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58 min ago | NBC New York

With No Verdict, Gotti Jury Heads Home For Thanksgiving

The jury considering racketeering charges against John "Junior" Gotti has taken a holiday break after 10 days of deliberations.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Criminal Defense Law, Law

11 hrs ago | The West Australian

Khmer Rouge jailer expresses "excruciating remorse"

The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer expressed "excruciating remorse" on Wednesday for more than 14,000 people killed under his watch at a notorious prison during Cambodia's ultra-Maoist revolution of the 1970s.

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Related Topix: Prison

Tue Nov 24, 2009

National Post

Montreal firebombings might not be Mafia-related: expert

The string of nine firebomb attacks on cafes, bars and restaurants in Montreal in the last four weeks is an indication of the power vacuum that exists among Montreal's organized crime factions following a wave of police crackdowns, according to an expert on mob crime.

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Related Topix: Prison

Fox Charlotte

Italy Police Nab Mafia Boss Who Faked Pa

A convicted Mafia boss who got out of jail by faking paralysis and anorexia has been arrested at a restaurant after more than two months on the run, police in Sicily said Tuesday.

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People's Daily Online

Deputy police chief gets death with reprieve in NE China gang trial

A former police chief in Tonghua City, whom locals called the "mafia boss in uniform," was given a death sentence with a two-year reprieve in northeast China's Jilin Province on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: China, Asia, World News, Prison

The Patent Trader

Gambino capo Gregory DePalma dies in prison

The gangster whose loose lips helped sink the leadership of the Gambino Crime Family has died at a federal prison where he was serving a nearly--year stretch for racketeering.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons, Prison, Butner, NC

Mon Nov 23, 2009

The Honolulu Advertiser

Kauai murder tied to Mafia, police say

LIHUE, Hawaii - Kauai police are confirming a link between an organized crime family and a man found dead just after getting out of prison.

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Related Topix: Lihue, HI

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Daily Mail

She's being treated worse than the Mafia: Foxy Knoxy's lawyer attacks ...

Foxy Knoxy's lawyer brands request for life sentence and solitary confinement as 'Mafia-like' By Nick Pisa Last updated at 8:50 PM on 22nd November 2009 Praying for a not guilty verdict: Prosecutors have requested the jury convict Amanda Knox and that she be given a harsh sentence Murder suspect Amanda Knox's lawyer has called the request for her ...

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Related Topix: Italy, World News,

Sat Nov 21, 2009

NorthJersey.com

Pequannock man accused in plot to extort Hawthorne landscaper

A Pequannock man who battled allegations of mob ties when he served as president of Teamsters Local 560 in the 1980s was arrested Thursday in an alleged plot to extort more than $200,000 from a Hawthorne landscaper by using the threat of Mafia muscle.

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Related Topix: Pequannock, NJ, Union City, NJ, Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Out of Control

New At Reason: Treating Wall Street Like the Mafia

I have a new commentary posted at Reason Online looking at how Sen. Dodd's new Agency for Financial Stability would be the financial equivalent for the FBI seeking to take down La Cosa Nostra: Perhaps Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd thinks of himself as a modern day John Sherman.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News, Christopher Dodd

CTV.ca

Who's been torching cafes in Montreal?

Home : Top Stories : Who's been torching cafes in Montreal? Who's been torching cafes in Montreal? The Canadian Press Date: Friday Nov.

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Independent Online

Suspect in Naples video killing nabbed

Naples, Italy - Italian police arrested on Thursday the suspected gunman whose shooting of an alleged mobster in Naples was controversially distributed on video last month, news reports said.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News,

WEAR TV3

Billings' Murder: An Indepth Look

It's been 4 months since a group of men, dressed as ninjas, burst into the home of Byrd and Melanie Billings and shot them to death.

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Related Topix: Gonzalez, FL, Escambia County, FL

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Austrian Times

Police says they have arrested CCTV Mafia killer

Policemen in southern Italy say they have caught the hitman who cold bloodedly gunned down a Mafia boss in broad daylight outside a bar.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News,

Slam Sports

Quebec AG pours fuel on construction-scandal fire

Quebec's auditor general lambasted the province's handling of the construction industry Wednesday, fuelling a scandal that has already prompted numerous demands for a public inquiry.

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Related Topix: Winter Sports, Curling

FoxNews.com

Junior Gotti Claims He Has, but Can You Quit Mob?

FILE: John Gotti Jr. exits Manhattan federal court IN 2006 after his third trial ended in a mistrial in New York.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons, Marion, IL, Prison

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Weekday Magazine - Azerbaijan

Lawyer's Death Puts Spotlight On Kremlin's Battle With Investment Fund

A Russian lawyer representing the embattled Hermitage Capital investment fund has died in a Moscow prison after complaining for weeks that he was denied adequate medical treatment.

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Related Topix: Prison, Vladimir Putin

Seguin Gazette-Enterprise

Two charged with murder in shooting death

Police concluded their investigation into the Oct. 16 shooting of Garland Taylor on Tuesday serving a pair of murder warrants on men previously arrested and already in custody on organized crime allegations.

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Related Topix: Guadalupe County, TX, Seguin, TX, McQueeney, TX

The Times

Sicilian Mafia arrest gives...

Comment about "Sicilian Mafia arrest gives Italy's mob leadership problems" Phone Name Comment 0 Sicilian Mafia arrest gives Italy's mob leadership problems Philip Pullella, Reuters Masked Italian police officers accompany captured fugitive Domenico Raccuglia to a police station in Palermo.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Edmonton Journal

Surgeon target of alleged murder plot

A prominent laser eye surgeon who operates at an Edmonton clinic was the target of a murder-for-hire plot commissioned by his business partner and former brother-in-law, court documents allege.

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Related Topix: Prison

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