Mafia News

Police are claiming another victory in Italy’s war against the mafia with the arrest of Edoardo Contini, described as “perhaps the most dangerous boss in Naples” by the interior minister, Giuliano Amato.

Contini, 52, was captured unarmed late on Friday in a small second-floor apartment in Naples from where he allegedly acted as godfather of an empire dealing in drugs, extortion, prostitution, money lending and illegal immigration. Continue Reading »

A mafia boss considered one of Italy’s 30 most dangerous fugitives has been arrested in Naples, police have said.

Edoardo Contini, aged 52, was detained in a suburb of the southern city on Friday night. Continue Reading »

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Del Balso, 37, accused of extortion against Norshield founder

One of the alleged Mafia leaders arrested in the Project Colisée police sweep faces 36 new criminal charges, including an attempt to extort money from John Xanthoudakis, founder of the troubled Norshield Financial Group. Continue Reading »

An accused Genovese crime family member was acquitted last night of murdering a loan shark in a Brooklyn social club in 1994.

The not-guilty verdict in the trial of Queens pizzeria owner Carmine Polito came after five days of jury deliberations.

Polito, 49, and co-defendant Mario Fortunato, 60, who will hear the verdict in his nonjury trial today, were charged with plotting a November 1994 shooting that left loan shark Sabotino Lombardi dead and his cousin Michael D’Urso wounded. Continue Reading »

The Mafia has been accused of bleeding Italy’s health system dry, following a series of deaths linked to the crumbling state of hospitals in the south of the country. Continue Reading »

Italian police allege Saputo was to buy two companies for $600-million, which they say is an inflated price

MONTREAL, ROME — One of Canada’s wealthiest businessmen, Montreal cheese magnate Lino Saputo, is denying that his company has ties to a Mafia money-laundering scheme. Continue Reading »