Cosa Nostra

Mafia Seeks To Profit From Italy Quake Reconstruction: Official

AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

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ROME — Organized crime syndicates have already moved into the central Italian region devastated by a quake this month and are looking to profit ...

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Financial Crisis Goes Global, Slams into Europe

Danny Schechter | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

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Danny Schechter

People in the EU have politicized economic issues perhaps because of a more diverse media environment as well as the expectation that governments have a duty to protect their people.

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Facebook Makes Mafia Bosses Into Online Idols

Telegraph | Nick Squires in Rome | Posted 02.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Europe, Salvatore 'the Beast' Riina, Carlo Vizzini, Cosa Nostra, Facebook Mafia, Social Networking, Mafia Facebook, Salvatore Riina, Mafia, Facebook, Gangsters Facebook, Sicilian Mafia, Home News

Some of the country's most notorious mafiosi, jailed for crimes ranging from extortion to brutal murders, have become online idols with thousands of f...

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