Word: platy
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...Sicily. Antimob investigators say the criminal networks on both sides of the Strait of Messina are hungrily eyeing the j5.7 billion project in hopes of a slice. The local strength and worldwide reach of 'Ndrangheta is a bit hard to imagine amid the dilapidated piazzas and alleyways of Plati, a small town perched in the jagged hillside above Locri. The municipality of 4,000 is considered one of the clan's main strongholds. From here, the bosses orchestrate their international drug ring and send hit men out to whack rivals down in the flatlands of Calabria and beyond. Three years...
Similar criticism came from the audience during a question-and-answer period. Maria Plati, a Kennedy School of Government graduate who now works for a cable programming company, said that she and her associates were accused of aiding and abetting terrorism for scheduling non-political programming from the Middle East via satellite...
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