International Organised Crime
Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated by a car bomb on the 17th October 2017. Repubblika and Occupy Justice, two non-profit organisations pressuring the government to ensure her killers are all brought to justice, organized a vigil in memory of the journalist on the fourth anniversary of her death.
Raffaele Imperiale, one of the top drug traffickers of the Camorra, was arrested in Dubai. The Camorra mafioso was linked to the 2002 theft of two early Van Gogh paintings from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
The Italian Anti-Mafia Directorate (DIA) report that the ‘Ndrangheta is becoming increasingly tech-savvy, using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Monero to transact anonymously on the dark web.
A Camorra investigator describes the Mazzarella Camorra family, that has its stronghold in the Luzzatti district of Naples, as a “a big sleeping bear,” lying low as it awaits the next move of the enemy, the Secondigliano Alliance. It’s a game of wait-and-see, as the clan wins time for the new generation of Mazzarella bosses to take over the reins of the clan.
The prison sentence for the 70-year-old boss Leo Sutera, believed to be the head of the Sambuca mafia clan and very loyal to the fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro, was reduced on appeal from 18 years to 14 years and 6 months. The Palermo court of appeal also confirmed the prison sentences of three mafia collaborators … Read more
