May 17 2007
NEW YORK - U.S. and Italian government officials have begun working in tandem to fight the re-emergence of the Sicilian mafia in New York.
With major Sicilian mobsters recently being released from prison, the Italian government and the FBI have created “The Pantheon Project” as a means to limit the effect the organized crime members have in their native land and New York, The New York Post said Monday. Continue Reading »
May 17 2007
No drug dealer will be able to sleep peacefully any longer – said Anto Djapic, supporting Ruza Tomasic.
President of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) Anto Djapic sent a clear message on Tuesday that his party strongly backed member of parliament Ruza Tomasic regarding recent threats sent to her by the narcotics circle in Dalmatia. Continue Reading »
May 17 2007
On Thursday lunchtime, Enrico Mariotti is expecting to receive his final visitor at the house where he has lived for the past seven years.
When the police officer knocks on his door, the grandfather-of-four plans to invite him in and offer him a cup of coffee before accepting a lift to Gatwick. Continue Reading »
May 17 2007
MIAMI The self acknowledged head of the Genovese crime family has been sentenced to 14 years in prison on federal racketeering charges.
73-year old Renaldi “Ray” Ruggiero was also ordered to serve two years of supervised release, pay a 25-thousand-dollar fine and forfeit 10-thousand dollars previously seized by the government. Continue Reading »
May 17 2007
A £5.5 billion transport project in Italy that includes a railway to ferry tourists to the top of Vesuvius has become mired in controversy amid warnings of an imminent volcanic eruption and a mafia war at the foot of the mountain.
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May 17 2007
(Sofia) “The news about the murder of Alexander Tasev surprised me to some extent because I hadn’t heard the people acquainted with crime mentioning him as a possible target”, Emanuil Yordanov, former Interior Minister, MP in the 38th National Assembly from the list of the Union of Democratic Forces /UDF/ from Kyustendil, said in an interview with FOCUS News Agency. Continue Reading »
May 13 2007
Carmine Carini’s cousins were assassins. Prosecutors and Mafia defectors have credited them with numerous killings. One time they were ordered to kill a federal prosecutor but instead they killed his father, an administrative judge who handled parking tickets. They were killed for their blunder. Continue Reading »
May 13 2007
NEW YORK — At age 89, John “Sonny” Franzese still enjoys sitting for a bite with his friends. The problem, according to federal authorities, is when the octogenarian mobster inevitably puts his criminal interests on the menu. Continue Reading »
May 11 2007
A man underwent surgery for critical injuries on Thursday after a gunman riddled his car with bullets on a San Francisco freeway offramp - an attack a witness called a “mafia-style execution.” Continue Reading »
May 10 2007
What’s in a Mafia name? Christopher J. Gambino: author, fashion designer, wine distributor. So where did he get the material for his book?
Christopher J. Gambino may not be a Mafioso, but he certainly looks the part: six-foot-one, with black hair graying at the temples and a gold chain dangling around his neck. He also has the requisite qualifications: the team of bodyguards, the background in trash collection, the criminal history, the mysterious stream of income — and, of course, the infamous last name. Continue Reading »
