BERLIN: Italian organised crime is gaining a strong foothold in Germany and has invested proceeds of its illegal activities in energy companies listed in Frankfurt and Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, a newspaper reported yesterday. Citing a secret study by Germany’s foreign intelligence service (BND), the Berliner Zeitung said the Calabrian mafia, known as the ‘Ndrangheta, … ITALIAN MAFIA TAKING ROOT IN GERMANY
ROME : An Italian judge has been arrested in the southern Calabria region on charges of having ties to organised crime, and two others are under suspicion. Patrizia Serena Pasquin, head of the civil division of the court in Vibo Valentia, is suspected of corruption, forgery and fraud on behalf of the Mancuso “cosca”, or … ITALIAN JUDGE HELD ON CRIME LINKS, TWO MORE UNDER SUSPICION
A confidential briefing for the Attorney-General’s Department, prepared by the Australian Institute of Criminology, lashes the music and software sectors. The draft of the institute’s intellectual property crime report, sighted by The Australian shows that copyright owners “failed to explain” how they reached financial loss statistics used in lobbying activities and court cases. Figures for … PIRACY STATS DON’T ADD UP
Organised crime phenomena in Asia will be the focus of a special edition of the Asian Journal of Criminology to be published in September 2007. The rapid forces of globalisation and its impact on the socio-political and economic order have provided an impetus to reconceptualise our understanding of the dynamics of organised crime as a … CALL FOR PAPERS ORGANISED CRIME IN ASIA: GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
On May 1, 2004 10 new countries from Central and East Europe joined the European Union, on January 1, 2007 two more countries will follow them. This enlargement provided not only new economic possibilities, but also created new opportunities for organized crime. Politicians, journalists and scholars emphasize the fear that West Europe is about to … CIROC SEMINAR: ‘EAST MEETS WEST’ 20 DECEMBER 2006
DETECTIVES are set to launch an unprecedented swoop on Melbourne’s mogul-gangsters after identifying concealed asset trails of more than $100 million. The Purana gangland taskforce, backed by forensic accountants, has spent more than a year tracing secret cash flows, concealed investments and dummy companies that have been used to hide the massive profits made by … POLICE GANGLAND RAIDS TO NET MILLIONS
An alleged credit card thief, who has been identified as using the online handle “John Dillinger,” has emerged as a suspect in an aggressive FBI law enforcement action to be announced Friday. The action, dubbed Operation Cardkeeper, has resulted in 17 arrests of hackers and carders this week in the United States and Poland. The … FBI BUSTS CREDIT CARD CYBERGANG
Discussing the recently released crime statistics, made public as part of the South African Police Service (SAPS) annual report, Business Against Crime CEO Siphiwe Nzimande says that the publication of the numbers is crucial to inform the understanding of reported crime in the country, the strategic and operational priorities of the SAPS and underscore the … SA: CRIME STATS INDICATE BROAD, STEADY PROGRESS
Witnesses whose testimony in court could cost them their lives will get bodyguards and possibly plastic surgery under a witness protection program approved by the Cabinet. Other protective measures include relocation and bulletproof vests. The $35.5 million program is meant to shore up the country’s shaky criminal justice system, the government said this week on … RUSSIA: WITNESSES TO RECEIVE BODYGUARDS
WASHINGTON — Nearly 11,000 sex offenders, gang members and other fugitives were swept up in what the Justice Department on Thursday called a sting targeting the “worst of the worst” criminals on the run. Last week’s roundup, led by the U.S. Marshals Service, included Allen Marksberry, an unregistered sex offender in Rickman, Tenn., who was … MARSHALS NET NEARLY 11,000 FUGITIVES
