From cashier in a bar to head of the San Lorenzo district in Palermo: portrait of Corona, released due to statute of limitations.
Ex-official cashier of Caffetteria Aurora, a bar in front of the port, Giuseppe Corona, 56 years old, considered the regent of the San Lorenzo district, was released yesterday due to the expiration of the maximum terms of pre-trial detention. He had been at the center of judicial investigations as one of the strongmen of the mafia reorganization after the death of Totò Riina.
Arrested six years ago, a member of the leadership of the family and the San Lorenzo and Resuttana districts but closely connected to the mafia of Porta Nuova, according to investigators, he was involved in various drug trafficking activities, boasting “a dense network of contacts and friendships, even in legitimate sectors of civil society.”
Corona was nicknamed the king of money laundering because rivers of dirty money from drug trafficking and horse race betting would have passed through his hands: a treasure that he would have grown after laundering it and reinvesting it in legal activities – mainly commercial businesses, real estate, and investments – in line with the new direction of Cosa Nostra following the disappearance of the boss of bosses.
According to investigators, he would have invested on behalf of various families in bars, tobacconists, shops, and the real estate sector. Corona, who had previously served a long sentence for a murder committed in Vucciria, would have acted as a cashier and maintained relationships with various mafia members. He would have been the mastermind behind a plurality of economic activities, falsely attributed to unsuspecting individuals to circumvent prevention measures and facilitate the reuse of illegally obtained money.
Da cassiere in un bar a reggente del mandamento di San Lorenzo a Palermo: ritratto di Corona, scarcerato per decorrenza termini
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