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After ten days of intense battle, the anti-Italian movement was able to attract thousands of visitors' web 'Facebook to attack and neutralize the web pages devoted to glorifying two former chiefs of the so-called Cosa Nostra.

"At the beginning he was surprised by the presence of these groups, I wanted to retire from Facebook, where I have a page. Then I understood that was key to occupy this space to banish these people," he explained to AFP Rita Borsellino, sister of the renowned anti judge Paolo Borsellino, killed by Cosa Nostra in 1992.


Since last December, the presence on the Web site Facebook socialization groups of fans who were advocating the Sicilian Mafia and glorify his two chiefs, Toto Riina (78 years, arrested in 1993) and Bernardo Provenzano (75 years, arrested in 2006), causing severe reactions of associations of families of victims and political leaders.

With the names' Toto Riina Free ',' Fans of Toto Riina, a misunderstood man 'or' All those who respect Toto Riina ', groups of fewer than 100 Internet users, as noted AFP tribute as "innocent" to the feared sponsors, who "kiss hands" as a token of appreciation.


In less than a week, encouraged by the strong reaction of anti-movement, thousands of Facebook users assaulted with messages, sometimes threatening, sites for mafia, in turn creating a strong movement.

The movement "Abolition of the group of fans of Bernardo Provenzano" counted on Friday with over 6,000 registered "No to supporters of Riina on Facebook, with over 4,000, and" All those for whom Riina is not an idol but a criminal, "with 3,200.


Other groups have anti hundreds of new members every day, one way to contribute to the struggle of civil society against the criminal organizations.

Given this reaction, the two largest groups glorifying Toto Riina "suspended" its business.


The site named "Toto Riina, a man misunderstood" opens with a blank page followed by the phrase "was the founder," but "the group will not disappear by huevones we break the hilt."

From the "Those who respect Toto Riina" were dashed messages and lists of members and survives a poster with the phrase "temporarily closed until the infiltrators and moralizing go."


"This form of self-restraint and dialogue is the most effective method," said Rita Borsellino satisfied, who appreciated the response of civil society to praise the sponsors.

"If banning the creation of these groups and publicize them finished by the end ended by accusations of censorship," he said.


The famous writer of crime novels sicilian Andrea Camilleri lamented the fact that the existence of the Mafia is trivialized, a phenomenon that has entered the DNA (hereditary cells) from the Italians. "

"If all the magic away from the land mafia, the mafia phenomenon survive, as the case of Facebook. I'm shocked. You think you touched bottom and the bottom hand is increasingly black and deep," he said.