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In a chilling investigation report, the Bulgarian government is accused of having high-level links with the organised crime world and the report further highlighted that the organised crime funds are channelled to various terrorist organisations in...
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The French president’s office says that a former member of the Italian left-wing Red Brigades terrorist group won’t be extradited to Italy because of ill...
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AP, Rome
The condition of an Italian woman at the center of a right-to-die case worsened after she suffered a massive hemorrhage, doctors said Saturday.
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As Italy struggles to contain a rising tide of xenophobia and racism, the largest and most despised minority in the country has acquired a glamorous standard-bearer....
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AP, Rome
A U.S. official said Friday that a deal may be reached soon allowing natural gas from ex-Soviet nations to reach western Europe without crossing Russian territory.
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When white wine started flowing through taps in dozens of homes during an Italian festival it was hailed as miracle.But unlike the Biblical tale of Jesus changing...
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AP, Zurich
European champion Spain remained No. 1 in FIFA’s soccer rankings Wednesday, followed by Italy and Germany. The United States is No. 24.
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Sparkling chilled white wine instead of water flowed from the taps during the Marino Grape Festival - and as part of the event free wine flows from the main fountain in...
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AP, Milan
The PETA animal rights organization is targeting Armani in its latest anti-fur campaign.
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AP, Munich
Gino Massetti was 15 when he was rounded up by German troops near the Italian village of Falzano di Cortona and herded with 10 other civilians into a barn.
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AP, Rome
A U.N. agency on Tuesday called for an urgent review of agriculture and biofuel subsidies and trade barriers, saying their removal would increase opportunities for...
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AP, Salt Lake City
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is delaying a decision on whether to allow EnergySolutions Inc. to import the largest-ever amount of nuclear waste into the U.S.
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AP, Milan
Unicredit Chief Executive Alessandro Profumo acknowledged Monday that Italy’s largest bank had underestimated the significant market changes since the collapse of...
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AP, Rome
Pope Benedict XVI has warned that modern culture is pushing God out of people’s lives, causing nations once rich in religious faith to lose their identities.
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Italian troops manned checkpoints and checked vehicles as they deployed Saturday in a crime-ridden, mob-plagued southern area of the country where six Africans were...
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AP, Paris
Leaders of France, Britain, Germany and Italy will seek at a summit in Paris Saturday to reassure investors and markets jittery about a growing financial and economic...
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The global financial crisis is forcing the leaders of France, Germany, Britain and Italy to come together for an emergency summit this weekend, but differences on how...
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AP, Rome
Italy’s top criminal court on Thursday upheld the conviction on international terrorism charges of an Egyptian jailed as one of the chief suspects in the 2004...
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A top Vatican official said Tuesday that the world’s financial crisis is the result of the search for short-term profits as a goal in itself _ and an example of...
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AP, Stuttgart
Qualifier Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine rallied to upset 15th-ranked Flavia Pennetta of Italy 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 Tuesday at the Porsche Grand Prix.
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AP, Rome
Italian police made sweeping arrests against the mob Tuesday, targeting a powerful clan as well as three suspects linked to a recent gangland-style slaying of six...
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AP, Bern
Switzerland’s top prosecutor charged 10 people with laundering more than US$1 billion dollars (euros) during a decade-long mafia cigarette smuggling operation,...
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AP, Rome
Italian police made sweeping arrests against the mob Tuesday, targeting a powerful clan as well as three suspects linked to a recent gangland-style slaying of six...
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AP, Rome
Italian police arrested scores of suspected mobsters Tuesday, including three top fugitives believed linked to the gangland-style slaying of six African immigrants near...
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AP, Tampa
The ghosts of Tampa’s old-time wiseguys awakened this summer when Mafia scion John “Junior” Gotti came to town in handcuffs, accused of pulling the...
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AP, New York
A federal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated a jury verdict against two former police detectives who were convicted of moonlighting as gangsters and carrying out a...
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AP, New York
A federal appeals court has reinstated conspiracy convictions against two former New York Police Department detectives accused of moonlighting as hitmen for the mob.
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AP, Detroit
Two brothers accused of running a multistate cocaine ring called the Black Mafia Family have been sent to prison for 30 years.
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AP, Rome
One of Italy’s most-wanted criminals was extradited from Canada on Wednesday and locked in an Italian high-security prison, the Justice Ministry said.
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AP, New York
Federal prosecutors dropped their extortion case against a New Jersey construction official charged in a sweeping indictment targeting the Gambino organized crime...
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A reputed Gambino crime family captain pleaded guilty Wednesday to running a Queens gambling ring that took in almost $10 million over two years in bets on college and...
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AP, New York
Three reputed associates of the Gambino crime family have been charged with murdering a suspected mob informant in 1998.The three are accused of participating in the...
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AP, Madrid
A Spanish official says police are carrying out a major raid against suspected Russian mafia figures.A National Police spokeswoman says about 400 police officers are...
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AP, New York
A man reputed to be a leader of New York’s Gambino crime family has pleaded guilty to extortion.Joseph Corozzo pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to charges...
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AP, New York
A reputed acting mob boss and eight other suspected gangsters were arrested Wednesday on federal charges accusing them of coast-to-coast Mafia crimes, ranging from...
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Prosecutors in Brooklyn say a reputed Gambino crime family captain has turned himself in to face charges in a sprawling federal mob case.Nicholas Corozzo is part of a...
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AP, Springfield
A Springfield, Mass., man has pleaded guilty in federal court to killing a local Mafia boss in exchange for $10,000 from his rivals.Frankie Roche pleaded guilty to...
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n the Cosa Nostra’s stronghold of Palermo, Sicily’s sprawling port capital, the Mafia have ways and means of knowing if you are turning a profit. And...
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AP, New York
An accused high-ranking mobster whose lawyer son has been barred from defending him says he wants to represent himself in a sweeping racketeering case.”I really...
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AP, Rome
Italian police arrested 38 suspects Monday in a sweep against a clan of the ‘ndrangheta organized crime syndicate accused of murder, extortion and arms and drug...
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In this July 21, 2005 file photo, former New York City police detective Louis Eppolito exits Brooklyn Federal Court in New York. A federal appeals court has reinstated a jury verdict finding against Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, two former New York...
