Welcome to Sicily "Cradle of Cosa nostra"

"Sicily. The triangle of the Mediterranean, the cradle of Cosa Nostra." This is what we read on the leaflet in which the hotel chain NH Hotels in Madrid advertises the island. The brochure, says today as' Republic 'have already been distributed in Germany and also in the English version is the reference to the mafia, to which there is no mention, however, copies in Italian.
"We are sorry for what happened, but the brochure that we distribute, we do not speak directly to the Mafia", will justify the NH direction of Catania. While the President of the Sicilian Region, Raffaele Lombardo, announces: "I will ask these gentlemen to immediately withdraw the brochure. Check where they were distributed. In any event, even if they were a few copies in circulation and only in some foreign cities, the fact does not weaken the seriousness of the fact itself, that offends an entire population ".
It is not hard unless the trial of Rita Borsellino, a European MEP, which is extremely serious trivialize the Mafia and reduce it to an element of color, to a tourist attraction. It is the sign of a lack of concern, this is a subculture difficle be eradicated, "said the sister of the judge killed by Cosa Nostra. Sergio D'Antoni speaks of "heavy and persistent injury on Sicily that you can not root out" the head of Pd for the policies of Southern NH calls to apologize for: "Do it for those who lost their lives fighting against the mafia and for those in danger of losing every day by hunting for the boss and their heritage. " They say deeply surprised by NH found the chairman of Confindustria Sicilia Ivan Lo Bello: "difficult for me to believe that you have a printed brochure of its kind - Lo Bello says -. I say this because I know the management of this company has always taken a seriously and correct. I guess there was a problem of lack of control. What we can not and should not be an element of tourist appeal. We can not expect to benefit by exploiting the subject mafia. " The writer Vincenzo Consolo uses words far less diplomatic: "Attracting tourists pointing to the fact that in Sicilian Cosa Nostra is un'indecenza is - says - This is not say that we must deny the existence of the Mafia: now unfortunately our whole country is invaded by gangs. But what we use to attract foreign tourists is unacceptable. "