Jun 11 2008

Police raids lead to Mafia arrests in the south

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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 »

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Jun 10 2008

Burnt ‘Hot Dogs’: The Mob’s Set-Up Man

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A not-so-bright wiseguy faces the music in the school-bus scandal

You’d want to believe that the schemers who kept New York City’s school-bus industry under the Mafia’s thumb for more than 30 years would be a pretty tough bunch. Who else could keep mayors, bureaucrats, and prosecutors at bay for decades while feeding like voracious bedbugs off the city’s most vital enterprise? Continue Reading »

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Jun 09 2008

Former Chinese Diplomat: The Regime Has Close Ties With Overseas Mafias

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Since May 17, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has instigated, imported agents and thugs into Flushing to harass and attack volunteers of the “Quit the CCP” Service Center. In an Epoch Times interview, former Chinese diplomat Mr. Chen Yonglin commented that the regime has always had close ties with overseas Chinese mafia. Continue Reading »

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Jun 09 2008

Drive-by shooting victim denied auto insurance claim

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Left Paralyzed

Louise Russo, a Toronto mother who became an advocate for victims of violence after she was mistakenly shot and paralyzed in a botched mob hit, has lost her bid for compensation from her insurance company.

Mrs. Russo and her family sought compensation under rules allowing additional payment to victims of an automobile injury if the culprit in the incident is underinsured. The twist in her case is that the automobile injury was a drive-by shooting. Continue Reading »

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Jun 08 2008

Mafia will steal millions of biometric identities, MPs warned

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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 »

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Jun 07 2008

Reputed Gambino consigliere pleads guilty in NYC extortion case; drug charge dropped

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NEW YORK — The reputed consigliere of the Gambino crime family has pleaded guilty to extortion charges, part of a wide-ranging mob case involving dozens of people and a decades-long roster of crimes. Continue Reading »

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Jun 07 2008

Italian Youth Tackle Naples Mafia

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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 »

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Jun 06 2008

Police arrest 50 Mafia members

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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 »

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Jun 05 2008

HarperCollins sues mob chief’s daughter over book

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NEW YORK — Victoria Gotti, a newspaper columnist and the daughter of late Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, was sued on Thursday by HarperCollins Publishers for the return of a $70,000 advance on a memoir that was never written. Continue Reading »

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Jun 05 2008

Mexican Mafia figure faces new charges

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SAN DIEGO –- A member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang, already in federal prison for trafficking drugs on behalf of the Arellano Felix cartel, faces new charges – this time for orchestrating a methamphetamine deal from behind bars. Continue Reading »

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