ROMANIA: Ex-Minister Opened Government for Arab Mafia
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Hale gets 40 years for plot to kill judge
White supremacist Matthew Hale was sentenced to 40 years in prison Wednesday by a federal judge who called him "extremely dangerous" and said his solicitation to murder U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow was "an extreme, egregious attack against the rule of law."
Hale, his voice often cracking with emotion, maintained his innocence during a rambling, two-hour speech, accusing the government of manufacturing evidence, his former lawyer of incompetence and the news media of defaming him.
"Mafia Cops" Could Be Extradited Back To New York Today
Two former NYPD detectives charged with working for the mafia could be flown back to New York from Las Vegas Friday, but prosecutors say they won't be in court until next week.
Meanwhile, a reputed mob boss told "60 Minutes" that Louis Eppolito and Steven Caracappa were on his payroll.
The Game raps about being a bestselling gangsta rapper who was a former drug dealer and gang member and who was shot five times and lived to be produced by Dr. Dre.
Everett woman says Russian Mafia is after her Fifty-six-year-old Lynn Francis Johnson of Edmonds sought refuge Sunday and asked to be placed in protective custody. She has been charged with first-degree malicious mischief and is held in the jail with bail set at ten-thousand dollars. She has no previous criminal record and would face no more than 90 days in jail. Deputy Prosecutor Chris Dickinson says Johnson said she was the leader of the Mexican mafia and the Russian mafia was out the kill her.
EVERETT, Wash. -- The woman who crashed her car through the security gate at the Snohomish County Jail in Everett says the Russian mafia is after her.
Ex-Boss Accuses Mafia Cops
(CBS) In what could be the city's worst case of police corruption ever, one-time Mafia boss Anthony (Gas Pipe) Casso describes two murders he says he paid New York detectives Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa to set up or commit, crimes for which the two former officers have recently been indicted.
Casso's interview with Correspondent Ed Bradley, the only one the former Lucchese family under-boss has ever given, will be broadcast on 60 Minutes, Sunday, April 10, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Police continue Hong Kong raids despite triad apologies
HONG KONG : Hong Kong police staged a fourth night of raids on suspected organised triad gangsters despite a report that gang leaders had apologised for a recent wave of violence.
MOB IN N.J.? YOU BET
The emergence of a suspected Genovese crime family figure in last week's raid at a Raritan Borough social club marks the latest chapter in a story of organized crime in Central Jersey that dates to the 1930s.
Triad gangs 'target Chinese restaurants'
CHINESE restaurateurs have warned their businesses are being targeted by a triad protection racket. The owner of a string of restaurants in the Capital claims a vicious triad gang is threatening to bomb one of his establishments and demanding £10,000.
Triad cleaver attack highlights growing HK mafia problem
They are famous for exacting ruthless retribution with razor-sharp meat cleavers, but their bloody feuds have until now been confined to fights between rival gangs. Now, there are fears that Hong Kong's triad gangs are tightening their grip on the city after a brutal attack on a Westerner who had fingers slashed off and suffered deep wounds to his legs and arms.
Officers arrested for gun-running, loan-sharking
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) yesterday said that two military officers have been detained by prosecutors for criminal activity, and that a number of senior officers have received administrative punishment due to their failure to supervise the officers.
Building a Case in Spain
MADRID — In the Spanish boom town of Malaga, it is the building cranes, rather than the Mediterranean, that stretch out as far as the eye can see.
Black-market tax tries for a comeback
Holy deja vu all over again! Mississippi's black market tax scheme still lives in the Legislature after being buried for 40 years! Last week Mississippi House members by a better than a two-thirds margin voted for a resolution to slap a tax on the possession of illegal drugs - cocaine and such.
From Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog
Brian M. Riedl of the Heritage Foundation has an eye-popping new paper out, "The Top 10 Examples of Government Waste." Here they are:
1. The Missing $25 Billion
2. Unused Flight Tickets Totaling $100 Million
3. Embezzled Funds at the Department of Agriculture
4. Credit Card Abuse at the Department of Defense
5. Medicare Overspending
6. Funding Fictitious Colleges and Students
7. Manipulating Data to Encourage Spending
8. State Abuse of Medicaid Funding Formulas
9. Earned Income Tax Credit Overpayments
10. Redundancy Piled on Redundancy
From www.oliverwillis.com
The DeLay Family Slush Fund
The wife and daughter of Tom DeLay, the House majority leader, have been paid more than $500,000 since 2001 by Mr. DeLay's political action and campaign committees, according to a detailed review of disclosure statements filed with the Federal Election Commission and separate fund-raising records in Mr. DeLay's home state of Texas.
