Dec 29 2007
Mafia kill 20 horses in blaze
AN arson attack that killed 20 prized racing horses was probably started by the Mafia, cops said yesterday. Continue Reading »
Archive for December, 2007
Dec 28 2007
Italian mafia boss gunned down in Naples
NAPLES - An Italian mafia boss was gunned down by unknown assailants on Friday, police said.
Francesco Verde, 58, headed the Verde clan which is active in northern Naples and thrives on drug trafficking and extortion like much of the Camorra — the Neapolitan version of the mafia. Continue Reading »
Dec 28 2007
Son of mafia Boss of bosses gets sentence reduced on appeal
Palermo - An appeals court in the Sicilian city of Palermo has sentenced Giuseppe Salvatore Riina, youngest son of jailed mafia boss Toto Riina, to eight years and 10 months in prison for mafia association. The court reduced the 14 year jailterm originally handed down to Giuseppe in 2004. Continue Reading »
Dec 27 2007
Little-known mafia is cocaine king
An officer of Italy’s national paramilitary police, with a display in Milan last month of mug shots of 49 people arrested that day, some of them linked to the ’Ndrangheta
The ‘Ndrangheta of Italy’s southern Calabria region rules the expanding European drug trade.
GIOIA TAURO — Europe is fast overtaking the U.S. as the leading destination for the world’s cocaine, and a single Italian mafia is largely responsible.
The ‘Ndrangheta crime syndicate, a ruthless and mysterious network of 155 families born in the rough hills here in southern Italy’s Calabria region, now dominates the European drug trade. By establishing direct ties with Colombian producers and building a multibillion-dollar empire that spans five continents, the syndicate has metamorphosed into one of the craftiest criminal gangs in the world, authorities say. Continue Reading »
Dec 26 2007
Mafia fighter had his own ties
Rudy Giuliani spent much of his career as U.S. attorney fighting the Mafia. But Giuliani’s own family ties to organized crime were revealed in 2000, when he was ending his second term as mayor.
Giuliani’s father, Harold Giuliani, was convicted of armed robbery for holding up a milk deliveryman in 1934. Continue Reading »
Dec 25 2007
Italian Cement Maker Spurns Mafia
ROME — Italcementi S.p.A., Italy’s biggest cement company, plans to suspend its Sicilian operations as a protest against extortion payments to the Mafia. Continue Reading »
Dec 22 2007
Thousands turn out for Sicilian anti-mafia concert
CORLEONE — Thousands of people gathered for the finale of an anti-mafia concert Saturday in the Sicilian village of Corleone, the birthplace of some of the Cosa Nostra’s most powerful bosses. Continue Reading »
Dec 21 2007
Mexican Mafia Member On Most Wanted List
SAN ANTONIO — A man who escaped from the Bexar County Jail in October – by walking out the front door – now has federal law enforcement on his tail.
The U.S. Marshals Service has added 28-year-old David Sauceda to its Top 15 Most Wanted List and added a large cash incentive for information leading to his capture. Continue Reading »
Dec 20 2007
Canada court clears extradition of Italian mobster
OTTAWA - Canada’s highest court refused on Thursday to hear the appeal of a Mafia fugitive fighting extradition to Italy, where he was convicted in absentia a decade ago on drug charges. Continue Reading »
Dec 20 2007
Italian police arrest supermarket owner suspected of Mafia links
ROME: Sicilian authorities arrested a supermarket chain owner Thursday who had been mentioned in notes found following the arrest last year of Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano, police said. Continue Reading »
