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- 1 2 3 4 (in Italian) Sentenza procedimento penale Olimpia Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , Tribunale di Reggio Calabria, January 19, 1999
- ↑ (in Italian) Gratteri & Nicaso, Fratelli di Sangue, pp. 65-68
- ↑ Italian politicians implicated in Mafia murder, The Independent, December 7, 1992
- ↑ (in Italian) Mafia, Matacena (Fi) condannato a 5 anni, La Repubblica, March 13, 2001
- (in Italian) Gratteri, Nicola & Antonio Nicaso (2006). Fratelli di Sangue , Cosenza: Luigi Pellegrini Editore ISBN 88-8101-373-8