Tag Archives: Cosa Nostra

20 years after Falcone’s Demise Mafia Down But Not Out

by fdvent1 Posted on May 21, 2012

@import url(http://www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css); Custom Search Twenty years after Italian judge Giovanni Falcone was assassinated by the Sicilian mafia in a bombing that shocked a nation, Cosa Nostra’s grip has been weakened but is far from over.Seventy-five-year-old Vincenzo Agostino, one the many … Continue reading →

Posted in Cosa Nostra, News, Organized crime | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Seizure Agency Recovers Over $33 Million From Mafia Clans

by fdvent1 Posted on May 19, 2012

Since January 2012, the National Agency for Assets Seized and Confiscated from Mafia Clans over $33 million. The Agency is successfully recovering “relevant amounts of money arising from confiscation procedures filed against members of organized crime”. Since the beginning of … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Ndrangheta, Camorra, Cosa Nostra, News, Organized crime, Sacra Corona Unita | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Dead Man Talking, Mob Scene

by fdvent1 Posted on May 16, 2012

Mob figure Nicky "Skins" Stefanelli committed suicide back in February, but conversations he recorded with a body wire will be used in several mob related cases from Philadelphia to Providence R.I., including one against Joe Ligambi. Mob Scene with George … Continue reading →

Posted in Cosa Nostra, New England, News, Organized crime, Video | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment