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Word: palamara (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...restaurant was back open and operating by late morning, though a state-appointed manager will manage it for the time being, while the owner is forced to prove, under a special Italian statute, that he is clean of Mob ties. Police allege that top bosses from the Alvaro-Palamara faction of the Calabrian Mafia used a barber from a small rural town in Calabria as a frontman to buy the historic café in 2005 for some $350,000 dollars, though its commercial value is estimated at $60 million. Italian authorities suspect that the difference between the official price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mob Allegations Turn Rome's 'Sweet Life' Sour | 7/23/2009 | See Source »

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