Jun 28 2008
Top cop Christine Nixon defends Operation Clarendon actions
CHIEF Commissioner Christine Nixon yesterday revealed a new taskforce was investigating Calabrian mafia operations in Victoria. Continue Reading »
Archive for June, 2008
Jun 27 2008
Office of Police Integrity lashes mafia squad
A SECRET taskforce set up by Christine Nixon to investigate the Calabrian mafia has been attacked by the police corruption watchdog. Continue Reading »
Jun 26 2008
Sicilian Mafia Feeds Inflation by Fixing Meat Costs, Police Say
Sicily’s Cosa Nostra imposed minimum prices for meat sold by Palermo butchers, police said today, after rounding up 12 alleged mobsters for extortion, mafia conspiracy and drug trafficking. Continue Reading »
Jun 23 2008
Did Russian mafia kill Litvinenko?
The murder of Aleksandr Litvinenko could be linked to a chain of recent arrests of alleged Russian mafia men in Spain. Continue Reading »
Jun 23 2008
UniCredit exec says Sicily mafia on way out
Banco di Sicilia can play an important role against the mafia in Sicily by funding sound and competitive companies, the chairman of the Sicilian unit of Italian bank UniCredit said on Tuesday. Continue Reading »
Jun 21 2008
Naples court sentences mafia bosses to life
Roberto Saviano arrives at court. Photo: AFP
A MARATHON trial spanning nearly a decade — during which five innocent people involved in the case were murdered — has meted out 16 life sentences in a massive blow to one of Italy’s most powerful criminal clans. Continue Reading »
Jun 20 2008
Mafia godfathers jailed for life in landmark murder trial
An epic trial against one of Italy’s most powerful Mafia families has handed life sentences to four godfathers, decapitating a clan worth an estimated £20 billion.
Francesco Schiavone was arrested by Italian police in 1998
The Casalesi clan, which takes its name from the town of Casal di Principe near Naples, has been described as the successor of the Corleone family, which ruled Sicily in the 1980s. Continue Reading »
Jun 19 2008
Son of “Godfather” sues Paramount over video game
LOS ANGELES — The son of author Mario Puzo who created “The Godfather” sued Paramount Pictures on Wednesday, saying it had failed to hand over any of the revenues from a video game based on the book and award-winning movie. Continue Reading »
Jun 19 2008
Italy: Police seize 900 million euros of Mafia assets
Rome — Italian tax police seized assets worth some 900 million euros from organised crime between January and June this year - a fivefold increase against the same period in 2007. Continue Reading »
Jun 19 2008
Naples mafia sentences confirmed
An Italian appeals court has upheld life sentences for members of one of the most violent clans of the Naples mafia, the Camorra. Continue Reading »
