Apr 05 2007
PALERMO, Italy (UPI) — Italian officials say an anti-Mafia sweep Wednesday netted a top Sicilian politician.
Bartolo Pellegrino, former deputy chief of Sicily’s regional government and the leader of the New Sicily political movement, was arrested on charges of Mafia association, corruption and extortion, the Italian news service ANSA said. Continue Reading »
Apr 04 2007
Rome (AKI) - Italy’s parliamentary anti-Mafia committee has approved a code of conduct ahead of next month’s local elections, urging parties not to field candidates who face trial on charges of links to the Mafia, extortion, usury and money laundering. On 13-14 May in Sicily and on 27-28 May in the rest of the country, almost 12,000 voters will elect eight provincial councils and about one thousand municipal councils in Italy - a country where at least 163 local councils have been dissolved since 1991 on charges of links to the Mafia. Continue Reading »
Apr 04 2007
Three years ago, William “Willow” Covarrubias helped the feds convict street leaders of the Texas Mexican Mafia. It allowed him to avoid significant prison time for passing counterfeit money and receiving a firearm while under indictment. Continue Reading »
Apr 03 2007
(CBC News) Nicolo (Nick) Rizzuto, a reputed boss of Montreal’s Mafia, has been in hospital for about 10 days after he experienced chest pains.
According to the Canadian Press, Rizzuto checked into the Montreal Jewish General Hospital under the watch of two police officers and a security guard. Continue Reading »
Apr 03 2007
FORT LAUDERDALE (The Associated Press) - A federal judge has sentenced three reputed associates of the Genovese crime family to prison and supervised release, according to court documents.
Mitchell Wiessman, Joseph Dennis Colasacco, and Charles Steinberg were arrested in June 2006 and later pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy, a charge designed to cut down on organized crime. Prosecutors said the men were involved in the Genovese family’s South Florida operations. Continue Reading »
