Mafia
Eradicating organized crime
The recent police operations in the wake of last week's mob-style killing in the Athens suburb of Neos Kosmos reveal that criminal networks thrive on specific sources of illegal wealth, including the smuggling of fuels and tobacco.
The mafia prospers in areas where the state has consistently failed to establish control, despite the significant cost to the public treasury.
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Dozens arrested in Ecuador after hospital assault
Police in violence-plagued Ecuador arrested 68 people Sunday who had attempted to take over a hospital in the country's southwest in the midst of a "war" between drug gangs and the security forces.
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Drain the source
The video of the latest murder of a prominent member of the Greek Mafia is more than shocking.
It will be unthinkable if Greek society and the state get used to this routine which is often swept under the rug with the excuse that it is just gangs "settling their scores."
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Communicating vessels
It is a common secret from Russia to Latin America and from Eastern Europe to the Western Balkans that hooliganism and common crime often tread common ground; that hard-line associations of fans of the rituals of war and violence are sometimes the reservoirs from which extremist formations and organized crime recruit executioners.
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Spanish Police Nab Bulgarian Mafia Leader in Sevilla Football Club Extortion Case
Spanish authorities apprehended Ivo "El Bulgaro," the alleged head of the notorious Bulgarian mafia group "Rompecostillas" (Bone Crushers), in connection with an extortion attempt targeting a Sevilla football club executive, as reported by Telecinco TV.
Gasic: Kosovo Albanian mafia supplying weapons to people smugglers in northern Serbia
BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic said on Thursday organised crime groups smuggling migrants in northern Serbia were assisted by Albanian mafia from Kosovo-Metohija.
Police arrest 18 int'l crime ring members
Turkish police have dismantled the notorious international criminal organization Comanchero, arresting 18 of its alleged members.
The arrests come after a joint effort by Turkish law enforcement agencies to apprehend individuals involved in a wide range of criminal activities, including drug trafficking, murder, armed robbery, arson, kidnapping and global money laundering.
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In Cold Blood: Mafia-Style Murders Spread Fear and Panic in Albania
Murders, often mafia-style, have become a regular occurrence in Albania. Experts say the perpetrators have no fear of the police.
Italian anti-mafia photographer Battaglia dies aged 87
Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia, whose shots of bullet-riddled bodies captured the dark world of the Sicilian Mafia, has died aged 87.
Prize-winning Battaglia, who would speed to the scene of murders in the 1980s on her Vespa to bear witness to the violence, blew away the romanticized and sanitized image of Cosa Nostra.
What has been confiscated from Veljko Belivuk's clan so far? VIDEO
Prva TV investigated what has been seized from Veljko Belivuk's clan so far and what is happening with the property of the mobsters after the seizure?