Feb 11 2008
Mafia boss’s corpse found in illegal grave
Palermo - A charred body believed to be that of Mafia boss Giovanni Bonanno was found in a cemetery, believed to belong to the Mafia’s LoPiccolo clan. Continue Reading »
Archive for February, 2008
Feb 11 2008
Gambino Mafia Has Massive City Project Contracts In NYC
New York City, NY - The integrity of a number of major infrastructure projects in New York City are now under question as evidence indicate the Gambino mafia, arrested Friday, had a large stake in infrastructure projects, both public and private sectors. The red light was the inclusion of Anthony Delvescovo in the indictment. Delvescovo was the director of tunnel operations for Schiavone Construction in New Jersey, which holds several government contracts in billions of dollars. Continue Reading »
Feb 10 2008
Mafia target Roberto Saviano to take aim at Silvio Berlusconi
A BESTSELLING author forced to live under police protection after publishing an exposé of the Naples mafia is expected to run for parliament in a challenge to Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire tycoon and former prime minister.
Roberto Saviano, 28, whose book Gomorrah: Italy’s Other Mafia sold 1m copies in Italy and prompted several death threats, has been asked to join the slate led by Walter Veltroni, leader of the centre-left Democratic party and Berlusconi’s main rival in the general election on April 13-14. Continue Reading »
Feb 09 2008
US, Italian Mafia raids will not be a fatal blow: experts
NEW YORK — A huge roundup of suspected mobsters in New York and Sicily may have hurt the Mafia, but with organized crime continually adapting and able to tap into a deep well of willing recruits, the sweep is unlikely to deal a fatal blow to the Cosa Nostra, experts say. Continue Reading »
Feb 08 2008
Arrests Thwart Return of Mafia Clan
ROME — In the Mafia’s slang they are scorned as the “scappati” — the “runaways” — a crime clan that sought refuge in the United States more than 20 years ago after being nearly wiped out in one of Sicily’s bloodiest mob wars. Continue Reading »
Feb 06 2008
Polish mafia gas supply scandal
A contract for gas supply signed by Poland in 2003 has become a new pretext for further arguments between the Civic Platform (PO) and Law and Justice (PiS), Polish Radio reports. Continue Reading »
Feb 03 2008
Father of headmaster’s killer jailed for murder
The father of Learco Chindamo, who stabbed to death headteacher Philip Lawrence, has been sentenced to 25 years for murdering a former girlfriend. Continue Reading »
Feb 02 2008
Kosovo Underworld Rising
February 2008, seems to highlight an important landmark in the history of the Kosovo Province of Serbia. The secessionist supporters both Albanians and elements of the international community are eager to establish an independent state by instigating a fait accompli, so as to prevent the negative reactions of the public opinion who seems to hesitate for such an action. Continue Reading »
Feb 01 2008
Another Lo Piccolo colonel repents, killed a boss
Palermo - Andrea Bonaccorso, fingered by supergrass Gaspare Pulizzi as one of the assassins of Nicola Ingarao, the boss who was gunned down in the streets of Palermo the 13th of June 2007, is now working with justice authorities. Continue Reading »
