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White Uno Gang
The White Uno Gang () was an Italians, Italian Organized crime, criminal organization operating mainly in Emilia-Romagna and Marche. The name of the gang was coined by the press in 1991 as the gang frequently used a white Fiat Uno car, being particularly easy to steal and difficult to identify given its widespread usage in Italy at the time. Between 1987 and 1994, the gang pulled off 103 heists, mostly Robbery, armed robberies, causing 24 deaths and 102 injuries. History The gang, most of whom were serving police officers with links to Far-right politics, right wing extremism, began activity in 1987 with a string of night robberies at tollbooths along Autostrade of Italy, Autostrada A14. On 19 June 1987, the gang raided the tollbooth at Pesaro, using a Fiat Regata with false license plates owned by gang member Alberto Savi; the loot amounted to about 1,300,000 Italian lire, lire. They went on to raid a further twelve tollbooths in the next two months.In October 1987, they att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiat Uno
The Fiat Uno is a supermini manufactured and marketed by Fiat. Launched in 1983, the Uno was produced over a single generation (with an intermediate facelift, 1989) in three and five-door hatchback body styles until 1995 in Europe — and until 1 January 2014, in Brazil. Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro of Italdesign, the Uno strongly recalled the high-roof, up-right packaging of Giugiaro's 1978 Lancia Megagamma concept, in a smaller configuration. With over 8,800,000 built, it is the eighth most produced automobile platform in history, after the Volkswagen Beetle, Ford Model T, Fiat 124, 1965–1970 GM B platform, 1981–1997 GM J platform, 1961–1964 GM B platform, and 1977–1990 GM B platform. The Uno name was reintroduced in 2010 in South America for the Fiat Mini (Economy) platform based car built in Brazil. First generation (1983) The Fiat Uno (Type 146) was launched in January 1983 to replace the Fiat 127. The tall, square body used a Kamm tail, achieved a drag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
