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 »
Mar 17 2007
FRANKFURT — A Serbian businessman with ties to the criminal underworld has been arrested in Frankfurt, after spending four years on the run.
Italy’s Ansa news agency reported Thursday Andrija Drašković, considered an heir to Željko Ražnatović a.k.a. Arkan by the Italian judiciary, was arrested on an oustanding international warrant issued by the Bari anti-mafia department. Continue Reading »
Mar 16 2007
AMSTERDAM – The Netherlands may hand mafia boss Francesco S. over to Italy, the court in The Hague decided this morning. S.’s Dutch attorney Inez Weski tried to prevent the extradition in interim proceedings in The Hague. Continue Reading »
