Dec 17 2008
Colombia model for Kosovo Albanian mafia
Kosovo Albanian mafia that is pushing for independence wants to turn the province into a criminal center like Colombia says Italian reporter and writer Roberto Saviano. Continue Reading »
Archive for December, 2008
Dec 17 2008
Gaetano Lo Presti: Arrested Mafia leader found dead
Gaetano Lo Presti was one of dozens of people arrested on Tuesday
A suspected Mafia leader has hanged himself in prison in Sicily hours after being arrested, Italian police say.
Gaetano Lo Presti, 52, was among almost 100 alleged Mafia bosses detained in a massive security operation on Tuesday. Continue Reading »
Dec 17 2008
Mafia chiefs seized as they select godfather
AP – Italian carabinieri arrest suspected mobster Giuseppe Scaduto yesterday. In a huge pre-dawn operation, more than 1,000 officers swooped on dozens of addresses in Palermo and around Sicily
More than 1,000 officers swoop on suspected Cosa Nostra gangsters
Italian police have arrested 94 suspected Mafia gangsters who they claimed were on the brink of creating a command structure under a new godfather to relaunch Cosa Nostra as a power in the land. Continue Reading »
Dec 17 2008
Reputed mob captain gets prison in Fla. fraud case
MIAMI (AP) — A captain of the Gambino crime family’s South Florida operations, who prosecutors say has been linked to an infamous hit that led to John Gotti’s rise to power, was sentenced Tuesday to nine years in federal prison in a major real estate fraud case. Continue Reading »
Dec 17 2008
Italian Police Arrest Dozens in Sweep Aimed at Mafia Bosses
ROME — The Italian police staged a series of high-profile raids in Palermo on Tuesday in an attempt to stop the city’s crime bosses from reorganizing after several years in which they appeared to lack leadership, officials said. Continue Reading »
Dec 16 2008
Sicilian mafia ‘decapitated’ by mass arrests, say police
Members of the caribinieri outside their Palermo HQ Tuesday following raids against Sicilian mafia suspects.
Story Highlights
• More than 1,200 Italian carabinieri arrest 89 suspects in Palermo, Italy
• Charges include association with the mafia, extortion, arms and drug trafficking
• Police: With these arrests we decapitated the top brass of the Palermo mafia
• Arrest warrants were also issued against several suspects in Tuscany
ROME — Italian paramilitary police carried out massive arrests Tuesday against the Sicilian mafia in Palermo, “decapitating” the organization’s leadership structure, the head of the city’s carabinieri said. Continue Reading »
