Jun 17 2008
MILAN — Banco di Sicilia can play an important role against the mafia in Sicily by funding sound and competitive companies, the chairman of the Sicilian unit of Italian bank UniCredit said on Tuesday. Continue Reading »
Jun 17 2008
Palermo — Police on Tuesday raided Italy’s highest appeals court, in an ongoing anti-Mafia probe that led to eight arrests on Monday, according to Italian daily La Repubblica’s website. Continue Reading »
Jun 17 2008
Palermo — Eight ‘prominent’ arrests were made by the police of Trapani and Agrigento last night, the conclusion of an investigation by the Anti-mafia District Department of Palermo into attempts to slow down legal proceedings against members of the mafia with the help of members of the Freemasonry. Continue Reading »
Jun 14 2008
ROME — An appellate court in Naples is expected to reach a verdict next week in a huge trial involving the most powerful and violent clan of the poor southern region’s Camorra mafia. Continue Reading »
Jun 12 2008
Italian police say 11 entrepreneurs suspected of links with the Naples-area Camorra mafia have been arrested, accused of illegally burying household rubbish and sometimes toxic industrial waste. Continue Reading »
Jun 11 2008
Rome — Italian journalists have been targeted by the Mafia for more than 40 years in their efforts to expose the organisation’s criminal activities, according to a media watchdog. Continue Reading »
Jun 11 2008
Cosenza/Caserta — Police on Wednesday arrested 32 Mafia suspects in several raids in southern Italy and seized almost 50 million euros worth of assets. Continue Reading »
Jun 07 2008
The Camorra mafia group in Naples is into getting rich quick without doing a lot of work. Attracted to the perks, a lot of young people are joining the ranks of mafia killers — but other youths are trying to stop them. Continue Reading »
Jun 06 2008
Naples — Italian police on Friday arrested 50 members of the Cava clan, which is allegedly linked to the Mafia organisation known as the Camorra, in the southern Campania region. Continue Reading »
Jun 03 2008
· Fourth victim in shootings targeting state witnesses
· Camorra gangs involved in Naples rubbish crisis
A “super-witness” who was due to testify on the links between politicians and mafia mobsters in Naples was gunned down in the street yesterday - the fourth victim in a month of shootings directed against witnesses who turn state’s evidence. Continue Reading »
