Mafia News

Palermo fights back

mafia-news.com — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:21:34 +0000

In the 1990s, the Sicilian capital was torn apart by mafia turf wars. Now there’s history, culture and fantastic food on every street For the life of me, I cannot understand why visitors to Sicily so often choose to steer clear of Palermo, or at best relegate it to a scurried day trip. Of...

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Italian police arrest first known transsexual mafia mobster

mafia-news.com — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:10:18 +0000

The macho image of the Italian mafia has been shaken by the arrest of a transsexual mobster who dresses as a woman, wears lipstick and insists on being called Kitty. The cross-dressing criminal, whose real name is Ugo Gabriele, was arrested by armed police during a raid in the southern port city...

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Two Members of Gambino Crime Family Charged in 1989 Murder

mafia-news.com — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:09:40 +0000

Two big time members of the Gambino crime family were indicted Wednesday for the murder of a real estate developer who crime boss John Gotti believed was a snitch. On Sept. 11, 1989, Staten Island real estate developer Fred Weiss was gunned down as he entered his vehicle in front of his New...

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Mafia bosses seek sun and safety on la costa nostra

mafia-news.com — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:08:23 +0000

Antonio Caiazzo, left, and Francesco Simeoli were held in Madrid Scruffy and unkempt, Antonio Caiazzo seemed like just another Italian who had come to Spain for the sun and good life. The reality was very different: he was one of the deadliest capos, or bosses, of the Camorra, the Neapolitan Mafia....

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Judge’s fair-trial acid test

mafia-news.com — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:17:16 +0000

It was scary watching Charles Carneglia pour water into his glass yesterday in Brooklyn Federal Court. After all, he was the mob’s go-to guy whenever John Gotti or his capos wanted a body dissolved in acid. One informant says he even tossed finger bones in a Gambino soldier’s soup once...

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Italy’s Mafia finding fans on Facebook

mafia-news.com — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:05:27 +0000

ROME — Your college roommate is on Facebook. So are your cousins and colleagues and friends. But guess who else may find Facebook a great way to stay in touch? Some people in Sicily who know a few things about networking. In recent weeks, the Italian authorities have begun investigating...

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Camorra drug ring smashed in Rome

mafia-news.com — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:11:23 +0000

‘Pact’ in capital with Cosa Nostra, ‘Ndrangheta Rome — Italian police on Wednesday arrested 41 people as they broke up a Rome drug ring operated by Naples’ Camorra crime syndicate. The gang brought in cocaine and cannabis from Spain and the Netherlands and supplied...

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Latest homicide victim had ties to local Mafia: police

mafia-news.com — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:20:21 +0000

MONTREAL The city’s latest homicide victim had deep ties to the local Mafia, police sources say. Sam Fasulo, 37, died Sunday after being shot several times while he was driving in a sports utility vehicle in Montreal North on Friday afternoon. No arrests have been made in the shooting and...

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EC Vice President: Bulgaria Judiciary System Produces Few Results

mafia-news.com — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:17:40 +0000

The Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security Jacques Barrot is on an official visit to Bulgaria Tuesday, the Bulgarian information agencies report. Barrot, accompanied by the Bulgarian EC Commissioner for Consumer Protection, Meglena Kuneva,...

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On Facebook, Sicilian Mafia Is a Hot Topic

mafia-news.com — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:23:31 +0000