Jun 20 2008
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
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
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
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 »
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 »
