Aug 29 2008
Naples — Wardrobes, drawers, and nightstands, made of wood, but with chambers stuffed with pure cocaine from South America. This was the load that was seized in the port of Vado Ligure, in the province of Savona, in a Naples Customs Police operation, along with local Italian Financial Police, coordinated with the Neapolitan antimafia district management. Continue Reading »
Aug 29 2008
John Gotti Junior, the son of one of America’s most notorious Mafia bosses, has denied racketeering and murder charges in court in Florida. Continue Reading »
Aug 28 2008
Generational change saps N.E. Mafia, authorities say
The New England Mafia just is not what it used to be.
In what would be an unusual move for a man of his rank, the family’s reputed underboss, Carmen “The Cheese Man” DiNunzio, is accused of personally delivering a $10,000 bribe to a near stranger, a man who turned out to be an undercover FBI agent. Continue Reading »
Aug 28 2008
NEW YORK — Philomena “Fannie” Gotti, the mother of five members of the Gambino crime family, has died at a Long Island, N.Y., nursing home. She was 96. Continue Reading »
Aug 27 2008
Japan’s powerful yakuza organised crime syndicates are mounting a widespread and “infectious” assault on the country’s financial markets that may have left hundreds of listed companies riddled with mob connections. Continue Reading »
Aug 27 2008
Palermo — A local council in the western Sicilian city of Trapani is to build 1,320 solar panels on a plot of land confiscated from local Mafia boss, Nunzio Spezia. Continue Reading »
