Jan 30 2008
Mafia Accusations Spur CEO Arrest
ROME — Police in Sicily on Wednesday arrested the chief executive of a subsidiary of Italcementi SpA, Italy’s biggest cement maker, on suspicion of Mafia collusion, authorities said. Continue Reading »
Archive for January, 2008
Jan 25 2008
Semyon Mogilevich, the East European mafia boss, captured in Moscow
One of the world’s most feared mafia bosses accused of arms dealing, drug running, uranium trafficking and multiple murders has been captured by around 50 police commandos in Moscow. Continue Reading »
Jan 25 2008
Russian main mafioso, head of Arbat Prestige arrested in Moscow
A Russian businessman wanted by FBI and Interpol has been arrested in Moscow, offcials said Friday.
The Russian Interior Ministry’s anti-organized crime unit’s spokesman said that Semyon Mogilevich was detained late Wednesday, the AP reported. Continue Reading »
Jan 24 2008
Prosecutor, 2 centuries of prison to Lo Picolo and clan
Palermo, – A little less of two centuries of prison have been requested by prosecutors Domenico Gozzo, Annamaria Picozzi and Gaetano Paci in the ‘San Lorenzo 5′ trial taking place at the fourth section of the Palermo court headed by Annamaria Fazio. Continue Reading »
Jan 22 2008
One of boss Lo Piccolo’s henchmen to cooperate
Palermo – Gaspare Pulizzi, one of the chief henchmen of Mafia boss Salvatore Lo Piccolo, arrested on 5 November 2007 in Giardinello (Paleromo) along with the chief henchman of Tommaso Natale and his son, has started to cooperated with the anti-mafia investigators. Continue Reading »
Jan 21 2008
Mafia killers arm themselves with degrees
Mafia bosses do not come much more brutal than Giuseppe and Filippo Graviano. Among the crimes, for which the brothers have been serving life sentences since 1994 are involvement in the murder of two anti-Mafia judges, the killing of an anti-Mafia priest, the bombing of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and another in Rome that killed 10 people and injured 93. Continue Reading »
