ORGANISED drug criminals from England are making a move on Inverness, viewing the traditionally low crime city as a “soft target”, police have warned. The region’s chief constable revealed that gangs from Liverpool and Manchester were bidding to take control of the city’s expanding drugs market. The news comes as Scottish Executive figures released this … SOUTH CRIME LORDS SEE CITY AS A ‘SOFT TOUCH’
Manitoba’s organized crime task force received a cash infusion Wednesday, when the provincial government announced it will double its funding for the force to $800,000 next year from $400,000 this year. Justice Minister Dave Chomiak did not provide specifics about how the money will be spent, but did say one way to fight organized crime … ORGANIZED CRIME TASK FORCE GETS $400K BOOST
MONTRÉAL, November 22, 2006 – This morning, the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) completed the first stage of one of the most important police operations in the history of Canada with the arrest of 73 people including Nicolo Rizzuto Sr., Francesco Arcadi, Francesco Del Balso, Paolo Renda, Rocco Sollecito and other associates. This major … POLICE DISMANTLE TRADITIONAL ITALIAN-BASED ORGANIZED CRIME IN MONTRÉAL
CRIME bosses are forcing legitimate businesses and business people to launder their cash, according to the head of the Criminal Assets Bureau. Former chief of the CAB Felix J McKenna who will be speaking at a one-day conference next Tuesday, said crime gangs can intimidate individuals to make them launder cash for them. Speaking on … IRELAND: CRIME GANGS ‘INTIMIDATING’ FIRMS
Skopje. The question whether a special prosecutor’s office for combating organized crime and corruption will be formed in Macedonia, or the present decision envisaging the formation unit in the frames of the Macedonian prosecutor’s office, remains open, the Macedonian Utrinski Vesnik daily wrote today. Experts are not unanimous on the issue, however, it is the … NO CONSENSUS IN MACEDONIA OVER ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE TO FIGHT ORGANIZED CRIME
Thirty four addresses were raided in and around the Hawke’s Bay on Thursday morning as part of a crackdown on organised crime. The raids were the culmination of seven months work as part of Operation Nacre, which has seen more than 80 police officers involved in carrying out the drug-related search warrants. Search warrants were … NEW ZEALAND: POLICE CRACKDOWN ON ORGANISED CRIME
For its’ Annual Meeting 2007 (November 14-17, Atlanta) the American Society of Crimonology has issued a Call for Papers covering a broad range of themes including Organised Crime. Submission Deadline: 16 March 2007
The mafia are the biggest threat to southern Italy’s economic prospects, Prime Minister Romano Prodi has told a conference against organised crime. “Lawlessness is the greatest obstacle to economic growth in southern Italy,” he told the three-day forum in Rome. Mr Prodi was briefly heckled by an audience member who said parliament must first purge … MAFIA ‘STRANGLE ITALY PROSPECTS’
MORE than £5 million of counterfeit goods have been seized in west London – including the largest ever haul of pirate Bollywood DVDs. About 1.75 million items of rip-off merchandise -an estimated 13 tonnes – were seized when officers raided 11 units at a self-storage site in Hayes this week. About 75 per cent of … UK: MASSIVE FAKE BOLLYWOOD DVD RING SMASHED
Investigators are looking into cases of developers purposefully building on land not designated for construction Until now the phenomenon of illegal construction in the province of Cadiz was limited to a sprinkling of houses built by individuals, as either second homes, or, at the most, an investment for the future. Nevertheless the Cadiz Public Prosecution … SPAIN: AUTHORITIES LINK ORGANISED CRIME AND PLANNING CORRUPTION IN PROVINCE OF CADIZ
