‘Anti-Mafia Mayor’ of Palermo Resigns
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<i> Associated Press</i>
PALERMO, Sicily — Leoluca Orlando, known as the “anti-Mafia mayor” for his crusade against Sicilian organized crime, resigned Saturday after political squabbling among his supporters.
Orlando came to international notice in 1986, when 400 defendants were brought to trial in Palermo in the largest anti-Mafia trial ever held.
Among his innovations were his insistence that all holders of city public-works contracts be screened to make sure they had no ties to organized crime and that the contracts go to public bids to avoid corruption.
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