Feb 13 2007
ITALIAN police have impounded an entire neighbourhood built illegally on the outskirts of Naples, part of an operation magistrates hope will uproot the Mafia wealth hidden behind the daily mob shootings that plague the city. Continue Reading »
Feb 12 2007
On June 23, 1999, Iowa Senator Charles Grassley introduced a Senate bill, S. 1271, frustratingly named Most Favored Rogue States Act of 1999 in which the distinguished Senator demanded, among other things, that “Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report on the drug trafficking activities of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.” Continue Reading »
Feb 12 2007
Prominent SDP member severely attacked Sanader, saying money in Croatia goes only to the rich, the country and mafia. Continue Reading »
Feb 12 2007
Mafia soldier Angelo “Sonny” Mercurio, who helped the FBI land the first-ever bugging of a mob induction ceremony, has died in Little Rock, Ark., where he lived in the federal witness-protection program, relatives said yesterday.
The 70-year-old former member of the Patriarca crime family died on Dec. 11 of a pulmonary embolism, relatives said. Continue Reading »
Feb 12 2007
Minister Daniel Friedman revealed Sunday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has promised him to enable the creation of additional positions for judges whose sole job will be to preside over cases involving organized crime and serious crimes, and for the prosecutors in these cases. Continue Reading »
Feb 10 2007
BONANNO FAMILY ACTING UNDERBOSS, ACTING CONSIGLIERE AND 17 CAPOS, SOLDIERS, AND ASSOCIATES INDICTED FOR RACKETEERING, RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY, AND OTHER CHARGES
A superseding indictment was unsealed this morning in federal court in Brooklyn charging nineteen members and associates of the Bonanno organized crime family of La Costa Nostra, including two members of the Bonanno family’s administration – Bonanno family acting underboss NICHOLAS SANTORA and Bonanno family acting consigliere ANTHONY RABITO. This superseding indictment is the latest in an ongoing investigation that has resulted in the prosecution of more than 100 members and associates of the Bonanno family in the Eastern District of New York. Continue Reading »
Feb 10 2007
We have been listening to the National Intelligence Organization’s (MİT) former director of the Istanbul area, Nuri Gündeş, for days now. He is a courteous gentleman whom I have known for a while. He is approaching 90. After his retirement in 1986 he remained silent for a very long time. He is currently working on a book. It is maybe because of this that suddenly he started appearing on TV. During his appearances, he talked about what the “deep state” has been in the past and how the state bureaucracy affected situations. Continue Reading »
Feb 10 2007
As the world news focused on the death of former Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, following a heart attack, on Sunday December 10, 2006 at the venerable age of 91, Sicily lamented unexpectedly the death of Cardinal Salvatore Pappalardo, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo who passed away during the early hours of that same day at the age of 88. Continue Reading »
Feb 05 2007
A letter from Calabria from Rosanna of the “Kill us all” campaign. On 17 February at Reggio Calabria our youngsters will be streaming through the streets, demonstrating against the mafia. Let’s not leave them on their own.
”Dear Beppe,
My name is Rosanna, aged 23 and I am the daughter of a judge of the Corte di Cassazione in Calabria who was killed shortly before Falcone and Borsellino. But I’m not writing to talk about myself. Continue Reading »
Feb 05 2007
You’ve seen the Arcadia Publishing books in your local bookstore. They are the photo-filled paperbacks that celebrate the uplifting local histories of Detroit, its suburbs, and assorted ethnic groups, generally taking a warts-free approach that plays up the bucolic and nostalgic side of yesteryear.
Then there is Arcadia’s “Motor City Mafia,” Scott Burnstein’s history of organized crime in Detroit. It is filled with images of bodies lying in their own blood, mug shots, FBI surveillance photos, Mafia weddings and wise guys with nicknames like Cockeyed Sam, Sammy B, Swinging Sammy, Jimmy Q., Pat the Pimp, Joe the Barber, Tony Pro, Tony Z, Joey Jack, Billy Jack, Frank the Irishman, Sally Buggs, Joe the Whip, Papa John and Black Jack. Continue Reading »
