Cesare Mori

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Cesare Mori

Italian prefect and politician

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Sicilian Mafia
…Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appointed Cesare Mori, a retired member of the police force, as the new prefect of Palermo. From October 1925 to June 1929, Mori’s forces terrorized the towns in which the Mafia held sway. By 1929 the Fascists had arrested over 11,000 people, and many mafiosi had…
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…Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appointed Cesare Mori, a retired member of the police force, as the new prefect of Palermo. From October 1925 to June 1929, Mori’s forces terrorized the towns in which the Mafia held sway. By 1929 the Fascists had arrested over 11,000 people, and many mafiosi had…
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