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 »
Jun
08
2007
After 25 years, two inquests and a very lengthy trial – the mystery remains.
The verdict of the court was that Roberto Calvi was murdered – but the evidence against the five accused, said the judge, was insufficient and at times contradictory. Continue Reading »
Jun
07
2007
A court in Rome today cleared all five defendants accused of murdering “God’s banker” Roberto Calvi, whose body was found 25 years ago hanging under London’s Blackfriars bridge. Continue Reading »
Jun
02
2007
Gennaro Panzuto has been extradited to Italy from the UK
(BBC) An alleged mafia boss suspected of four murders in Italy has been extradited from the UK, according to City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
Gennaro Panzuto, 32, was arrested in Garstang near Preston, Lancs, by the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency. Continue Reading »
