Crackdown Targets New Wave of Mobs
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Federal prosecutors launched a broad legal assault on two of Chinatown's most prominent organized crime groups Friday, aiming to disrupt a new wave of mobsters who thrive in a global economy by smuggling immigrants and counterfeit goods around the world.
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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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From celebratory gunshots to drunken driving, behavior is getting closer scrutiny than ever.
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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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ITALIAN police yesterday launched a series of dawn raids in Naples in an attempt to end a vicious Mafia war that has claimed more than 20 lives in the past month.
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The latest crackdown comes before a protest planned this week against new government curbs on the news media, a government official acknowledged Wednesday.
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Security forces fired warning shots and tear gas canisters while beating Buddhist monks and hauling others away in trucks Wednesday as authorities tried to stop anti-government demonstrations, the first mass arrests since protests erupted last month.
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Law enforcement officials in the Phoenix area are using new tactics to cut off illegal immigration: They are going after used-car salesmen who sell vehicles to smugglers, and arresting operators of safe houses where immigrants stay after crossing the border.
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Security forces toting submachine guns storm a crumbling housing project, running past shattered windows and graffiti-smeared walls. When they reach a suspected mobsters' barricade, a firefighter revs up a chain saw, sending up a cloud of orange sparks as he slices through the metal bars.
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Naples police say they have broken up a mob protection racket focused on local bakeries and flour makers.
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Recent arrests appear part of a new zero-tolerance policy toward anybody who challenges the governing partyâs monopoly on power.
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Authorities in Italy and the United States conducted raids Thursday targeting dozens of alleged members of Mafia clans who controlled drug trafficking between the two sides of the Atlantic, officials said.
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Six suspected dangerous dogs are seized and nine people arrested in raids as part of an investigation into dog fighting.
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A high-profile arrest may signal the start of a crackdown. But some claim the campaign is more political than legal
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Twenty-five people arrested in dawn raids as police try to shut down a gang that trafficked children
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Â· Traditional owners protest at government crackdown Â· Police sent in after report of rampant child sex abuse
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Witness intimidation by youth gangs that bears striking resemblance to the way organized crime has silenced witnesses is a growing national problem.