Rizzuto funeral on Saturday
Funeral services for the eldest son of Montreal’s reputed Mafia boss will be held Saturday at a historic church in the city’s Little Italy district. Nick Rizzuto Jr., 42, was gunned down on a busy...
View ArticleMafia assassination threat forces Brazil MP into exile
- The Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, where more than 300 areas are believed to be controlled by mafias. - Rio human rights activitist Marcelo Freixo and family to leave after credible...
View ArticleFour charged over Italian anti-mafia judge’s murder
Italy’s anti-mafia police on Thursday presented formal charges against four men suspected of involvement in a car bomb attack that killed a crusading Sicilian judge and his five police guards in 1992....
View ArticleItaly: Truth behind murder of mafia prosecutors ‘must be found’
Falcone GiovanniPalermo, 23 May (AKI) – Prime minister Mario Monti said Italy must learn all the facts about the murders of two prosecutors killed by mafia bombs in 1992. Giovanni Falcone, his wife and...
View ArticleItaly: Mafioso’s murder ‘could signal a new mafia war’
Rome, 19 March (AKI) -The murder in Palermo of veteran mafia associate Giovambattista Tusa on Tuesday could herald a new mafia war according to the city’s chief prosecutor. “This is a homicide that...
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