The antimafia

"Cosa Nostra's terror campaign against the Italian state began in Sicily in spring 1992 and continued with bombings in Rome, Florence and Milan in 1993. The murders of judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino plunged Italy into an institutional crisis which was aggravated by mounting evidence of endemic corruption within the top echelons of political and business life.". "Seven years on, important progress has been made - law enforcement capabilities have been strengthened and professionalized, new legislation is in place, an Antimafia civic conscience had developed and those materially responsible for the attacks of 1992 and 1993 are in prison. But the Mafia is far from defeated.". "Alison Jamieson analyses the seesaw nature of Italy's Antimafia efforts before and after 1992 and sets them within the context of international initiatives against organized crime. She examines the charge of Mafia association levelled against seven-times prime minister Giulio Andreotti and evaluates the impact of recent Antimafia efforts on the Mafia itself."--BOOK JACKET.