Mobsters Busted in Gambling Crackdown
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A plot to fix a horse race by doping one of the animals was among crimes alleged in a crackdown on sports gambling that has resulted in charges against 17 defendants, including three reputed mobsters, authorities said.
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Rome: Anti-Mafia judges in Italy have ordered the arrests on Monday of 52 people, including a member of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party, for widespread collusion with organised crime gangs ...
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A massive arsenal of guns has been seized by police in a crackdown on illegal weapons bought over the internet.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 7 -- U.S. and Italian law enforcement officials Thursday rounded up dozens of organized crime figures, including the top leadership of New York's notorious Gambino family, in what was described by authorities here as the biggest takedown of the Mafia in recent memory.
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Authorities said yesterday they have rounded up nearly 20 suspects who are part of a multistate OxyContin drug ring that involved mobsters, violent street
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Anti-Mafia judges have ordered the arrest of 52 people suspected of having links to extortion and money-laundering rackets in a southern region of Italy.
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ROME - Italy's anti-Mafia investigators have long battled money laundering. Now they're cracking down on jailed mobsters' dirty laundry.
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London - Three gamblers who have used a James Bond-style laser device to win more than Â£1-million (R11,24-million) at the Ritz in March did nothing illegal, police have concluded.
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Police make about 100 arrests in a major operation against mafia gangs in Italy.
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Authorities announced a major crackdown on organized crime in Amsterdam's Red Light District on Thursday, for the first time bringing national police investigators and tax authorities to bear on what had long been seen as a local problem.
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More than 100 people are arrested in anti-Mafia operations in Italy and elsewhere, Italian police say.
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Police in seven European countries have broken up a network that carried out more than 200 carefully choreographed armed robberies of jewelry stores, and channeled $53 million in loot into drugs and real estate, Europol said Wednesday.
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The state Racing and Wagering Board yesterday suspended the racing licenses of three horsemen, including a reputed member of the Gambino organized crime family, who were linked to a plot to fix a horse race by doping one of the animals.
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U.S. authorities arrested eight people on Monday in connection with a Costa Rica-based online sports gambling operation they said made millions of dollars in profits annually.
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A House panel voted Thursday to crack down on the &#36;12 billion Internet gambling industry by applying federal prohibitions to games like online poker, blackjack and roulette.
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Operation targets power base of Calabrian underworld organisation.
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A huge police operation leads to the arrest of nearly 80 alleged mafiosi and brings an old gang war to light