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The Mafia in Palermo: “There Could be Three Murders Within a Couple Hours”

The Sicilian photographer Fabio Sgroi talks to Blind about Palermo’s darkest hours and the festering wars between rival mafia clans.

January 2023: Italy’s most wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested in Palermo, Sicily, after thirty years on the run. The arrest of this Cosa Nostra baron has stirred up memories of a tragic period in Sicily which Fabio Sgroi had exper...

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Michaël Naulin

Michaël Naulin is a journalist and works as Editorial Coordinator at Blind. A contributor for the Figaro Culture, his articles have been published in several magazines specializing in photography.

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