According to the article Rosario Crocetta is an openly gay, devoutly Catholic, left-wing and an enemy of the mafia. On the interview he quoted: "I will demonstrate that this region can be the most liberal in Europe. Certainly I will be exposed to opposition from the old political system, to layers of powerful mafia patronage, but I am ready for the battle". Crocetta, 61, who has escaped at least three mafia assassination plots and was elected to the European parliament in 2009. The article focuses on what Crocetta did and what he planned to do. He planned a raft of anti-mob measures as well as boosting gay and other civil rights. He was Italy's first openly gay mayor and is now its second declared homosexual governor after Nichi Vendola in Puglia. In Sicily, Crocetta was the only politician who was brave enough to pursue and stop the mafia from committing crimes.
Through out reading this article, I realize that not all politician can be controlled or scared by the mafia. There are those who fight bravely like Crocetta, but there are some who have no choice but to get racked and controlled by the mafia. It all covers the concept of mafia racketing, which was pursued by Crocetta. He contributed to an "anti-racket" organization of businessmen who refused to pay "pizzo" or extortion money - a leading source of revenue for a local mob known as the Stidda.
"During my time as mayor, 150 businessmen were reporting extortion attempts and 850 mafiosi and extortionists were arrested, which is an impressive figure," Crocetta said. Running this kind of project or organization is difficult and dangerous, so the writer of the article asked Crocetta if he is worried for his life, he replied: "I am very serene. I am a sunny person, I like life, I am happy or ... gay." According to the article the mafia hates Crocetta because as mayor he robbed them of public work contracts, fired mafiosi including the wife of a leading boss and exposed businessmen implicated with the mob. "This attracted great unfriendliness towards me," he says.
In my opinion on reading this article, mafia or mobster are just like anti-government rebels who refuse to be controlled by the government at certain points. Mobsters came from poor fellow who was desperate to do anything in order for him to survive the daily life. A mobster will start from the bottom, and will make his way to the top. A mafia can come from any person who is poor and has been offended by the government.
On the other side of the politics, mafia gangs tend to control politicians and extort money for protection. The mafia racked and controlled the politicians again for the sake of profit. According to the article entitled: Italian police strike 'mortal blow' in battle against Mafia clans after 70 arrested in dawn raid including doctors and lawyers on the website www.dailymail.co.uk. Mafia gang leaders use insurance hoax, Boss Giuseppe Giampa, 32, extorted protection money from local businesses and sold the clan's votes to the highest bidder in a 2010 mayoral vote, police said. Giampa turned himself and became an informant, he was a member of the Calabrian mafia.
In this particular article, the mafia extracted the politics in the section of election. They gained profit because of running an illegal movement on vote buying, which is literally illegal in every country in the world. In the article, Giampa is suspected of ordering about 20 murders in a mob war for control of the city between 2005 and 2011.
In conclusion to this, the mafia controls the politicians in a way of vote buying or another, like buying candidates to run and threatening anyone who oppress. They tend to gain profit from the budget and from racketing protection money on politicians. They use people who is poor and bribe them with a large cash or threaten them to do what they told them to do.
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