Raffaele Bevilacqua has died: Enna’s mafia boss was a lawyer and member of the DC

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Paolo Raffaele Bevilacqua, a 74-year-old former mafia boss in Enna, has died in a Milan hospital. He had been hospitalized for two months while in detention. Bevilacqua, a lawyer by profession, never cooperated with the authorities nor revealed information about the Cosa Nostra or the connections between the mafia, business, and politics. Prior to his involvement in anti-mafia operations in the 1990s, Bevilacqua was a prominent lawyer and a leading figure in the Christian Democrat party. He was serving a life sentence for ordering a murder in 2004. His lawyers had recently secured his transfer to the hospital due to serious health problems, and he passed away from a severe infection related to a cardiorespiratory condition.


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