Jul 16 2008
This story is the third in a series focusing on the FBI as the agency hits the 100-year mark.
WASHINGTON — The Teflon Don is dead and gone. The Mustache Petes of the Mafia’s old guard are mostly behind bars. And the crime rackets have gone global. Continue Reading »
Jul 15 2008
Former New England Mafia boss Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme was sentenced today in federal court to five years in prison on charges of lying and obstructing justice. Continue Reading »
Jul 14 2008
Ottaviano del Turco once headed parliament’s anti-Mafia commission
A former Italian finance minister and several senior officials have been arrested on suspicion of corruption. Continue Reading »
Jul 13 2008
Organized in cells, new group has stronger loyalty
REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy — The tale of “The Godfather” seems almost quaint from this rocky, remote outpost in Italy.
Prosecutors and lawmakers are increasingly riveted by a more mysterious and blood-bound crime racket rooted in these far southern reaches of Calabria — not Sicily — that in the past two decades has put Italy at the heart of the global cocaine market. Continue Reading »
Jul 13 2008
Naples — This may be the only city on Earth where the nation’s prime minister was forced to send a well-armed military regiment to guard the garbage dump. The soldiers are dug in, ready to fight.
At this moment, it’s not clear whether they are preparing to take on residents, who riot and rampage every time the city tries to open a new dump, injuring police and firefighters – or the Mafia that controls the region’s refuse business and has been known to decapitate enemies with a circular saw. Continue Reading »
Jul 11 2008
Palermo — A fugitive Italian Mafia leader, Salvatore Parisi, was arrested on Friday by the Italian Carabinieri or paramilitary police on the outskirts of the Sicilian town of Monreale. Continue Reading »
