Nov 30 2007
Police arrest 10 in drug raids linked to Mafia
MONTREAL – Police allege 10 people arrested Thursday night are part of a drug trafficking network with ties to the Montreal Mafia. Continue Reading »
Archive for November, 2007
Nov 29 2007
TV show ‘glorifying mafia’ taken off air
A hit television series described as Italy’s answer to The Sopranos has been ordered off the air by the country’s justice minister who claims it glamorises the Mafia.
Clemente Mastella said the final episode of The Boss of All the Bosses will not air this week. Continue Reading »
Nov 28 2007
Mafia is blamed for arson attack on businesses fighting back
Businessmen in Sicily who have risked their lives by taking a stand against extortion rackets vowed to “fight to the end” yesterday after the Mafia hit back by attacking a key campaign headquarters and stealing documents. Continue Reading »
Nov 27 2007
Should a film about the mafia be banned from television?
On Monday, November 26th, the Italian Justice Minister Clemente Mastella requested the withdrawal from television of a fictional work about the life of Mafia leader Toto Riina, considering that the directors made a hero of him. Continue Reading »
Nov 25 2007
The pen is mightier than the mob
ROBERTO Saviano jokes that he has a mobster’s face, which, if true, has done nothing to endear him to the real criminals he writes about. They despise him, so much so that Saviano, 28, has been forced to live in hiding under state protection, a sort of Salman Rushdie in Italy’s still unresolved struggle against organised crime. Continue Reading »
Nov 21 2007
Mafia ordered “God’s banker” murder: Italy court
ROME – The mafia was probably behind the infamous 1982 murder of Roberto Calvi, who was found hanging from a London bridge and was known as “God’s banker” because of his Vatican links, an Italian court said on Wednesday. Continue Reading »
