Italy, FBI raids crack down on Mafia in US, Sicily

2010-03-10T16:00:20Z

<div id="subtitle">Mafia-linked arrests in Italy, US; suspected Gambino soldier accused of protecting counterpart</div><div><p>The FBI arrested a reputed U.S. mobster Wednesday on charges he provided protection for a Sicilian counterpart mapping out criminal turf in Florida — part of an intern...

Italy: Mafia's No. 2 nabbed in Sicily

2010-02-23T20:26:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Italy: Mafia's No. 2 boss nabbed in Palermo, another fugitive caught in Milan</div><div><p>Police captured Cosa Nostra's No. 2 in a raid in Sicily and nabbed another Mafia fugitive strolling down a Mil...

Alleged New York Mafia boss walks free again

2010-02-23T22:15:31Z

<div><p>The alleged scion of New York's leading Mafia family dramatically walked free from court for the fourth time, after the jury failed to reach a verdict in his racketeering and murder trial.</p><p>"I will declare a mistrial," Judge Kevin Castel said, prompting John "Junior"...

Italy arrests Mafia boss, on run for 15 years

2010-02-24T05:05:57Z

<div><p>PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - Italian police arrested a top Sicilian mafia boss on Sunday who had been a fugitive for more than 15 years, dealing what a minister said was a major blow to the crime syndicate.</p><p>Domenico Raccuglia, considered the most prominent member of the Cos...

Italian police arrest Sicilian Mafia 'number two'

2010-02-24T05:09:01Z

<div><p>Italian police on Sunday captured the number two leader of Sicily's Cosa Nostra Mafia, Domenico Raccuglia, after 15 years on the run, officials said.</p><p>Raccuglia, 45, who has been sentenced separately to three life jail terms including for his role in the kidnapping...

No. 2 fugitive mob boss nabbed in Sicily

2010-02-24T05:10:24Z

<div id="subtitle">Italian police nab one of Sicily's top Mafia fugitives after 15 years on run</div><div><p>Police captured one of Sicily's top Mafia fugitives on Sunday, dealing a stiff blow to the island's Cosa Nostra crime syndicate, Italian officials said.</p><p>Convicted mobster

Italy's Mafia thrives in global financial meltdown

2010-02-28T20:24:51Z

<div id="subtitle">Italy's Mafia thrives in global meltdown, gobbling everything from gas stations to trattorias</div><div><p>While businesses around the world are hunkering down for survival, the Italian mob is living a golden moment.</p><p>Italy's various organized crime syndicates — often lumped together colloquially as Mafia Inc. — are gobbling up gas stations, muscli...

Official: Mafia has moved into Italy quake area

2010-03-03T03:07:18Z

<div id="subtitle">Italy anti-Mafia official says Mob has moved into quaket area to profit from reconstruction</div><div><p>Organized crime syndicates have already moved into the central Italian region devastated by a quake this month and are looking to profit from the reconstruction of the area, the head of parliament's anti-Mafia commission said.</p><p>Speaking to an It...

US mafia goodfellas bid their long goodbye

2010-03-03T22:03:28Z

<div><p>As an alleged mafia hitman, Charles Carneglia excelled at making people vanish. Now he and the rest of New York's once mighty Cosa Nostra could be the ones disappearing.</p><p>Carneglia, 62, is on trial for five murders and other crimes, including kidnapping, allegedl...

Italy police arrest 8 in Mafia wind farms plot

2010-03-01T18:27:26Z

<div id="subtitle">Italian police arrest 8 in Mafia plan to build, control wind farms in Sicily</div><div><p>Italian police on Tuesday arrested mobsters, businessmen and local politicians who allegedly used corrupt practices and bribes to gain control of a project to build wind farms in Sicily.</p><p>Operation "Aeolus," named after the ancient Greek god of winds, netted...

Alleged Mafia boss hangs himself in Sicily jail

2010-03-01T01:58:17Z

<div id="subtitle">Italian police: Alleged Mafia boss hangs himself in Palermo jail after arrest</div><div><p>An alleged Mafia boss who was caught on wiretaps purportedly discussing Cosa Nostra's new hierarchy hanged himself in a Sicilian jail hours after his arrest, police said Wednesday. State radio said he used his belt.</p>&...

ITALY MAFIA

2009-04-22T18:40:29Z

A man identified as Gaetano Lo Presti, center, is escorted by Italian Carabinieri Paramilitary police shortly after his arrest in Palermo, Sicily, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008. Lo Presti, the alleged Mafia boss of a Palermo neighborhood, hanged himself in jail, hours after he was arrested on Tuesday with some other 90 s...

Italian police arrest 100 in anti-Mafia raids

2010-03-01T02:29:23Z

<div><p>Italian authorities said Tuesday they had crushed a bid to revive the Sicilian Mafia after making around 100 arrests in a series of raids, nearly three years on from the capture of the Cosa Nostra's supremo.</p><p>In an operation codenamed Perseus after the hero of Greek myth who decapitated Medusa, around 1,200 police backed by helicopters and dog handlers arrested Mafia clan le...

90 arrested in raids to thwart Mafia regrouping

2010-03-01T02:30:05Z

<div id="subtitle">Almost 90 arrested in anti-Mafia operation in Sicily to thwart mob reorganization</div><div><p>Italian police staged sweeping raids Tuesday to arrest about 90 suspected mobsters and prevent the hobbled Sicilian Mafia from forming a new command structure and strategy, authorities said.</p><p>The bli...

Italian police arrest 100 in mafia sweep: report

2010-03-01T02:49:02Z

<div><p>Italian police carried out a "historic" sweep against mafia clans in Palermo and Tuscany early Tuesday, making around 100 arrests, authorities told AFP.</p><p>Around 1,200 police backed by helicopters and dog handlers arrested the heads and members of mafia clans in the Palermo region on the island of S...

Hundreds of soldiers headed for troubled Naples region

2010-02-28T11:48:14Z

<div><p>Rome will send hundreds of soldiers to the Naples region for three months to help police fight the local Camorra mafia, blamed for an attack that left an Italian and six Africans dead, the government said Tuesday.</p><p>Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said the soldiers would be deployed "to areas that we think wil...

Italy to deploy 500 soldiers to troubled Naples region

2010-02-28T12:08:28Z

<div><p>Italy approved Tuesday the deployment of 500 soldiers to the Naples region where an attack blamed on the local mafia left an Italian and six Africans dead.</p><p>Interior Minister Roberto Maroni announced the planned three-month deployment in a televised statement following...

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