Mar 31 2007
Spanish police have captured one of the suspected leaders of the biggest Cuban-American criminal ring, seizing assets worth more than 20 million euros (27 million dollars), police said Friday. Continue Reading »
Mar 31 2007
DETROIT - (Associated Press) Federal prosecutors said Thursday that they have charged 17 more people in a seven-year crackdown on a multistate cocaine-trafficking ring known as the Black Mafia Family. Continue Reading »
Mar 31 2007
European Union cracks down on mafia contracts; Two Italian MEPs under suspicion
150 police officers in 40 raids were carried out across Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg as authorities are investigation EU contracts linked to criminal organisations, including the Italian mafia. Continue Reading »
Mar 31 2007
KIEV, March 27 (Reuters) - A Russian businessman wanted by Ukraine for alleged links to organised crime was shot dead on Tuesday by an unknown assailant as he left a court in Kiev, where he had been standing trial on blackmail charges. Continue Reading »
Mar 20 2007
ROME: Italian police on Tuesday arrested 171 people in Naples in a crackdown on organized crime that put entire families behind bars and broke up a lucrative drug trafficking ring, authorities said. Continue Reading »
Mar 18 2007
The leader of a Japanese mafia group, specializing on racketeering and money recuperation – who was wanted by the Interpol since 2004 – was arrested in Romania. He was extradited this week to Japanese authorities, said the Ministry of Administration and Interior, or MAI. Continue Reading »
Mar 18 2007
Kosovo Albanian military and police is under complete control of the notorious Muslim Albanian mafia and if Kosovo becomes independent, the mafia will have an unprecedented total control, from the top to the underground, says Marko Nicovic, former Chief of Belgrade police and an expert on mafia crimes in the Balkans. Continue Reading »
Mar 17 2007
THE SIXTH FAMILY: THE COLLAPSE OF THE NEW YORK MAFIA AND THE RISE OF VITO RIZZUTO
by Lee Lamothe and Adrian Humphreys (Wiley, 386 pages, $34.99 hardcover)
A sensational mob trial will likely get underway in a New York City courtroom later this year and the leading figure in Canadian organized crime will be front and centre.
The defendant is Vito Rizzuto, the reputed “godfather” of the Canadian Mafia, who was extradited to the United States last summer. Continue Reading »
Mar 17 2007
Social club was HQ for mob bosses: files
A small St. Leonard cafe was the headquarters and the centre of money distribution for Montreal’s top five Italian Mafia bosses, who took a cut of every drug-trafficking and illegal-gambling dollar made by their gang members, according to court documents.
The cafe is a modest, sparsely furnished storefront business where an elderly Italian gentleman makes an excellent espresso allonge. But police allege that for years some of Montreal’s - and indeed Canada’s - most powerful underworld figures made this coffee bar the centre of their criminal empire. Continue Reading »
Mar 17 2007
MIAMI (Reuters) - A leader of a “Cuban mafia” organized crime syndicate called The Corporation was sentenced on Friday to nearly 16 years in prison for racketeering and ordered to forfeit $642 million.
Jose Miguel Battle Jr. was convicted last year on various racketeering conspiracy charges including murder, gambling, arson and money laundering. Continue Reading »
