All Blog Posts Tagged 'Europe' (11)

European Organised Crime Threat Assessment (OCTA) 2011 (English, pdf format)

European Organised Crime Threat Assessment (OCTA) 2009 (English, pdf format)



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By Ronald Fino

The following is a report I made around 2003 regarding Russian Mafia activity. The threat from Russian organized crime (ROC) in the United States has been a major concern for some time. Most of us in the know agree that increased organized crime activity is widespread and rapidly growing. Its ability to change methods of operations creates…

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By David Amoruso

European police smashed an international heroin trafficking ring operating in Italy last week, arresting 71 individuals in Italy, Albania, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Italian Carabinieri ROS began Operation Ellenika in March 2009, focusing on a Kosovo/Albanian organized crime group involved in trafficking large…

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By Angelo Carmelo Gallitto



Italian organized crime, divided in Cosa Nostra, ‘Ndrangheta, Camorra and Sacra Corona Unita, is a rich and powerful criminal enterprise…

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By David Amoruso

Their club names put fear into the hearts of law abiding citizens and criminals alike: Bandidos, Outlaws, Mongols, Hells Angels. When bikers wearing any of these club colors ride into your town you take notice. The past two decades law enforcement has taken notice too. Riding into town with biker colors is now like dangling a red cloth in…

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By David Amoruso



Things are heating up among biker groups across the globe. In Canada the Hells Angels are said to be involved in a new war with their infamous rivals the Rock Machine. While police in the Netherlands are worried the local Angels are on the verge of a war with another homegrown club.



Between 1994 and 2002, Montreal was the scene of a violent war.… Continue

By David Amoruso

Posted on December 27, 2010



Sreten Jocic is a man whose name strikes fear into the hearts of cold blooded killers throughout Europe. For over three decades he has operated in the criminal underworld of several countries and risen to the top by being more…

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By David Amoruso

Posted: May 1, 2007

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Augusto La Torre took the place of his father and became boss of the clan which ruled in the north of the province Caserta, in the south of Lazio and along the coast of Domizio. The empire of the La Torres stretched out into The Netherlands. Augusto's brother Antonio (picture right) had set up legit businesses… Continue

Plus Three Other Stories of Most Wanted Criminals Captured Online





By Clarence Walker

Posted on April 10, 2010



Internet power strikes again. With lethal force, Facebook, the world's popular networking site--struck all the way into the remote corners of Italy, when police, after following up on a trail of online leads captured a Mob assassin wanted… Continue

By Maarten Anthonissen

Posted on February 20, 2007



Italian Organized Crime is far from dead. Cosa Nostra from Sicily, and the Camorra from Naples have a wide range of influence outside Italy. Both organizations have branches in a dozen European countries. Of course Belgium is one of those countries.



Belgium is one of the most important operating areas for criminal organizations in Western Europe. There are several reasons for this, the most important being: Belgium’s… Continue

By Paul Chafs (a member of the Mobbed Up message board)

Posted on June 2, 2009



During the last decades the Albanian Mafia has become an important factor within the European drug world. Gangs are said to be in control of 70% of the heroin market in Switzerland and also control pieces of the drug market in other European countries. They are also rumored to be heavily involved in prostitution rackets in the United Kingdom, Belgium,… Continue