When word got out that a Gambino gangster had been shot dead outside his New York City home, Mayor Bill de Blasio reacted with surprise. «We thought those days were…
Read more Killing of Gambino underboss gave the mob something it did not want — attentionРубрика: Mafia
‘The edge of chaos’: Clashes between Kosovo police and ethnic Serbs during smuggling raids
Police in Kosovo have clashed with ethnic Serbs during raids over suspected good smuggling. At least six police officers and one Serb civilian were injured on Wednesday, the authorities said.…
Read more ‘The edge of chaos’: Clashes between Kosovo police and ethnic Serbs during smuggling raidsGermany sees sharp rise in migrants arriving by way of Belarus
German authorities mentioned on Wednesday that the variety of migrants arriving within the nation by way of Poland and Belarus has gone up sharply in current months. German federal police…
Read more Germany sees sharp rise in migrants arriving by way of BelarusAfter three months of anti-government protests in Bulgaria, what’s at stake?
Protest in front of the Parliament in Sofia, Bulgaria on July 15, 2020. Photo by Veni Kojouharova, used with permission. The evenings in Sofia’s Independence Square have been noisier than…
Read more After three months of anti-government protests in Bulgaria, what’s at stake?Austrian father and son jailed for supplying guns to Italian mafia
An Austrian court on Tuesday slapped jail terms on a father and son for supplying hundreds of illegal weapons to mafiosi from Italy’s feared Camorra. A court in Klagenfurt, Austria,…
Read more Austrian father and son jailed for supplying guns to Italian mafiaEuropean court says Italy’s prison regime for mafiosi and murderers breaches human rights
Italy has reacted angrily to a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that it should relax conditions for prisoners serving life sentences, including mafia gangsters and terrorists. The…
Read more European court says Italy’s prison regime for mafiosi and murderers breaches human rightsRAF sergeant jailed for money laundering and drug operation
An RAF sergeant has been jailed for his involvement in a £1m drug dealing and money laundering conspiracy. David Corentin, 32, was found with more than £500,000 in his vehicle…
Read more RAF sergeant jailed for money laundering and drug operationBusinessman charged with ordering murder of Slovak journalist
A controversial Slovak businessman has been charged with ordering the murder of an investigative journalist and his fiancée last year, prosecutors said Thursday. Prosecutor Dusan Kovacik said Marian Kocner, an…
Read more Businessman charged with ordering murder of Slovak journalistJán Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová were murdered one year ago (timeline)
These are the notable moments of the first year since the murder. February 21, 2018 – Investigative reporter of Aktuality.sk, Ján Kuciak, and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová, were murdered in…
Read more Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová were murdered one year ago (timeline)Jan Kuciak: Murdered Slovakia journalist remembered
Thousands have attended protest rallies across Slovakia in memory of murdered journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée, shot in a targeted killing a year ago. He had been investigating alleged…
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