nostra) is a Sicilian criminal society which is believed to have emerged in late 19th century Sicily, and the first such society to be referred to as a mafia. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct. Each group, known as a "family", "clan" or "cosca", claims sovereignty over a territory in which it operates its rackets - usually a town or village or a neighborhood of a larger city. [source: wikipedia]

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Financial Times
Mafia link to Sicily wind farms probed
By Guy Dinmore in Palermo, Italy
Last updated: May 5 2009 07:13

Anti-Mafia magistrates in Sicily have opened a sweeping investigation into the wind power sector where local officials, entrepreneurs and crime gangs are suspected of collusion in the construction of lucrative wind farms before their eventual sale to multinational companies.

Italian and EU subsidies for the building of wind farms and the world’s highest guaranteed rates, €180 ($240, £160) per kwh, for the electricity they produce have turned southern Italy into a highly attractive market exploited by organised crime.

Roberto Scarpinato, a veteran anti-Mafia prosecutor in the regional capital Palermo, told the Financial Times that his investigation, which began last week, was focused on the three large provinces of Palermo, Trapani and Agrigento.

An earlier investigation into a case near Trapani in western Sicily resulted in eight arrests in February, leading to accusations of a suspected nexus between a leading Mafia family that offered money and votes in exchange for permits to construct wind farms.

“Operation Wind” revealed Mafia promises to local officials in Mazara del Vallo of money and votes in exchange for help in approving wind farm projects.

The Mafia suspects were alleged to be linked to Matteo Messina “Diabolik” Denaro, a fugitive clan boss on ltaly’s most wanted list.

Prosecutors suspect the hand of the Mafia in fixing permits and building wind farms that are then sold on to Italian and eventually foreign companies.

In an effort to assert its control over the sector, the Mafia is suspected of destroying two wind towers that were in storage in the port of Trapani after their delivery by ship from northern Europe, local officials told the FT.

“It is a refined system of connections to business and politicians. A handful of people control the wind sector. Many companies exist but it is the same people behind them,” said Mr Scarpinato, whose investigations have focused on the evolution of the Mafia into a modern business organisation.

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