Word: giuffr
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...team of magistrates and a reported j2.5 million reward for information leading to his arrest. In early August, police nabbed Pasquale Tegano, 49, leading boss of the Calabrian mob clan 'ndrangheta, but Provenzano remains untouchable. Authorities are still upbeat, though. When top Mob lieutenant and Provenzano associate Antonino Giuffré was captured two years ago and turned state's witness, a window was cracked open that provided a rare glimpse of how the man known as the Tractor - for his skill in mowing people down - runs a sprawling criminal organization while eluding capture. With the new scraps of knowledge, investigators...
...know whether to trust a man, they say, you must look into his eyes. While Italy last week got its first good glimpse of Mafia turncoat Antonino Giuffrè, his deep dark eyes and sunken facial features were kept hidden from view. During his live video testimony, broadcast on Tuesday in a Palermo courtroom, the 57-year-old former top lieutenant of Cosa Nostra - the Sicilian Mafia - offered sometimes electrifying allegations in the Mafia-association trial of Senator Marcello Dell'Utri, a close political ally and business partner of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. But throughout the four hours of questioning...