▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁the ▁M af ia . ▁His ▁fight ▁against ▁the ▁en demic ▁cor ruption ▁in ▁Italian ▁politics ▁clim ax ed ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁fighting ▁three ▁concurrent ▁legal ▁cases ▁against ▁M iche le ▁S ind ona , ▁Giovanni ▁G io ia ▁and ▁V ito ▁C ian c im ino . ▁ ▁Through out ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁he ▁worked ▁at ▁Pal ermo ' s ▁Psych iat ric ▁Hospital ▁( the ▁Real ▁Casa ▁dei ▁Matt i ▁di ▁Pal ermo ), ▁producing ▁a ▁dam ning ▁series ▁of ▁studies ▁highlight ing ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁medieval ▁cur ing ▁techniques ▁and ▁ab ject ▁conditions ▁in ▁the ▁w ards , ▁contrib uting ▁to ▁a ▁major ▁over ha ul ▁of ▁the ▁system . ▁He ▁returned ▁to ▁this ▁theme ▁throughout ▁his ▁career ▁in ▁collections ▁like ▁Man ic om io ▁( 1 9 6 9 ) ▁and ▁La ▁Real ▁Casa ▁dei ▁Matt i ▁( 1 9 7 5 ). ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁following ▁years ▁Car uso ▁travel led ▁extens ively ▁to ▁Iran , ▁India , ▁Th ailand ▁and ▁Japan , ▁studying ▁Pers ian ▁call ig raph y ▁and ▁comple ting ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁draw ings ▁on ▁dict ator ships , ▁fam ine , ▁and ▁the ▁threat ▁of ▁nuclear ▁war fare . ▁These ▁draw ings ▁formed ▁part ▁of ▁four ▁collections ; ▁Il ▁P ugno ▁di ▁ferro ▁/ ▁The ▁Iron ▁F ist ▁( 1 9 6 2 ); ▁P ace ▁in ▁terra ▁/ ▁Peace ▁on ▁Earth ▁( 1 9 6 3 );