Rostagno Chicca

Italian manager of Saman, a community for the rehab of drug addicts, which she took over after her husband and founder, Mauro Rostagno, was murdered by unknown persons on 9/26/1988. Elisabetta, called Chicca, and her husband, Mauro Rostagno, met Cardella when they made a trip to India to pay homage to the guru Bhagwan. In 1981, Cardella convinced Rostagno and Chicca to found Saman. After the assassination of Rostagno in 1988, Cardella and Chicca founded 23 Saman centers in all of Europe, bringing in millions in contributions. After investigation of the murder of Mauro, they were released, leaving the case still open. Eight years after Rostagnos assassination, Chicca Rostagno and Francesco Cardella, the present owners of Saman, were accused of hiring a hitman to do the murder. It was the summer of 1996 when the case exploded. Because Rostagno had objected to Cardells skimming funds from Saman, he had hired a hit-man to eliminate Rostagna. Cardella and Chicca were arrested. She was extradited and returned to Italy where she was jailed in August 1996. and Cardella fled. Read less