The Center
Umberto Santino and Anna Puglisi founded the Sicilian Center of Documentation in 1977. Since then, the Center has developed an archive dedicated to research into the Mafia. As a result, the center has made research available to the public in form of information packs. The center continues active in education about the Mafia and other criminal organizations by visiting schools and universities throughout Italy and the world. The Center also organizes and initiates public demonstrations, and played a key role in the murder investigation of Giuseppe Impastato, murdered by the Mafia in May 1978. In Impastato’s honor, the Center was renamed “The Center of Giuseppe Impastato” in 1980. In 1998, the Center was renamed again to “The Center of Giuseppe Impastato – Non-profit Organization for Social Venues”.