Jan 31 2007
FBI TRAP MAFIA FAMILIES
A busted bribery plot has led to a major roundup of members of East Coast Mafia family members. Continue Reading »
Archive for January, 2007
Jan 31 2007
RUSSIAN MAFIA GETS INTO BIG BUSINESS
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 »
Jan 31 2007
LAST OF THE GOTTI GANG
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 »
Jan 31 2007
EXPERTS TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF STIFFER MINIMUM SENTENCES FOR GUN CRIMES
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 »
Jan 31 2007
AG WARNS AGAINST EXPANDED GAMBLING
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 »
Jan 31 2007
446 ORGANIZED CRIMINAL GROUPS OPERATE IN RUSSIA
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 »
