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Why the Mafia in Italy won’t be defeated by 2013

by fdvent1 (online) Posted on December 25, 2009

@import url(http://www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css); Custom Search I may be coming off as negative regarding the previous post and honestly I don’t mean to be. Getting rid of organized crime would be a wonderful thing but, in a country where the population treat … Continue reading →

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Italy’s Berlusconi vows to defeat mafia by 2013

by fdvent1 (online) Posted on December 25, 2009

Mr Berlusconi praised his government in its fight against the mafia. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has vowed to defeat organized crime in the country by 2013. "The mafia is a pathological phenomenon that we want to defeat once and … Continue reading →

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Italian police arrest politicians and businessmen in anti-mafia sweep

by fdvent1 (online) Posted on December 24, 2009

Officers in southern Italian city of Bari issue 83 arrest warrants after three-year investigation. Italian police today said they had broken up a major mafia clan, issuing 83 arrest warrants and seizing businesses, land, racehorses and a London-based online betting … Continue reading →

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Mafia Targets Rome

by fdvent1 (online) Posted on December 24, 2009

Reported by Nick Squires for the Telegraph: Southern Italy's four Mafia groups — the 'Ndrangheta or Calabrian Mafia, the Camorra or Neapolitan Mafia, Cosa Nostra or Sicilian Mafia and Sacra Corona Unita or Puglian Mafia — have established a ruling … Continue reading →

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