Cocaine Mafia

April 25, 2010 by Capo · 1 Comment

Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel travels to southern Italy to investigate how Europe’s growing appetite for cocaine is funding the growth of West African crime syndicates and fueling a turf war with Italy’s largest mafia organization, the Camorra.
Source – current.com

Filed under Camorra Mafia · Tagged with Appetite, Camorra, Cocaine, Correspondent, crime syndicates, Europe, Mafia, Southern Italy, Travels, Turf War, Vanguard

Italian mafia creating ‘alternative’ government

March 2, 2010 by The Boss · 1 Comment

Organized crime in Italy is undergoing a “strategic transformation” by seeking to reduce the use of intimidation and violence in favor of “soft power,” a senior MP said on Tuesday, an Italian national news agency reported.
Ansa quoted Giuseppe Pisanu, head of the parliamentary Anti-Mafia Commission, as saying that the mafia’s ultimate objective was to create [...]

Filed under Other Mafia Orgs · Tagged with Annual Turnover, Ansa, Assets, Corrupt Politics, Criminal Organizations, Economy, Europe, finance, Giuseppe Pisanu, Intimidation, Investments, Italian Mafia, Mp, National News Agency, Northern Italy, Objective, Pittance, Stock Market, Transformation, Violence