Sicily Guide

More than a thousand solar panels are to be set up on land seized from the Mafia in Sicily, officials said Wednesday. ”In place of abandoned villas and farmland we’re providing development,” said the mayor of the town of Campobello di Mazara, Ciro Carava’, stressing that the 1,320 panels would provide valuable cash for Mafia-hit firms after the power it produces is fed into the local system. ”The money will be put into a municipal fund to finance small businesses run by families who have lost relatives to the Mob or been the victims of extortion rackets,” he said. More>>