Jan 19 2009
ROME — Your college roommate is on Facebook. So are your cousins and colleagues and friends. But guess who else may find Facebook a great way to stay in touch?
Some people in Sicily who know a few things about networking.
In recent weeks, the Italian authorities have begun investigating Facebook discussion groups devoted to convicted Mafiosi, concerned that some members might be more than fans. Continue Reading »
Jan 18 2009
BRUTAL turf wars could explode in the UK between Italy’s most feared Mafia gangs, police said yesterday.
And we can reveal that members of both the Camorra and Calabria Mafia are already living and operating here. Continue Reading »
Jan 17 2009
Denied Refugee Status
An American man claiming the Mafia and the CIA are conspiring to silence him — just as they killed his father and grandfather — was denied refugee protection in Canada because he could not prove the conspiracy in court.
The complicated tale of Michael Ellero, 44, of Phoenix, is told in some 700 pages of self-penned prose, a treatise he claims documents his work for the U. S. Department of Justice, payments by the Mafia to relatives of Hillary Clinton, and a nefarious campaign to destroy him after reporting office misdeeds to his boss — including the involvement of a lawyer in the death of a colleague. Continue Reading »
Jan 16 2009
NEW YORK — Mob scion John A. “Junior” Gotti should stay behind bars while awaiting trial on charges he was involved in three gangland murders and cocaine trafficking, a judge ruled Thursday. Continue Reading »
Jan 16 2009
MIAMI – Tommy Hussey was standing in the courtroom yesterday, watching John Connolly shake hands and hug people, and he couldn’t make heads or tails of it.
“I never seen anything like it,” Tommy Hussey was saying. “Guy gets 40 years and you’d think he won the lottery.” Continue Reading »
Jan 16 2009
Naples — Anti-Mafia police on Friday seized 100 million euros worth of assets belonging to the Casalesi crime family outside the southern Italian city of Naples. The family is part of a Mafia clan allegedly linked to murders in the province of Caserta, north of the city. The assets included real estate, companies and shares, and a luxury vehicle. Continue Reading »
