An Evil Eye Opens Up Again (Malocchio)

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Miren Gutiérrez*

ROME, Feb 19 (IPS) ... Operation Malocchio ('evil eye') as it was called, was ”one of the biggest” anti-money laundering operations ever launched in Italy, says former prosecutor Giovanni Salvi who was in charge of the investigation together with his colleague Pietro Saviotti and investigating judge Otello Lupacchini ...

Several documents seized by the Italian authorities indicated that Lauricella had contributed to Oranges' presidential campaign. Oranges later admitted this...

Lauricella went into hiding under a false identity, and in 2002 was shot dead outside a casino in Caracas. It was difficult to identify his body because of the multiple facial surgeries he had undergone, according to a report in Espresso in November last year...

Oranges filed three lawsuits, one before the Panamanian Supreme Court against the Panamanian state, a second before the Human Rights Commission of the Organisation of the American Status (OAS), also against the Republic of Panama, and the third before the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations against the Republic of Italy. Only the first continues today. The suit was admitted in February 2004 ...

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