abc40 Investigates: Springfield’s Organized Crime
Six years after reputed mob boss Al Bruno was gunned down while walking from a card game, a series of arrests have been made and all of the suspects are allegedly connected to organized crime with a chain of command trailing to New York.
However, local police have said the face of organized crime has [...]
Key Bulgarian Mafia Bosses Revealed to Be Former Policemen
March 2, 2010 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry has presented a list of top alleged mafia bosses who served in police structures in the past.
The inspection was carried out by the Information and Archives Directorate and Human Resources Directorate over recent media claims that some of the top gangsters were collaborators of the Interior Ministry.
It has been revealed that only [...]
Reputed mob head Anthony Arillotta arrested at his home in connection with 2003 murder of crime boss Adolfo “Big Al” Bruno in Springfield
Reputed mob head Anthony J. Arillotta was arrested early Wednesday morning at his home in connection with the 2003 murder of crime boss Adolfo “Big Al” Bruno.
FBI agents, Massachusetts State Police and Springfield police made the arrest at Arillotta’s home on Chalmers Street house about 6 a.m.
The arrest follows weeks of speculation about secret witnesses [...]
Now its dis-organized crime in Atlantic City
February 16, 2010 by The Boss · 5 Comments
When a new day of casinos in Jersey was dawning, Gov. Brendan Byrne once ordered organized crime members and wannabes to “Keep your filthy hands off Atlantic City!”
Byrne’s decree, of course, failed to have immediate impact, as a few notorious figures maintained Atlantic City’s well-earned reputation of being big on vice and not so nice.
Nowadays, [...]
Ex Bulgaria Interior Minister Slammed over ‘Octopus’ Behavior
February 12, 2010 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
The Director of Bulgaria’s Customs Agency, Gen. Vanyo Tanov, has stated that he is surprised by the behavior of former Interior Minister Rumen Petkov regarding the special police operation ‘Octopus’.
Tanov, who is also the Ex Chief of the Unit for Fighting Organized Crime (GDBOP), questioned Petkov’s reported reasons for meeting mafia bosses – The Galevi [...]
Italy Probes Mafia-Led Insider Trading in the U.S.
February 10, 2010 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
Shares of Infinex Ventures Inc., a U.S.-based mining company, were manipulated by Italians working for an organized-crime family, netting them 15 million euros ($21 million), Milan’s financial police said.
The stock was manipulated in U.S. trading from 2004 to 2008, according to an e-mail distributed today by the financial police, which conducted the investigation. The shares [...]
Italy’s African Heroes
January 25, 2010 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
Naples, Italy
By ROBERTO SAVIANO
WHEN I was a teenager here, kids used to shoot dogs in the head. It was a way of gaining confidence with a gun, of venting your rage on another living creature. Now it seems human beings are used for target practice.
This month, rioting by African immigrants broke out in Rosarno, in [...]
Mobsters ditch car near anti-mafia summit
January 22, 2010 by The Boss · 2 Comments
Police in Italy say they have arrested a man linked to a car packed with explosives found near the site of an anti-mafia summit meeting.
The discovery of the vehicle near a Calabrian airport follows a bomb attack earlier this month on the town of Reggio Calabria’s main courthouse, Italy’s ANSA news agency reported Friday.
A [...]
‘Ndrangheta ‘most insidious’ mafia State, region must step up, says Napolitano
January 22, 2010 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
The Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta mafia has become ”perhaps the most insidious breed of organized crime in Italy,” Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said Thursday.
The Italian State and Calabria itself must step up the fight against the deep-rooted syndicate, the president told law enforcement chiefs and local authorities. Napolitano congratulated police for cracking down hard on ‘Ndrangheta since [...]
What’s Cracking (down on) in Bulgaria? Organized Crime?
January 7, 2010 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
Bulgaria’s current Prime Minister Boyko Borisov led his GERB party to a sweeping elections victory in the summer of 2009 running on an anti-corruption, anti-organized crime ticket. With his background in the Interior Ministry services and the security business, and his superhero image, he has raised huge expectations he would clear up much of the [...]