Doesnt tell us much about what illegal businesses he was involved in. Makes the point that he was a Kurd, well-connected and one of the last of the old guard.

The major of Corleone, Leoluchina Savona, apologized with the families of mafia’s victims on 20th anniversary of Riina arrest. Corleone is a small town in the province of Palermo, Sicily, which is moslty known as the birthplace of several Mafia bosses, both fictional and real.

If it can be sold, it will be stolen…If it has excise duty on it, it will be smuggled. If it is banned, it will be both. Yet again, police arent interested and dont investigate. Another reason why Torygraph readers are disenchanted with the police?

scam targeting student loan scheme. students asked to update bank details and accounts then raided by criminal network

Same old lesson. Bring in a tax and you’ll create smugglers, even of garlic!

George Monbiot…controversial eco-warrior who has days when he thtinks nuclear power is the answer, draw our attention to research that demonstrates an intriguing correlation between lead pollution and violent crime.

new software developed by Ernst and Young together with FBI shows key phrases in rogue traders messages to colleagues. But presumably, you have to exercise surveillance over everyone? privacy issues? good heavens, dont be silly!

Oh joy! UVF leaders implicated in the flag riots and prominent activist suggests that the police are Catholics. Down the road of mean steeples we traipse again…

Sort of sums it up, doesnt it…”a million quids worth of stolen property…nah, sonny, we only deal with stuff over £5million. Try the mangel wurzels from the county forces, eh?”

Same old, same old. this was going on back in the 60s with students pressurised to spy on lefties. Just go to the Tory party mate. They’ll sell their grandmothers just to feel important ? NKVD used to do this under Stalin. Stalinism appears to be winning the battle with democracy in a multicultural world…