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Russian mafia groups are taking over hundreds of major industrial companies as part of a move away from the violent criminal business of the early post-Soviet years, police and analysts said.

“Our analysis shows that more than 2,000 industrial entities have fallen under criminal control,” Alexander Yelin, deputy head of the interior ministry’s department on organised crime, told the Izvestia daily. Continue Reading »

FEDS BUST GAMBINO ‘CAPO,’ 77

The feds yesterday finally stuck it to the only member of John “Teflon Don” Gotti’s murderous inner circle who had never been busted.

Infamous reputed Gambino capo George “Butter” DeCicco was among 13 alleged crime-family thugs nailed for a slew of extortion, racketeering, loan-sharking and money-laundering raps after a two-year probe fueled by a Mafia mole, authorities said. Continue Reading »

OTTAWA (CP) - Experts from the frontlines of the fight against organized crime gave their support Tuesday to the controversial Conservative bill to toughen sentences for people who commit crimes with guns.

At the insistence of the Bloc Quebecois, the Justice Committee convened experts to get a progress report on how well anti-gang laws have helped fight mobsters and how they can be successfully applied against street gangs. Continue Reading »

Police costs could cut revenue gains

Attorney General Martha Coakley warned yesterday that the expansion of gambling in the Commonwealth would bring with it a risk of organized crime, creating a potentially expensive state law enforcement obligation that could eat into any new state revenue from slot machines and casinos. Continue Reading »

MOSCOW - As of now, there are 446 organized gangs in Russia, Deputy Interior Minister Oleg Safonov said in an interview with the Rossiiskaya Gazeta newspaper published on Wednesday.

“If we were to answer the question several years ago, we’d use such terms as “approximately,” “according to some reports,” but now we don’t permit even the slightest margins of error,” Safonov said, “there are 446 organized criminal groups with a complex internal structure operating in Russia.” Continue Reading »

PROVIDENCE — His father is a Mafia lawyer famous for representing a New England crime family so powerful that its late boss was once recorded phoning Rhode Island’s governor to adjust his son’s college schedule. Continue Reading »

He beat and stole as mob mole

Legendary FBI agent Joe Pistone is confessing for the first time that he broke the law during the years he spent undercover as mob wanna-be Donnie Brasco.

Warehouse burglaries. Beatings. Truck hijackings. And even a conspiracy to murder a Bonanno crime family capo. Continue Reading »

MEXICO CITY - President Felipe Calderon pledged Monday to wage a permanent war against organized crime by coordinating more closely with local police and giving all law enforcement better training, equipment and intelligence work.

Calderon has largely relied on federal police and soldiers for a series of massive anti-crime sweeps in several Mexican states, but he has said future efforts will need to rely more on local police. Continue Reading »

While most of the focus of federal law enforcement today is on counterterrorism, federal police agencies still must contend with more traditional anti-crime operations including emerging organized crime gangs.

Criminal enterprises represent a near and long-term threat to our nation. Their activities are increasing in scope and magnitude as they network to expand operations worldwide. The geopolitical and technological changes of the last decade have allowed these enterprises to flourish globally, and their impact on the United States is expected to increase over the next five years. Continue Reading »