Mafia boss orders daughter's death because she loves police officer

A mafia boss in Sicily, Italy ordered his subordinates to kill his daughter because she loved a police officer.

The capital of Sicily, Palermo, is the headquarters of the Bagheria crime organization headed by godfather Pino Scaduto. Illustration photo: Guardian.

"Today, we arrested the leader of a criminal gang accused of attempting to murder his own daughter because she had an affair with an Italian police officer," AFP quoted Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano as saying on October 31.

Mafia boss Pino Scaduto blamed his daughter's relationship for his arrest and conviction. Investigators discovered that before his release in April, the boss had spoken to his subordinates outside the country and ordered a "gift" to be given to his biological daughter.

The inspector said that Scaduto had instructed his own son to carry out the assassination with the reason: "My sister is an informer". However, the defendant's son did not obey the order.

"I don't want to do it," the son said in a conversation recorded by police. "If you want to do it, you can do it yourself. Why should I deal with this? I'm 30 years old."

"Godfather" Scaduto, head of the Bagheria crime organization operating in the Sicilian capital Palermo, later assigned the task to an assassin, but the assassin also refused because he did not want to get involved in family conflicts.

"The Mafia often considers itself to be men of honor. Where is the honor when you order the killing of your own child?", Foreign Minister Alfano stressed.

In this arrest, police charged Scaduto and 15 other members of the Bagheria organization with extorting businesses in the construction and mineral water production industries.

According to VNE