Footage aired by Italian broadcaster RAI shows Anton Refalo saying he does not know who Salvatore ‘Toto’ Riina is when approached by a journalist outside a Gozo property he leases. The footage, broadcast on Lo Stato Delle Cose, follows reports earlier this week linking the Qala residence to the late Mafia boss, claims which Refalo has already publicly
The Nationalist Party has urged Agriculture Minister Anton Refalo and Prime Minister Robert Abela to address mounting questions following contradictory claims made by Refalo about a Qala property allegedly linked to mafia boss Totò Riina. In a statement, the PN called on Refalo to clarify a series of contradictions regarding a property in Qala that
Minister Anton Refalo said he did not know who notorious Sicilian Mafia boss Totò Riina was when confronted by an Italian journalist over allegations that a Gozo property he leases had once been used by the fugitive mobster, as civil society group Repubblika accused the minister of evading legitimate questions and demanded full transparency. The issue
Minister Anton Refalo claimed he did not know who Toto Riina was when confronted by an Italian journalist over allegations the notorious Mafia boss had lived in a property he holds title to. The feared Mafia boss, who died in 2017, was at the centre of an investigative programme aired on RAI 3's Lo Stato Delle Cose on Monday night. Riina, who was convicted
Veteran Italian journalist Massimo Giletti says he has new information on Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights Anton Refalo, tying him with Italian mafia boss Toto Riina. Giletti, an Italian investigative journalist and TV presenter with over 30 years of experience, took to Instagram addressing the minister directly. Giletti questioned
There is something almost indecently neat about the suggestion that Salvatore Riina – architect of massacres, butcher of judges, mastermind of motorway bombs – may have spent part of his fugitive years not in some dank Sicilian cave but in Gozo, inhaling sea air and enjoying the anonymity of a man whose greatest crime was double‑parking. The ‘ Capo
