Cosa Nostra

Colombia: Strategy of Tension?

Aldo Civico | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aldo Civico

When I saw the images of the recent attack near my Bogota apartment, I could not help but think about the car bombings that had occurred when I was in Sicily, 18 years ago.

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Mafia Seeks To Profit From Italy Quake Reconstruction: Official

AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Italy, Natural Disasters, Giuseppe Pisanu, L'aguila Earthquake, Italy Quake, Italy Earthquake, Mafia, L'aguila, Sicilian Mafia, Cosa Nostra, Mafia Italy Earthquake, Foreign Affairs, Abruzzo, World News

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 05.25.2011

Read More: Organized Crime, Europe, Bear Stearns, Global Financial Crisis, Austria, Tim Geithner, Tony Soprano, Cosa Nostra, Mob, Mafia, Danube University, World News
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 05.25.2011

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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