Mafia News

In the murky world of the Israeli mafia, respect is worth more than money, and a perceived violation of honor can have lethal consequences.

Rhode Island State Police have arrested 18 people allegedly connected to Mafia crime rings, and are digging in East Providence to find the victim of a three-decade old mob hit.

An actor who played a mobster in The Sopranos has gone on trial in New York accused of the real-life killing of an off-duty policeman.

A huge car explosion in central Tel Aviv killed one of Israel's top mafia kingpin's on Monday, raising the likelihood of an all-out mob war in Israel's underworld.

Monday, 17 November 2008, 11:02 am Press Release: United Nations UN experts voice significant concern over legal rights of Italy's migrant detainees 14 November 2008 – A group of independent United ...

Policing Immigrant Workers Two years ago, I wrote a column about perverse relations between Russia's immigrant communities and the police.

The paratroopers armored vehicles had barely taken up position in this fiefdom of the Casalesi crime clan when the mobsters decided to show who was boss.

Former police chief and politician Mehmet AAYar, who is accused of "establishing a criminal organization" while serving as the chief of police, did not arrive yesterday to testify at the Ankara Third High ...

As he reaches his magic moment today at the podium in Madison Square Garden , former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik has long since shown he has no fear of the political stage.

Inter-ethnic hatred has remained alive among many Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs through the years since the wars of the disintegration of former Yugoslavia.

An icon of the South African liberation struggle, Miriam Makeba died on a concert tour of Italy in support of an Italian writer under threat from the mafia for writing against organised crime IN IT Miriam ...

Miriam Makeba, the legendary South African singer known affectionately as "Mama Africa," died Sunday during a benefit concert in Italy.

While businesses and whole economies are losing money across the world, there is one gainer in the global meltdown - the Italian Mafia.

"RocknRolla" feels no different, and Ritchie's playful tone sets the stage for his oft-labyrinthine film, centering on at least half a dozen characters somehow tied to a Mafia real estate deal with the ...

Fred Bridgland in Johannesburg 'Mama Afrika' dies at Italian anti-Mafia concert Nelson Mandela was among thousands of South Africans to pay tribute today to the singer and activist, Miriam Makeba, who died ...

The Italian mafia, the country's organised crime network and biggest enterprise, has not been affected by the global economic crisis, a report by an Italian business association said Tuesday.

Rome, November 11 - Rome prosecutors on Tuesday asked for a six-year sentence for former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi on charges of manipulating the transfer market.

More than 12 years after a traffic accident in western Turkey exposed links between the Turkish mafia, police and politicians, the trial of the then interior minister was set to get underway in Ankara on ...

Miriam Makeba, the musical symbol of black South Africans' struggle against apartheid, has died at the age of 76 after collapsing at a concert in Italy.

Rome, November 10 - A country property that once belonged to Italy's bloodiest Mafia boss was re-opened as a country restaurant on Monday.