4 arrested in killings of federal agents- August 19, 2007 MONTERREY, Mexico Four suspects were arrested Friday in the kidnapping and killing of two federal agents investigating drug trafficking in Northern Mexico, authorities said.The arrests came just hours after the bodies of Rene Lorenzo Lopez and Roberto Krhisna Raul Martinez, both agents of the Federal Agency of Investigation, Mexico's equivalent of the FBI, were found in a river in the city of Santa Catarina, in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, the federal Public Safety Department said in a...http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/08/4-arrested-in-killings-of-federal.html A mafia family feud spills over- August 17, 2007 The killing of six Italians in the German city of Duisburg has thrust into the spotlight the shadowy world of the 'Ndrangheta, whose tentacles have spread far beyond their rural origins in Calabria, in southern Italy.The six men, one of whom was reported to be only 16 years old, were sprayed with machine gun bullets moments after they left a pizzeria in the western German city.Based on the strong blood ties between interlinked families, membership of the 'Ndrangheta - which means "Honoured...http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/08/mafia-family-feud-spills-over.html Bulgaria Linked to Most Powerful Italian Mafia 'Ndrangheta- August 17, 2007 The Italian 'Ndrangheta crime circle works in cooperation with Bulgarian organized crime groups, a report of the Italian anti-mafia directorate states, as cited by Giornale di Calabria newspaper.The report warns of the 'Ndrangheta's constantly growing power and its links with Bulgarian crime bosses, who are backed by the even more powerful Russian mafia.The report comes just two days after six Italians were shot dead near a train station in Duisburg, western Germany. All of them are believed to.http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/08/bulgaria-linked-to-most-powerful.html Six Italians killed in mafia vendetta in Germany- August 15, 2007 DUISBURG, Germany (AFP) - Six Italian men were shot dead here on Wednesday as a powerful mafia clan exported a bloody vendetta to Germany.Italy's Interior Minister Giuliano Amato said the victims, who ranged from 16 to 38 years old and included two brothers, were caught up in a feud between mafia families in the Calabria region of southern Italy.A police patrol alerted by a passerby discovered four of the victims in a Volkswagen Golf hire car and two in an Opel delivery van, which were parked...http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/08/six-italians-killed-in-mafia-vendetta.html Assassination exposes Japan's underworld- August 13, 2007 (07-29) 04:00 PDT Nagasaki , Japan -- For all the trouble he had caused, Nagasaki gangster Tetsuya Shiroo had atoned by cutting off half a little finger and the tips of two others.And things were not looking up.The code of the yakuza, or organized crime syndicate, calls for troublesome members to perform the joint-by-joint amputations when they upset the bosses. Shiroo was an old-style gangster, a man who believed in the rituals.But yakuza life was hard and getting harder for Shiroo. Everyone...http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/08/assassination-exposes-japans-underworld.html Anti-Mafia police uncover arms-to-Iraq plot- August 13, 2007 US loss of control over the flood of weapons into Iraq was highlighted again yesterday when it emerged that Italian anti-Mafia investigators had uncovered an alleged shipment of 105,000 rifles of which the American high command was unaware.The Italian team, in an investigation codenamed Operation Parabellum, stopped the 20m sale and have made four arrests.The consignment appears to have been ordered by the Iraqi interior ministry. The US high command in Baghdad admitted that it had no knowledge.http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/08/anti-mafia-police-uncover-arms-to-iraq.html Italian police arrest 14 people with U.S. mafia links- August 13, 2007 Italian police have arrested 14 people in Palermo in an anti-mafia operation, local media reported Friday.The operation uncovered close ties between local Cosa Nostra families and the Mafia in the United States.The 14 included businessmen, extortionists and municipal employees, most of them face charges of criminal conspiracy, extortion and public contract rigging, the report said.http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/08/italian-police-arrest-14-people-with-us.html Mafia man serves up warning- August 6, 2007 With organised crime syndicates believed to be behind the betting scams that have repeatedly tarnished the reputation of tennis, the ATP have employed the services of a convicted member of the American mafia to warn their leading players of the inherent dangers of allowing themselves to be lured into a web of corruption.In the light of investigations into unusual betting patterns surrounding last weeks defeat of world No 3 Nikolay Davydenko by the 87th-ranked Argentinian Martin Vassallo...http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/08/mafia-man-serves-up-warning.html Reputed Mafia boss arrested in Italy- August 3, 2007 A reputed Mafia man considered one of Italy's most dangerous criminals was arrested by police.The fugitive, Franco Franzese, 43, was arrested in the Sicilian city of Palermo, police said. He is believed to be an aide to Salvatore Lo Piccolo, considered with Matteo Messina Denaro to be the new head of the Mafia."This is an important demonstration of the efficiency of the police and the state's ability to oppose the evil plant of criminality with force," Justice Minister Clemente Mastella said in.http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/08/reputed-mafia-boss-arrested-in-italy.html Recent homicides in Sicily point to Mafia turf war- August 2, 2007 ROME The hit was classic mob. There were shots to the face and to the abdomen. The killers used a Lupara, a sawn-off shotgun that is the traditional weapon of choice for Mafia executions. The target was Giuseppe Lo Baido, 36. He was gunned down on July 13, near his house outside Palermo, Sicily.The Italian police are not treating the Lo Baido case as just another mess to be scraped off the street in the heartland of the Cosa Nostra, the name for the Mafia's Sicilian branch. His was one of four.http://blackmarketnews.blogspot.com/2007/08/recent-homicides-in-sicily-point-to.html |