Revealed: Refalo’s ‘mafia villa’ proxy placed on ministry payroll

Agriculture Minister Anton Refalo awarded a government contract to a lawyer and proxy for the owner of the Qala villa he is squatting, which he said is owned by an unidentified “woman from Brescia”. The villa has been linked to the late Mafia boss Totò Riina and is known to house the minister’s multi-million-euro art … Continued

By Ivan Camilleri