Provenzano: The Phantom Of Corleone- July 31, 2007 Unhappy with the way things have been going here in the United States Tired of scandal and corruption, and people saying the republic has gone the way of ancient Rome Well things could be much worse. All you have to do is look at present day Rome, and Italy, where the mafia with its friends in business and government still forms one of the country's biggest enterprises. Prime Minister Romano Prodi has called the mafia "the constant reality."For well over a century, the mafia has endured by...http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/07/provenzano-phantom-of-corleone.html Mafia Snitch Gets Snitched Out Of Gambling Racket- July 31, 2007 (AP) JERSEY CITY, N.J. Like Michael Corleone in "The Godfather," he tried to get out, but they just kept pulling back him.Mob snitch Peter Caporino faces prison time for continuing to run a gambling racket while informing for the government.The 70-year-old Caporino, nicknamed "Petey Cap," will serve a seven-year prison term, most of it in isolation.While running a Hoboken members-only social club, Caporino helped inform on numerous members of the Genovese crime family, though authorities say he.http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/07/mafia-snitch-gets-snitched-out-of.html 'Vinny Gorgeous' Convicted In 2001 Mob Killing- July 31, 2007 NEW YORK -- A former beauty salon owner known in Mafia circles as Vinny Gorgeous was convicted on Tuesday in a 2001 hit on one of his gangland rivals.Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn had accused Vincent Basciano of using a 12-guage shotgun to rub out mobster Frank Santoro because he believed Santoro wanted to kidnap one of his sons.Basciano's attorney said prosecutors built the case on untruthful testimony from mob turncoats, but a jury deliberated for one day before finding him guilty of...http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/07/vinny-gorgeous-convicted-in-2001-mob.html Goldfinger held for Mafia empire- July 15, 2007 CRIME baron John Goldfinger Palmer was being held by anti-Mafia cops last night probing his 400million empire.The timeshare king was arrested in Tenerife.Palmer, 57, was seized by armed officers as he stepped off a private jet from the UK.Spanish police accuse him of masterminding a criminal empire on Tenerife involving fraud, drug trafficking, money laundering, gun running and falsifying passports and credit cards.http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/07/goldfinger-held-for-mafia-empire.html 60 arrested in anti-mafia swoop- July 15, 2007 ROME Police in southern Italy arrested 60 people on Tuesday in a swoop on the local mafia known as the 'Ndrangheta, suspecting them of crimes ranging from smuggling drugs and illegal immigrants to national insurance fraud.The 'Ndrangheta, based in Calabria south of Naples, has outgrown its more famous Sicilian counterpart, the Cosa Nostra, thanks to clan loyalties ensured by blood relationships and arranged marriages.A police spokesman said the 'Ndrangheta clan targeted by the police operation.http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/07/60-arrested-in-anti-mafia-swoop.html Five charged after pub drugs raid- July 9, 2007 Five men have been charged with supplying cocaine following a drugs raid at an east London pub. Police searched two bars at Bar Bed in Leman Street - ending a 20-month inquiry codenamed Operation Telon. The men, aged 37 to 54, from east London, are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court. Four women, aged 31 to 60, arrested in the raid have been bailed to return to a police station in September while inquiries continue. Sixteen people were initially held as a result of the...http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/07/five-charged-after-pub-drugs-raid.html 24,860 gangsters nabbed- July 9, 2007 GUANGZHOU -- Police from south China's Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao have jointly broken up 1,400 gangs, cracked 10,942 criminal cases and nabbed 24,860 suspects in a sweeping crackdown on organized crime which ended the week before the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China. The 50-day-long "Thunderbolt 07" operation, launched from early May to June 24, focused on closing down online gambling, loan sharking, cross-border prostitution and drug dealing, as well as other..http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/07/24860-gangsters-nabbed.html Triad-Style Attacks On Tycoon's Interests Roil Hong Kong- July 9, 2007 HONG KONG - Every now and then, Hong Kong residents are reminded of the existence of a parallel society usually seen only in the crime movies the former British colony is so adept at producing.A series of unusual gangland-style attacks have been made over the last few days on properties of New World Group, the business empire of billionaire Cheng Yu-tung, a patriotic tycoon with connections to top leadership in Beijing whose fortune is estimated at $6.5 billion by Forbes.http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/07/triad-style-attacks-on-tycoons.html Bruno upset mafia, club owners- July 9, 2007 Editor's note: In the months leading up to his death in November 2003, mobster Adolfo "Big Al" Bruno's control of organized crime in Western Massachusetts was falling apart. With the pressure on him and monitoring by members of the New York-based Genovese crime family who traveled to Springfield, Bruno faced a coup by an up-and-comer in his organization. This is the first of a two-part series tracing what unfolded in Bruno's final months. SPRINGFIELD - During the spring of 2002, Adolfo "Big...http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/07/bruno-upset-mafia-club-owners.html Boston mafia leader, 88, to be freed from prison- July 9, 2007 BOSTON Ill be back before my pork chops get cold! Boston Mafia leader Gennaro Jerry Angiulo boasted when FBI agents hauled him off in handcuffs from Francescos Restaurant in the North End in 1983.Twenty-four years later, Francescos is long gone from the North End, but Angiulo, 88, may soon be back for the first time since that night after being granted parole.The U.S. Parole Commission granted Angiulos parole request two weeks ago and ordered his release from a federal prison hospital in...http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/07/boston-mafia-leader-88-to-be-freed-from.html |