Sicilian Mafia

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Shopkeepers sue Sicilian Mafia in first-ever migrant-led case

Immigration

Nayeem’s is the first case of its kind in Sicily where migrant shop-owners decided to confront the Mafia and inform the authorities

New York police detective Joseph Petrosino.  He was gunned down while in Sicily investigating a mafia connection to New York.

A casual boast solves a century-old mafia murder in Sicily

Conflict & Justice
Rwandan President Paul Kagame (R) and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni follow the proceedings of the 20th anniversary commemoration of the Rwandan genocide, in Kigali April 7, 2014. An estimated 800,000 people were killed in 100 days during the gen

Should the US reconsider its support for African ‘strongmen’

Global Scan

Canada’s most notorious mobster dies

Conflict & Justice

Young Sicilians say goodbye to mafia bribes

The World

Organized crime finds opportunity in a recession

The Italian shopkeepers’ association says that Mafia clans are increasingly preying on businesses that can’t get loans from banks. It says around 180,000 firms have already been forced to get the cash they need from organized crime groups.

The World

Shopkeepers defy extortion

Arts, Culture & Media

You know it as extortion. In Palermo, Italy, it’s called “pizzo” — so-called ‘insurance’ from the Mafia. Now a group of shopkeepers have banded together to refuse payment. Nancy Greenleese reports from Palermo.