Legal Niches

European Parliament Member Wants Mafia II Banned

By james_fudge

Families who have lost loved ones to the Mafia are fighting against Mafia II, One of those people, Sonia Alfano, lost her father to the mob on January 18, 1993. She has come out against the video game Mafia II, saying that it trivializes the violence and murder committed by organized crime. Alfano's words carry a lot of weight because she is a member of the European Parliament. She is fighting to get the game banned in Europe. She is also the president of Italy's association for the families of Mafia victims.

"It really, really hurts," Alfano, recently said in an interview. "We can't allow this to happen, our wounds are still too fresh."

Last week she asked the European Commission to consider banning the game. Read More

read more

Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on December 17, 2010 (boomark / email).