The Chemist of Catania

I am a Catholic priest and I write about Sicily and the Mafia. I spent eight years in Italy, I have travelled the peninsula, and have long been fascinated by crime.

By Alexander Lucie-Smith

Articles

In Avola, the 'Young Lions' are tamed

Another story of young wasted lives

June 14•Alexander Lucie-Smith

'The Night of Saint Sylvester'

Out on Kindle and paperback.

June 12•Alexander Lucie-Smith

No room in the cemetery in Agrigento

Though someone may be turning this to profit.

June 11•Alexander Lucie-Smith

Mexico, the Cartels, the new religion

How organised crime needs its cults.

June 5•Alexander Lucie-Smith

Meanwhile, in Palermo and Catania...

The police act, criminality carries on.

June 2•Alexander Lucie-Smith

How to run a successful Mafia

Hint: Get the government on side.

May 29•Alexander Lucie-Smith

The fortune of Messina Denaro, boss of bosses.

Follow the money.

May 28•Alexander Lucie-Smith

Lia Sava, chief prosecutor of Palermo speaks

When she speaks, you listen.

May 25•Alexander Lucie-Smith