Archive for September, 2008

Sep 30 2008

Some 30 new arrests in crackdown on Naples mafia

Published by under Italy

CASERTA — Police made nearly 30 new arrests in the Naples area Tuesday as part of a crackdown on the Camorra mafia following the killings of an Italian businessman and six African immigrants. Continue Reading »

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Sep 30 2008

Mafia ghosts in Tampa

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TAMPA, Fla. — The ghosts of Tampa’s old-time wiseguys awakened this summer when Mafia scion John “Junior” Gotti came to town in handcuffs, accused of pulling the strings in a bunch of classic mobster crimes. Continue Reading »

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Sep 30 2008

Dozens arrested in crackdown on Naples mafia

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ROME — Police carried out dozens of arrests in the Naples area Tuesday as part of a crackdown on the Camorra mafia following the killings of an Italian businessman and six African immigrants.

“The war against the Camorra will continue until it is won,” said Interior Minister Roberto Maroni as he announced the arrests at a televised news conference, referring to the local mafia in the southern port city. Continue Reading »

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Sep 30 2008

Leading Naples mafia clan dismantled

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Over one hundred suspected members of the powerful Neapolitan Casalesi clan were arrested Tuesday in a major crackdown by Italian security forces. Three of the arrested are accused of murdering six West African immigrants earlier this month.

Three suspected killers accused of murdering six West African immigrants in Castelvolturno, near Naples, earlier this month, have been arrested this morning in a large security operation against one of the most powerful clans of the Camorra, the Neapolitan mafia. Continue Reading »

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Sep 29 2008

Anti-Mafia school to give agents crime fighting skills

Published by under Italy

Rome — A university course to teach ‘secret agents’ how to fight the Mafia is to begin on Saturday in the southern Italian region of Calabria, a Mafia stronghold.

A group of 35 agents will be trained by the University of Calabria and Cosenza on how to fight the Mafia known as ‘Ndrangheta, reported the Italian weekly, Gente. Continue Reading »

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Sep 29 2008

Anti-Mafia police seize assets worth 10 billion euros

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Caserta — Anti-Mafia police on Monday seized assets worth around 10 billion euros, including property, belonging to the boss of a local Mafia clan allegedly linked to murders in the Province of Caserta, north of Naples. Continue Reading »

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