Most of the payments to his wife, Christine A. DeLay, and his only child, Dani DeLay Ferro, were described in the disclosure forms as "fund-raising fees," "campaign management" or "payroll," with no additional details about how they earned the money. The payments appear to reflect what Mr. DeLay's aides say is the central role played by the majority leader's wife and daughter in his political career.
Stoolie: Canada pol in mob In New York he held a different kind of title, according to secret FBI documents obtained by the Daily News: "made" member of the Bonanno crime family. Gagliano was identified as a longtime soldier in the Bonanno crime family by Frank Lino, a former Mafia capo-turned-informer.
Alfonso Gagliano has held titles in Canada that include labor minister, deputy House leader, ambassador to Denmark and minister of public works.
Israeli police in the Tel Aviv district fraud unit last night arrested a Bnei Brak resident suspected of obtaining Internet access codes to customer accounts of First International Bank of Israel. The man is suspected of using the codes to access four accounts and of withdrawing money without authorization, Israel’s Globes news agency reported.
Russia says mafia threatens state security
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian mafia groups have infiltrated almost every branch of the economy and are now a major threat to state security, the interior minister says.
More than 100 organised criminal groups had tentacles stretching across regional borders and often far beyond the borders of Russia itself, Rashid Nurgaliyev told parliament.
"Organised crime is one of the main threats to the country's national security," he was quoted by Itar-Tass news agency on Wednesday as telling members of the Federation Council upper house.
How policemen turned into mobsters Prosecutors charge that they moonlighted for more than a decade as Mafia hitmen who kidnapped, killed and engineered the slayings of at least eight rival gangsters for a vicious underboss in the Luchese crime family, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso. The Government says they were paid thousands of dollars a month. They were arrested this month at a restaurant in Las Vegas and were being held without bail.
ONE was fat, flashy and liked by fellow cops, a rough-and-tumble detective with a storied career despite having relatives in the mob. The other was skinnier and quieter, and had spent years in the nerve centre of Mafia murder investigations.
Together, Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa are accused of some of the most stunning violations in the history of New York law enforcement.
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The former head of President Vicente Fox's travel staff was transferred Sunday to Mexico's top-security prison as he faces charges of co-operating with organized crime, the federal attorney general's office said.
Jury finds bar fight an organized crime
DALLAS - A man accused of severely beating another man during a bar fight was found guilty Monday of engaging in organized criminal activity. A jury of seven men and five women deliberated nearly three hours in the trial that could send Jesse Chaddock, 28, to prison for five to 99 years in the beating of David Cunniff, a contractor.
Feds Crack Down On Genovese Family
(1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) Four reputed members of the Genovese organized crime family, including the acting boss, were arrested on Tuesday and charged with murder conspiracy, extortion and other crimes.
Boca brokerage linked to Bonnano crime family
A Boca Raton brokerage recently closed by securities regulators for running a “pump and dump” stock scheme was allegedly closely tied to New York’s Bonnano crime family, according to documents obtained Monday by the Boca Raton News.
Cops nab 17, bust up mob-run betting ring
Two of New York's most feared organized crime families joined forces to run a multimillion-dollar illegal sports betting network out of three Queens bars and a gambling Web site, authorities said yesterday.
Police: I-15 a major drug trafficking corridor
CEDAR CITY - Local law enforcement officials say that a Saturday drug bust shows that Interstate 15 continues to be a major thoroughfare for drug trafficking in the western United States. Officers made a $2.15 million cocaine bust Thursday, and they confiscated another $700,000 worth of the drug Saturday. Both resulted from traffic stops in Beaver County.
