Alfonso Gagliano denies Mafia link
Ex-cabinet minister's alleged connection to New York crime family raised in Commons; He's a 'longtime soldier,' informant told FBI

Prosecutors say beauty shop owner ran mob family, shot man to death
NEW YORK -- The tan, neatly coiffed owner of a Bronx beauty salon shot a dog-walking fellow mobster to death before he rose to power as the acting head of the Bonanno crime family, federal prosecutors charged Friday.

Following the Afghan drugs trail
The Afghan drugs trade is growing so fast some fear the country could become a narco-state, where drugs barons rule, not the government.

Former mafia boss indicted
BOSTON (AP) - A federal magistrate has ordered former Mafia boss Francis "Cadillac Frank" Salemme held without bond until a detention hearing next week.

CALABRIA: MAFIA-POLITICS PROBE, EX MPS ARRESTED
(AGI) - Reggio Calabria, Nov. 9 - The Reggio Calabria police during the night issued six custody warrants in jail, issued by Catanzaro magistrate Antonio Baudi on request of prosecutors.

Israeli Mafia boss arrested in drug rap
The police arrested a reputed Israeli mafia boss Zeev Rosenstein Monday on an international warrant for smuggling drugs from the European Union to the United States, authorities said.

ALBANIA 'MAFIA' BROKEN
The feds have a new organized-crime target: the Albanian Mafia. Federal prosecutors issued racketeering charges against 22 people associated with an immigrant Albanian crime family called the Rudaj Organization.

Tucson home of late Mafia boss Bonnano for sale on eBay
TUCSON - The home of the late boss of the Mafia's New York-based Bonanno crime family was for sale on eBay on Monday. The estate of Joseph Bonanno is selling his Tucson home for $495,000.

Ex-cop breaks down in mafia kingpin hearing
A former elite policeman broke down on Monday in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court, where he had been summoned to answer questions about alleged mafia kingpin Roberto Palazzolo.

Rasool in mafia's crosshairs
Cape Town - The Chinese mafia has apparently set its sights on the Western Cape premier, threatening to kill him as the net tightens around dangerous criminals.