Fugitive mafia boss arrested in Venezuela

Salvatore Bonomolo, a fugitive mafia boss belonging to the Porta Nuova "mandamento" in Palermo, was arrested on Venezuela's Margarita Island during a joint operation carried out by the Interpol, Italian and Venezuelan police forces. He was on the run since 2007, but he never interrupted his contacts with Sicily.

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Where the Mob Keeps the Money

by Roberto Saviano
THE global financial crisis has been a blessing for organized crime. A series of recent scandals have exposed the connection between some of the biggest global banks and the seamy underworld of mobsters, smugglers, drug traffickers and arms dealers.


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/opinion/sunday/where-the-mob-keeps-its-money.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all

One person killed and another one injured during a shooting at Terracina

One person has been killed and another one injured during a shooting at Terracina, a beach resort near Rome. The victim is Gaetano Marino, member of a Camorrean clan.
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Crime rates rises in Italy

According to the crime statistics relesed today by the Italian Ministry of Interior, in 2012 crime rates in Italy increased of 5.4 percent. The economic crisis and the recession are considered the main causes.
 http://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2012/08/20/news/reati_in_aumento_del_5_4_boom_di_furti_nelle_abitazioni-41221630/

India targets the traffickers who sell children into slavery

Depressing story of poverty and parental complicity in the trafficking business

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/04/india-traffickers-sell-children-slavery

Peru fears new generation will follow Shining Path's road to violence

Rather poor article attacking a new Peruvian leftist group called Movadef. Time to keep an eye on Peru again.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/25/peru-fears-shining-path-youth-violence

U.S. Vulnerabilities to Money Laundering, Drugs, and Terrorist Financing: HSBC Case History

Links to various testimony on HSBC, being used as a case study as to the consequences of careless activity with regard to criminal and terrorist money laundering for the USA

http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/hearings/us-vulnerabilities-to-money-laundering-drugs-and-terrorist-financing-hsbc-case-history

Mozzarella and Camorra

Giuseppe Mandara - the head of one of the biggest mozzarella makers in Italy and a major exporter of buffalo mozzarella - has been arrested and assets for 100 million euro have been seized. It seems that the Mandara group was controlled by the Casalesi clan.

http://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/napoli/notizie/cronaca/2012/17-luglio-2012/mozzarella-dop-casalesi-arrestato-mandara-maxi-sequestro-100-milioni-2011040607215.shtml

Over 800 held after police break child-trafficking ring

Astonishing figures for child trafficking in China and a quick summary of the different reasons for it

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/over-800-held-after-police-break-childtrafficking-ring-7920588.html

FBI says Gangs: the new ‘white collar' criminal

BARSTOW • White collar thefts are the crime of choice for local gangs and organized criminals — in line with a national trend where perps opt for easier means of illegal gain, according to local and national law enforcement.


FBI reports say many gangs are moving away from traditional crimes, such as drug and weapons trafficking, and are choosing fraud and identity theft instead.


http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/new-13230-white-barstow.html