Apr 17 2008
Minister’s ‘mafia’ comment hurtful: Volpe
Health Minister Mike Murphy will not be reprimanded for comments he made on Wednesday that compared the leader of the Opposition to a member of the mafia. Continue Reading »
Archive for April, 2008
Apr 17 2008
Accused triggerman in Springfield mob killing pleads guilty
Springfield – A low-level mafia member admitted today that he shot and killed Springfield’s regional mob boss in 2003 in exchange for $10,000 from rivals who wanted to usurp his power.
Frankie Roche, 35, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of murder in aid of racketeering today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for the Nov. 23, 2003, shooting death of Adolfo “Big Al” Bruno. Continue Reading »
Apr 14 2008
Bulgarian Minister steps down amid ‘mafia’ scandal
Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Rumen Petkov has resigned amid increasing criticism of the Government over its failure to combat organised crime. Continue Reading »
Apr 14 2008
Former Mafia boss Cadillac Frank pleads guilty
Former New England Mafia boss Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme pleaded guilty today to lying and obstruction of justice as part of a deal that may allow him to be released from prison by the end of January. Continue Reading »
Apr 13 2008
Writer Georgi Stoev’s dies in suspected mafia killing
Sofia — ON the day he died Georgi Stoev, the author, knew he did not have long to live. “Something’s going to happen,” he told his lawyer as he left a cafe in Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, shortly after midday last Monday. Continue Reading »
Apr 12 2008
The mafia are everywhere
Toby Clements reviews McMafia: Crime without Frontiers by Misha Glenny
The title of this horrifying but gripping book derives not from some criminal variant of the Celtic tiger, but a suggestion that just as McDonald’s fast food outlets have spawned exponentially all over the world since the Nineties, so has the Mafia. Continue Reading »
