Jun 19 2008
Naples — An Italian appeals court on Thursday upheld life jail sentences for 16 bosses of the Camorra, the Naples version of the Mafia, in what was hailed as a victory for the state. Continue Reading »
Jun 18 2008
Key player tied to mafia, RCMP say. Four suspects moved at least 35 tonnes from Colombia into Canada, police charge
Two Montreal-area men, including one living in the West Island, face charges alleging they were among the biggest suppliers of cocaine to organized crime groups in the city after a police investigation allegedly linked both to more than 60 tonnes of the drug smuggled into North America. Continue Reading »
Jun 17 2008
MILAN — 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 17 2008
Palermo — Police on Tuesday raided Italy’s highest appeals court, in an ongoing anti-Mafia probe that led to eight arrests on Monday, according to Italian daily La Repubblica’s website. Continue Reading »
Jun 17 2008
Palermo — Eight ‘prominent’ arrests were made by the police of Trapani and Agrigento last night, the conclusion of an investigation by the Anti-mafia District Department of Palermo into attempts to slow down legal proceedings against members of the mafia with the help of members of the Freemasonry. Continue Reading »
Jun 14 2008
Yury Salikov, one of the suspected heads of the gang AFP PHOTO/STR
Four of twenty suspected Russian mafia members arrested on Friday will remain in Spanish custody after questioning, according to the El Mundo newspaper. Sixteen others have yet to be quizzed, but Spanish law requires that they be charged within 48 hours of arrest. Continue Reading »
Jun 14 2008
ROME — An appellate court in Naples is expected to reach a verdict next week in a huge trial involving the most powerful and violent clan of the poor southern region’s Camorra mafia. Continue Reading »
Jun 13 2008
Madrid - Spanish police Friday detained several people in swoops on Russian arms traffickers and money launderers, police sources said. The judge who ordered the operation had issued 25 arrest orders. The detainees included four people regarded as ring leaders, according to radio reports. Continue Reading »
Jun 12 2008
Joseph Serio’s recently released book “Investigating the Russian Mafia” (Carolina Academic Press, Durham, North Carolina, 2008) is a detailed accounting of his study and personal experience on “Russian Mafia” related issues. He notes that the term “Russian Mafia” comprises elements of several ethnic groups in Russia and the rest of the former Soviet Union. Continue Reading »
Jun 12 2008
Italian police say 11 entrepreneurs suspected of links with the Naples-area Camorra mafia have been arrested, accused of illegally burying household rubbish and sometimes toxic industrial waste. Continue Reading »
