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.