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Anti-Mafia Magistrate Borsellino Sacrificed Himself

February 4, 2012
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A trial witness has said that Paolo Borsellino, the Italian anti-Mafia magistrate who was killed by a Mafia car bomb in Palermo in 1992, knew about the attempt on his life and chose to sacrifice himself. Colonel Umberto Sinico, a witness for the defence in the Mori trial, reported that in late June 1992...

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Local Govt Dissolved for “mafia infiltration”

February 4, 2012
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The Italian government on Friday dissolved the city government of the northern border town of Ventimiglia because of suspected infiltration by organized crime. The scenic town of 25,000 residents on the Ligurian coast last year drew international attention because the hundreds of illegal migrants attempting to cross into France from the city after arriving...

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Mafia Treasure Hunters and the Costa Concordia

February 3, 2012
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Lying silently beneath the pristine Italian waters are jewels, cash, champagne, antiques, 19th century Bohemian glassware, and thousands of art objects – including 300-year-old woodblock prints by a Japanese master. When passengers fled the Costa Concordia, they left everything behind and now a fortune is at the mercy of treasure hunters. It could just...

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Severed Pig’s Head Sent to Anti-mafia Priest

January 31, 2012
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In a scene straight out of The Godfather, a severed pig’s head was sent to Father Ennio Stamile, an Italian priest who campaigns against the mafia in the town of Cetraro in Calabria. The pig’s mouth was stuffed with a wad of cloth in what was interpreted as a clear warning to the clergyman...

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In Italy Police Arrest Six Mafia Bosses

January 28, 2012
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Italian police today arrested six alleged bosses of the Cosa Nostra and Camorra, including Nicola Schiavone, the son of the infamous Neapolitan godfather Sandocan, and Gaetano Riina, the younger brother of former Cosa Nostra kingpin Toto Riina for trying to monopolize the freight transport market in southern Italy. The Mob had long been trying...

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The Vatican Signs Treaties to Fight Terror, Drugs, Mafia

January 27, 2012
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The Vatican’s internationally recognized political entity, The Holy See, on Wednesday ratified the 1999 International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, the 2000 United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime, and the 1988 United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances. “The Holy Father reminds us that...

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Six From ‘Ndrangheta Arrested

January 21, 2012
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In Reggio Calabria, Italian police arrested six members of the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta mafia who faked depression to stay out of jail. ‘Ndrangheta boss Giuseppe Pelle, 53, his son Antonio, 25, and his wife Marianna Barbaro, 45, were among those arrested, Italy’s ANSA news agency reported. Two doctors and a lawyer were also arrested for...

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Italian Crime Groups Control Big Food Business

January 20, 2012
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Organized crime in Italy controls agricultural and food businesses worth 12.5 billion euros ($16 billion) a year, or 5.6 percent of all criminal operations in the country, according to a parliamentary investigation presented on Thursday. Organized crime has spread its involvement through the entire food chain from acquisition of farmland to production, from transport...

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$83M Seized in Mob Assets

January 19, 2012
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Italian police say they seized more than $83 million worth of assets Tuesday from the Camorra’s violent Casalesi clan in an operation that focused on a jailed businessmen and two Casalesi members, including the brother of jailed leader Michele Zagaria. The Naples mafia has been in the midst of a power struggle after the...

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Mob Money In Italy’s Economy

January 16, 2012
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When Italian construction group Perego was struggling back in 2008, a white knight, flush with cash, rode to its rescue. Unfortunately the “knight” was a powerful mafia organization, the ‘Ndrangheta, which went on to take control of the family-owned Lombardy business and tried to steer it on an expansion path, justice authorities say. “Luckily...

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