Mafia News

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 »

INTELLIGENCE on Italian Mafia links to Lancashire has been gathered by police.

Officers have been accumulating intelligence on individuals over the past 18 months which has been passed on to Italian authorities for offences committed abroad. Continue Reading »

A member of the Italian Mafia who has been leading a double life in Chorley has been convicted of drug trafficking.

Giuseppe Persico, 34, who worked for Adlington removals firm Andrew Porter Ltd, was arrested in a swoop by Portuguese police after landing at Faro Airport following the issue of an international warrant. Continue Reading »

Gennaro Panzuto – Mafia godfather was an associate of Giuseppe Persico

A member of an Italian Mafia clan, who lived a double life in Lancashire, has been convicted of drug trafficking after his arrest in Portugal, the Evening Post can reveal.

Giuseppe Persico, 34, who lived and worked in Chorley for more than two years, was arrested in a swoop by Portuguese police after landing at Faro Airport. Continue Reading »

Criminals have hacked into the online booking system of the world’s largest hotel chain.

Best Western has confirmed an investigation is underway into how the chain’s computer defences were breached on Thursday night.

Details of how to access the information – which included home addresses, place of employment and credit card details – were sold through an underground network operated by the Russian mafia. Continue Reading »

Plans for biometric identity cards and a national ID database will play into the hands of Mafia bosses, MPs have been warned.

Crime bosses would get hold of a person’s unique fingerprint data and capture his or her identity forever, said Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at Cambridge University. Continue Reading »