Archive for January, 2010

Questions abound after lawyers proposed a new trial date and the lead prosecutor left the case amid unexplained circumstances. Fotios “Freddy” Geas, charged in U.S. District Court in connection with the 2003 murder of organized crime boss Adolfo “Big Al” Bruno, is slated to stand trial starting March 1. However, prosecutors filed a motion...
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Colin Gunn, one of Britain’s most dangerous gangsters has been using Facebook to threaten and intimidate his enemies from a maximum security prison. Gunn, an underworld godfather who ordered the execution of two grandparents, has been able to correspond freely with up to 565 “friends” on the social networking site for the past two...
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Phillip J. Bauco, 56, of Bridgeport, a man who authorities said is a collector for a downstate gambling ring pleaded guilty to a charge of racketeering conspiracy Thursday in U.S. District Court in Hartford. Federal prosecutors said Bauco’s role was to collect losing bets from gamblers and payoffs from bookmakers who were under the...
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Reggion Calabria, Italy – Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday announced a new drive to rid Italy of the "terrible pathology" of organized crime."The mafia – the 'Ndrangheta and the other organizations, are a terrible pathology for our country," Berlusconi said as he unveiled a 10-point campaign against organized crime. He announced the plan...
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Immigration officials are seeking to deport Carlo Figliomeni, 42, of Woodbridge, north of Toronto, saying he is no longer eligible to live in Canada because of his membership in a criminal organization and because of his gun conviction in Italy. Mr. Figliomeni's family and his gun cache were both linked to a Mafia vendetta...
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A new report by Italy's small business and shopkeepers' association known as Confesercenti alleges that the country's organized crime groups profitably have exploited the economic recession and banking crisis. Story by Stephen Brown and Paolo Biondi for Reuters: Italy's mafia crime syndicates bucked the recession in 2009 to raise 'profits' by almost 8 percent...
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Italian police on Wednesday seized more than 550 million euros of assets from a jailed businessman believed to be the 'cashier' for the fugitive Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro. Anti-mafia and tax police seized the assets from 75-year-old Rosario Cascio, who owns several cement factories and is believed to have headed a mafia...
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Pietro Belziti was 78 years old when he was gunned down in the southern Italian region of Calabria in July last year. He was strolling along a busy street in the town of Piana di Gioia Tauro on a hot summer's night when he was shot in the back six times by a killer...
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Dino Calabro aka “Big Dino”, Colombo crime family capo is talking to the Feds. Calabro agreed to become a witness for after being charged for a hit on a NYPD officer. Calabro was accused of killing Ralph Dols a cop in NY because the cop had married the ex-wife of a reputed gangster. Calabro...
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During a press conference Israeli Police Commissioner David Cohen stated a review of 2009 revealed law enforcement is "pleased with the progress of their war on organized crime" Of the 18 gang leaders they had identified as targets, 11 are now behind bars, along with dozens of their foot soldiers. However, Cohen said, the...
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