Archive for May, 2007

May 10 2007

Prosecutor: Couple who robbed social clubs were killed for humiliating mob

Published by mafia-news.com under USA

NEW YORK (AP) — A husband and wife who robbed gangland social clubs in the early 1990s — sometimes forcing their victims to drop their pants — were rubbed out for humiliating the mob, a prosecutor said Wednesday at closing arguments at a federal racketeering trial. Continue Reading »

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May 09 2007

15 mafia clans dominate Albania

Published by mafia-news.com under Albania

Tirana. Albanian mafia consists of 15 clans, which rule the whole country territory, Koha Jone wrote, citing report of the French Institute for Investigating Criminal Risk.

In the report is said that it is clear enouch that if they are able and continue to exist so many years, mafia organizations in Albania have influence over all political, police and military sphere. Continue Reading »

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May 09 2007

Italy returns mafia-linked British woman to UK

Published by mafia-news.com under Italy, UK

A mother of two from Rochdale accused of helping to run a mafia empire in Italy was today back in Britain after agreeing a deal with Italian prosecutors.

Ann Hathaway, 44, flew into Manchester airport last night after she was handed a suspended sentence and released from a Sicilian jail after admitting to mafia associations.

This morning, a “welcome home” banner hung in the window of her terraced house in the Middleton area. No one was answering the door. Continue Reading »

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May 04 2007

Canadian mobster pleads guilty to aiding 26-year-old Mafia ‘hit’ in New York

Published by mafia-news.com under Canada, USA

NEW YORK (AP) - A Canadian mobster who took part in the spectacular slaying of three New York Mafia captains in 1981 pleaded guilty Friday to racketeering as part of a plea deal calling for him to serve just 10 years in prison.

Vito Rizzuto, reputed to be a former godfather of the Montreal Mafia, entered his plea at a U.S. federal court in Brooklyn, a day before the 26th anniversary of the slayings. Continue Reading »

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