24 ARRESTED IN BRONX UNDERCOVER DRUG PROBE
The arrests followed a six-month investigation in which undercover cops bought nearly 800 envelopes of heroin, 809 vials of crack and about 80 bags of cocaine. There were 108 large-quantity sales that carry felony charges, with a possible prison sentence of up to 10 years for those convicted. Police arrested 24 suspected drug dealers and managers from four gangs as part of a crackdown on a million-dollar trafficking ring in the Bronx.
Pineville man gets nine years for drug charges
A Pineville man was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges in March in Bell County Circuit Court. Julius L. McMinn, 48, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree trafficking a controlled substance.
Drug pusher suspect shot dead at car park
PENANG: A 31-year-old drug trafficking suspect was shot dead when he tried to run down a team of state narcotics officers with his car in Tanjung Bungah here.
Police found 58.6gm of heroin, 0.6gm of syabu and 15 psychotropic pills in his car.
State police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Christopher Wan said two shots were fired at the suspect, who was from Air Itam, when he tried to run down the policemen at a hotel car park yesterday.
Masato Kohinata, 35, a senior member of the Yano Mutsumi-kai syndicate, conspired with a fellow mobster to kill the bodyguard of a rival syndicate's boss and three customers on Jan. 25, 2003, according to the court.
Study: RP prostitution is 4th largest source of GNP
PROSTITUTION in the Philippines has become a multimillion-dollar industry and the fourth largest source of the gross national product, a report on child pornography said Tuesday.
Danish club put up for sale
KITTERY, Maine - At the Danish Health Club, it’s alleged to have cost $150 for sex. Now, it costs $1.1 million to buy it all - the club, that is.
According to a local RE/MAX agent, the property at 19 Bridge St. is on the market.
Suspected Mexican Mafia Members On Trial
Jury selection began Monday in the trial of four suspected members of the Mexican Mafia prison gang.
PM reaffirms vow to wipe out mafia gangs
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday reaffirmed his intention to launch a new round of suppression to put the country's mafia gangs out of business for good.
Dig Resumes At Possible Mob Graveyard
The FBI on Thursday began digging at a Brooklyn parking lot in search of the body of a murder victim in the investigation of two former detectives accused of engineering at least eight hits for the mob while on the police force.
Bangkok market traders tell of 20-year mafia rule
BANGKOK, April 1, (TNA) – The scandal over mafia rule at Bangkok’s Bo Bae Market continued yesterday as traders spoke of a 20-year reign by mafia bosses including a former Democrat councillor.
A Former Japanese Yakuza -Mafia- to Present How He Transformed from a Feared Member of Japan's Underworld into a Highly Respected Pastor and Role Model
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2005--A former member of Japanese Yakuza (organized crime groups), Hiroyuki Suzuki, will present the inspiring life story of how he transformed from a feared member of Japan's underworld into a highly respected pastor and role model, on Friday, April 15, from 6:35 p.m. to 8:05 p.m. at the University of Pennsylvania, Houston Hall Class of '49 Auditorium, Spruce Street between 34th and 36th Streets. The entire presentation will be translated into English and Korean.
Berlusconi 'forced to do Mafia favour' after threat to son
SILVIO Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, was forced to carry out a "favour" for the Mafia after they threatened to kill his son, according to extraordinary revelations in a new book.
Weird Tax Laws Cover Blueberries, Soda Fountain Drinks, Even Illegal Drugs
Think you've got it bad? Paying state and federal income taxes is one thing, but digging deeper to pay sales taxes on blueberries, playing cards and even illegal drugs is something else altogether.
Italian police smash Mafia clan
ROME, March 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Italian police on Tuesday arrested 84people believed to be members of a powerful Mafia clan running an extortion racket in a northern district of in Palermo, capital of Sicily, Italy's news agency ANSA reported.
How big player took on the Russian mafia and a KGB agent
VLADIMIR Romanov’s success in transforming himself from teenage black marketeer into respected international businessman was by no means inevitable.
"The Good Guys" by Bill Bonanno and Joe Pistone with David Fisher; Warner Books ($24.95)
This is one of the more interesting books about the underworld to hit the bookstalls. Instead of being crafted by a professional writer (Mario Puzo, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Peter Maas to mention three), this offering - a novel - comes from two gents who qualify as insiders.
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.
