New Mexican Mafia Leader Arrested

SAN ANTONIO -- Members of the Bexar County Sheriff's Department Gang Unit arrested who they called the newly-crowned leader of the prison gang, the Mexican Mafia, KSAT 12 News reported in an exclusive report Thursday night.

Drugs worth one million US dollars seized in London
LONDON, Oct. 30 (Xinhuanet) -- Drugs worth nearly 560,000 pounds (about 1.025 million US dollars) have been found hidden in a cargo of vegetables at a warehouse near London's Heathrow Airport, police said Saturday.

Crime bosses are getting clever
Trying to understand the inner workings of organised crime syndicates can be as difficult as trying to figure out what drives television's mafia crime boss Tony Soprano.

MAFIA: ANDREOTTI US SPIN ON MY TRIAL
(AGI) - Rome, Italy, Oct 21 - Giulio Andreotti speaking in an interview to Panorama magazine said that he had to suffer 11 years of judiciary persecution because he has been a first line chorus dancer for too much time and there was somebody who wanted to change the show.

Remains of mafia captains identified
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Authorities have found the skeletons of two mafia captains, believed to be victims of a gangland shooting over 20 years ago, FBI officials said Monday.

Soccer Teams Hold Tribute for Mafia Boss
ROME (Reuters) - Players and fans at a local league match in southern Italy held a minute's silence to remember a suspected Mafia boss over the weekend, angering politicians and embarrassing soccer authorities.

MAFIA: GASPARRI COMMENTS ACTS OF INTIMIDATION
(AGI) - Catanzaro, Italy, Oct. 7 - "The serious act of intimidation aimed at the Mayor of Reggio Calabria, Giuseppe Scopelliti, is the last in a long series of acts of escalation which have been taking place in various parts of the region", said Communications Minister Maurizio Gasparri.

Afghan drug 'mafia' behind assassination bid: minister
KABUL, Oct 7 : Drug lords are suspected of being behind an assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid Karzai's running mate days ahead of elections, a government minister said Thursday.

Twin Blasts Hit Yekaterinburg Shops, Police Point at Mafia

Russia - Two explosions took place overnight in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, in what appears to be the work of an organized crime group. There are no reports of casualties.

FBI digs up suspected gangland graveyard
NEW YORK -- The FBI dug up part of a suspected gangland graveyard on Monday in search of the body of a man who disappeared after killing the young son of late mob boss John Gotti in a 1980 traffic accident.

MAFIA: EX SICILIAN REGIONAL COUNCILLOR UNDER HOUSE ARREST
(AGI) - Palermo, October 1 - Ex Sicily councillor Vincenzo Lo Giudice, of UDC, has obtained house arrest after being arrested last summer under mafia association charges for being considered close to Agrigento province clans.

Mafia suspects indicted, arrested on East Coast
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Eighteen people, including the man suspected of being No. 2 in the Gambino crime family, were charged Wednesday after an investigation into organized crime in Connecticut, Rhode Island and suburban New York.