Meeting the Mafia - Sicily Trip 2009

In May 2009, a group of students from Coventry University went to find out about the Mafia in Sicily as part of their degree. CUTV gave them a camera to record some of the things that they got up to.

The trip enabled students to get a real insight into the role of organised crime in Sicily so that they can use this knowledge to help them on their courses in Global Security (BA) and Terrorism, International Crime and Global Security (MA).

You can find out more about the course here http://wwwp.coventry.ac.uk/cu/d/1192

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• mafia
• sicily
• sicilian
• culture
• business
• students
• global
• crime
• organised
• godfather
• leonardo
• erasmus
• university
• europe
• eu
• european

[deepenhancer]

I'm sicilian and honestly your trip is very interesting but you should study much more about italian and sicilian history.

[alanheath3]

I am not sure that there is any point in studying terrorism and organised crime. Look at Osama Bin Laden. He is pretty good at it but studied engineering or something similar. Just shows that your studies do not necessarily lead you to the right career!

[Francesko263]

"We're going to meet the Mafia". That's quite funny.

[alanheath3]

@Valoree1104 Clearly you have not read your own bible. Jesus was killed by the Italians (then called Romans). They did not make a good job of it because he came back to life two days later. I find nothing in your fictional bible about Jesus being framed but maybe that bit of fiction was kept out by the authors.

It is a pretty good superstition though. Evil people can go to heaven but those who do not believe in this medieval racism are condemned to hell.

[alanheath3]

@MotheredANiMaL The retard is you. You clearly do not recognise humour when you see it. Also you are not very polite.

[sicmay]

I'm in the video, most of it. To answer most peoples questions/critisms - this is a 7/8 minute video of a 5 day trip. There was over 5 hours of film footage. It was edited to keep it simple to keep it short. Some of the students on the trip were undergraduate at the time (including myself) and were yet to start their studies- so this was more of an introduction. And at the person who mentions about the godfather film,sorry i'm not a media studies student and haven't analysed every aspect.

[MotheredANiMaL]

@alanheath3 retard, its Anti Terrorism, its for Security and defence

[andialongi]

Yes im Sicilian as well, agree that you should study more about Sicily and its history....and that says 'PAOLO' on that green electrics box, not 'PEACE'! why would someone be writting in English in Sicily? sorry its just its my middle name and Fathers name.....

[majorxtbc1]

exploring mafia ko?? zaku ci uwar ku!! dan uban ku sai sun yi kuli kuli kubura da ku zaku sani!

[Valoree1104]

@angelofdeathforreal //Right, Jesus was never killed, He GAVE His life for your salvation and mine. Yes the Romans nailed him to the cross and he died./But He rose from the death and is alive right now. The Jewish Religious Leaders framed Him, but He didn't have to die. He did it willingly because of His love for us. All of us, who want Him. Even those in the mafia can repent and come to Christ.

[angelofdeathforreal]

i can only tell u enough so u don't commit suicide one day , so dont ever but enjoy us because its more than brain washing or should i say worse because god works for me ,and they can barely define what can be ,the power of gods peace and just so u know we made Christianity and jesus was never killed it would have ben like killing a made man u cut my fucken peaches