All Blog Posts Tagged 'Italy' (147)

Cosa Nostra Families and Reputed Current Bosses of the Palermo Province

By Angelo Carmelo Gallitto

Posted on December 29, 2011

The Mandamento within the Sicilian Cosa Nostra

Sicilian Cosa Nostra is organized crime at its most organized. The mafia families on the island all work together through…

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Added by Gangsters Inc. on December 29, 2010 at 10:30am — 5 Comments

Genovese Family Soldier Arrested in Italy

By David Amoruso

Posted on July 30, 2010

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A Genovese Crime Family soldier was arrested yesterday in Sorrento, Italy. Mobster Emilio Fusco (42) is wanted in the United States where he is charged with extortion and two gang land murders in Springfield, Massachusetts. While his associates were being arraigned in the U.S. District Court in Springfield, Fusco was nowhere to be found.

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New death threat against author Roberto Saviano

By David Amoruso

Posted on October 15, 2008

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Monday, October 13, 2008 must've been a very weird day for Italian author Roberto Saviano. The 29 year old 'celebrated' his second year in hiding since the Camorra had put him on a death list because of his groundbreaking crime book Gomorra.

In Gomorra Saviano takes the reader to Naples and its surrounding cities and shows how the Camorra is damaging the… Continue

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Camorra Boss: Maria Licciardi

By David Amoruso

Posted in 2001

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When people are asked what they think of Maria Licciardi they answer several things. They will say she was charismatic, calm, highly intelligent, ruthless and more importantly they will say she was the Capo dei capi of the Camorra, the boss of bosses in the Mafia organization based in Naples.

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Camorra Boss: Augusto La Torre

By David Amoruso

Published: May 1, 2007

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…

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Special Report: Mob-murders Cools Off in Italy

Special Report: Mob-murders Cools Off in Italy

And other Historical Stories about the Sicilian Mafia.

By Clarence Walker, Investigative Journalist, Houston Texas.

Posted on October 8, 2007

Is it a myth or reality that mob-related murders are at its lowest decline in Italy's history of… Continue

Added by Gangsters Inc. on November 10, 2010 at 2:11pm — 1 Comment

The Italian Mafia in Belgium

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…