Jun 08 2008
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 »
Jun 03 2008
Poisoned: Former spy Alexander Litvinenko days before his death
Britain is wide open to the threat of the Russian Mafia, a leading crime expert has warned.
Squabbles between the police and MI5, the removal of the one policeman with contacts with the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the fallout from the Alexander Litvinenko murder have combined to leave London vulnerable to the mafia gangs, author Andrei Soldatov claims. Continue Reading »
May 01 2008
A HOLIDAY in the sun turned into a nightmare for the woman dubbed the `Mafia Godmother.’
Ann Hathaway, 45, from Middleton, near Rochdale, was arrested in a restaurant in Benidorm and led away in handcuffs. Continue Reading »
Apr 21 2008
The arrest took place in a Benidorm hotel and the woman, named only as A.H. will appear in the National Court in Madrid shortly. Continue Reading »
Nov 12 2007
SWEEPING new powers to strip criminals of their assets are needed to avoid mafia-style corruption taking root in Scotland, a newly retired police chief has warned.
Graeme Pearson, who served his last day as director of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA) yesterday, said current asset recovery legislation was “too restrictive” and insisted much tougher powers were needed to “isolate” organised crime and prevent it spreading further into legitimate businesses and spheres of public life. Continue Reading »
Nov 08 2007
THE father of the US millionairess pictured kissing Sir Paul McCartney was once accused of having Mafia ties. Continue Reading »
Oct 01 2007
THE daughter of a Scottish restaurateur accused of links to the Mafia in Italy yesterday insisted he is innocent.
Stephanie Schiattarella, 20, spoke out in an effort to secure his release from jail and claims he is a good father. Continue Reading »
Sep 14 2007
Antonio La Torre
THE Scottish wife of a Mafia mobster, alleged to be the godfather of one of Italy’s most feared crime syndicates, finally broke her years of silence yesterday to protest her husband’s innocence.
Gillian La Torre has been married for 25 years to Antonio La Torre, the Aberdeen restaurant owner who was dubbed “The Don on the Don” after he was first accused of having links with the Camorra, the Neapolitan equivalent of the Sicilian Mafia. Continue Reading »
Sep 11 2007
‘Godmother’ may face payouts probe
A mafia moll whose husband ran a £42million crime empire is raking in benefits of more than £11,000 a year.
Brit Ann Hathaway, 45, is wed to Sicilian godfather Antonio Rinzivillo, who is serving life in an Italian jail for murder and drug trafficking. Continue Reading »
Jul 19 2007
An Albanian gangster has been gunned down amid a bloody turf war over the right to rob the parking metres in Tony Blair’s street.
Even as police protections team were assessing security at the former Prime Minister’s new London home in Connaught Square, criminals were clashing over who ‘owned’ metres in the exclusive neighbourhood. Continue Reading »
