Apparently the Zetas have kidnapped one of their members, so Anonymous will post all sorts of information about them if said individual not released by Friday.

Left wingers in the Berlin area carry out arson attack on the railway. Group called Hekla claims responsibility. Opening shots in a new conflict?

“Only in Santa Cruz would you have biker wars over who’s going to control pumpkin spice lattes.”

The study by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime in Vienna out on Tuesday (25 October) estimates that organised crime in Italy – mostly illegal waste disposal, drugs and people trafficking – is worth €116 billion a year, equivalent to 7.7 percent of the country’s GDP. The scale of the problem is far larger than in … UN HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC COST OF ORGANISED CRIME IN ITALY

The EU needs stricter rules to prevent mafia-style organisations from accessing legal economic circuits and infiltrating political circles, says a resolution adopted on Tuesday 25th October by Parliament. MEPs also suggest setting up a special committee to investigate the negative social and economic impact of organised crime in Europe.

Crime not war main source of armed violence: study from Genevadeclaration.org

Within the Tor network, sites that cant be accessed through Google, a “darknet” market in all sorts of things, but amongst them paedophilia. Anonymous have launched an attack on LolitaCity, a site for paedophiles. Problem is that the darknet is also for opponents of authoritarian regimes.

I havent included many stories about the hacking scandal on this blog, but this relates to organisation. The source is a little opaque.

A tale of greed, duplicity and gullibility

Because of budget cuts, after recent several protests by Law Enforcement officials also theAnti-Mafia Investigative Directorate (DIA) protested today in Rome.