Britain stops sale of 500 euro note over organized crime fears
@import url(http://www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css); Custom Search The 500 euro note, or the “Bin Laden,” so called by criminals because you know it's out there, you know what it looks like and it moves around a lot but no one ever sees it, … Continue reading
Convent drug ring busted by Italian police
Italy's Ansa news agency reported police have broken up a drug ring that used a convent outside Milan to smuggle cocaine. Police said the convent's South American caretaker organized religious trips in which smugglers posing as pilgrim’s hid cocaine in … Continue reading
Italy mafias team up to run produce markets
ROME Anti-mafia police say they have broken up an unusual alliance of Italy's three main crime syndicates controlling wholesale produce markets, including price fixing. Police said they were arresting dozens of suspects Monday, including Paolo Schiavone, a nephew of the … Continue reading
Sicilian Organized Crime three part video
An excellent three part video on Sicilian organized crime, its roots to present day with explanations on how it came to be and the conditions that existed that allowed it to grow. The Sicilian Mafia is infamous for its aggressive … Continue reading
Members of the Suspected Pesce Clan busted by Italian Police
Italy: Italian police on Wednesday arrested 30 suspected members of the southern 'Ndrangheta mafia, thought to belong to the Pesce clan as part of an investigation into deadly drug-trafficking operations, the ANSA news agency reported. They are implicated in drug … Continue reading
Mafia boss arrested after 17 Years on the run
Giovanni Tegano On Monday Police in southern Italy arrested the boss of the 'Ndrina clan of the 'Ndrangheta, considered the most powerful and ruthless of the four organized crime syndicates in Italy. Giovanni Tegano, 70, the boss of the … Continue reading
Italian Police Release shocking CCTV footage of Violent Mafia Attack Video
Terrified families looked on as six men, believed to be part of the local Cammora carrying handguns and AK47’s burst into a complex near Naples, Italy. The masked raiders shoved staff to the floor, shot slot machines, smashed windows … Continue reading
Berlusconi blames Gomorrah author Saviano for giving publicity to mafia
Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s Prime Minister has accused best-selling author Roberto Saviano of giving the mafia “publicity,” also blaming the popular Italian TV series ‘La Piovra’ for spreading interest in the mafia worldwide. Saviano wrote the highly successful book Gomorrah … Continue reading
One Billion In Asset’s Seized From Camorra Clan
ROME In an operation codenamed "Nemesis," Italian authorities seized land and buildings worth more than 700-million euros ($932 million) from suspected mafia members on Thursday in what Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi called the biggest operation of its kind.Vast tracts of … Continue reading
Calabrian Mafia Attacks Catholic Priest
Prosecutors in the southern Italian town of Vibo Valentia are investigating the alleged intimidation of a local priest by Calabrian mafia gunmen. The traditional 'Affruntata' procession in the Calabrian village of Sant'Onofrio was cancelled after suspected mafia gunmen fired rounds … Continue reading
