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Italy murder fuels 'mafia' fears

WORLD / NEWS Fri Mar 28, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform
BBC News -- The murder of a man in southern Italy has fuelled concern about an escalation of a blood feud among the Calabrian mafia or 'Ndrangheta. Police say the victim, Francesco Capicchiano, 33, was carrying a pistol but did not even have time to draw it as two.. Read More
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Twelve men guilty of Serb PM murder

Milorad "Legija" Ulemek
WORLD / NEWS Wed May 23, 2007 @ 10:37am neoform
Al Jazeera -- The other defendants received sentences of between eight and 35 years' imprisonment.Mafia gangMost of the 12 people who were convicted of being involved in the conspiracy were members of the Zemun mafia gang, and many fought as paramilitaries in the Bosni.. Read More
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Mafia crackdown targets 90 in Montreal

WORLD / NEWS Wed Nov 22, 2006 @ 4:33pm mrmdc
Yahoo News -- Canadian authorities fanned out across Montreal, aiming to arrest 90 alleged Mafia gangsters, including the crime family's godfather, police said... Read More
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Italy arrests 'senior Mafia boss'

WORLD / NEWS Mon Nov 5, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform
BBC News -- Italian police have arrested the reputed new boss of the Sicilian Mafia. Salvatore Lo Piccolo, who had been at large for 20 years, was apprehended along with his son and two other men near the Sicilian capital, Palermo. All four men were among Italy.. Read More
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Italian Mafia turnover '$120bn'

WORLD / NEWS Tue Oct 23, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform
BBC News -- Italy's retailers have denounced the growth of Mafia extortion rackets which they say now affect big companies as well as smaller ones. The Mafia has turned into one of Italy's biggest business enterprises with a turnover of more than $120bn a year, a.. Read More
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Mafia suspects arrested in Italy

WORLD / NEWS Thu Aug 30, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform
BBC News -- Police in southern Italy say they are arresting dozens of suspected members of rival Mafia gangs linked to the killing of six Italian men in Germany. Authorities are investigating family vendetta killings which have been going on for at least a decade.. Read More
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Men shot 'mafia style' in Germany

WORLD / NEWS Wed Aug 15, 2007 @ 3:58pm neoform
Al Jazeera -- Giuliano Amato, the Italian interior minister, said the shootings appeared to be the latest chapter in a long-running dispute between involved two mafia clans in Calabria, home to the 'Ndrangheta organised crime group. Shots heard Police found the.. Read More
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Mafia suspect extradited to Italy

WORLD / NEWS Fri Jun 1, 2007 @ 4:12pm neoform
BBC News -- An alleged mafia boss suspected of four murders in Italy has been extradited from the UK, according to City of Westminster Magistrates' Court. Gennaro Panzuto, 32, was arrested in Garstang near Preston, Lancs, by the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency.. Read More
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The Big Question: How strong is the Mafia, and can anything be done to combat it?

WORLD / NEWS Wed Nov 8, 2006 @ 8:18am neoform
Independent -- Naples, Italy's third-biggest city, has been racked by a spasm of gang violence, with seven people killed in the space of a week. The attention of the Italian public was galvanised by the spectacle of one of Italy's most splendid cities, in the shadow o.. Read More
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