Over two centuries its influence has spread across the globe. Ross Kemp: Mafia & Britain I: The British Connection, History 2024
On 18th June 1982 a corpse was found under this bridge in central London. Details made the death suspicious. The body was identified as Roberto Calvi. Up until the death of Roberto Calvi it was assumed the Mafia had no business here. ibid.
Just how far does the Mafia’s tentacles spread throughout Britian? ibid.
[Gennaro] Panzuto only stayed at the caravan park for a few months. He soon upgraded to a three-bedroomed house on the outskirts of Preston … The armed police turned up. ibid.
‘An Aberdeen businessman has been accused of being the godfather of a Mafia crime gang and a catalogue of crimes including racketeering, extortion and violence.’ ibid. TV news
Charles Darby Sabini: ‘Blood and guts and brutal street smart’ … He wasn’t strictly Mafia … and his mother was Scottish. ibid.
On 21st March 1980 a major Philadelphia Mafia boss was assassinated. The motive for this brutal killing was unclear. Would Angelo Bruno’s death change the American Mob’s relationship with gangland Britain? Ross Kemp: Mafia & Britain s1e2: US, History TV
With a link between the Mob and London casinos. How did the Mob’s operation in London work? And where did it lead? ibid.
‘They made billions of dollar on both sides of the ocean.’ ibid. Professor Nicaso
Woking, Surrey: An unlikely place for the Contrara-Caruana Mafia family to base its operation. ibid.
Francesco di Carlo, Franky ‘The Strangler’: A Mafia hitman originally suspected of the brutal and very public murder of Vatican banker Robert Calvi under Blackfriars Bridge. Iibid.
From the 1970s Britain was a vital part of the Mafia trafficking and money-laundering operation. Pushing heroin and illegal money in the United States. ibid.
[Jamie]: I’m sorry, Sebastian. I’m sorry, guys. Temple I, heist goes wrong, Sky 2019
Lee, I’ve been shot in my stomach. ibid. Jamie
Four Arrested In Depot Robbery, One Still Missing. ibid. Sky News banner
I’ve already told you, he’s [Jamie] a fucking friend of mine! ibid. Lee to Daniel
[Beth]: Eleanor, this could work. This could be the cure. Temple II, flashback
It isn’t over. Beth, it isn’t over, OK? ibid. Daniel
It’s a clinic for people who can’t, or don’t want to, go in the system. ibid. Daniel to Anna
[Anna]: Why though?
[Daniel]: Because I can’t give up. I won’t give up. ibid.
Just stay with the guy. It’s only a couple of hours. Temple III, Daniel to Lee