A new committee of MEPs has been given one year to investigate organised crime, corruption and money laundering in the European Union, and to come up with fresh proposals to tackle the issue. Anti Mafia Committee Set Up by European Parliament Europol Welcomes anti-mafia committee Sonia Alfano (ALDE, IT) was elected chair of the recently … EU ANTI MAFIA COMMITTEE

Useful update on narcotics production in Burma. Warlords, militias, ethnic groups, corrupt Army commanders, changing markets. A reminder that not so long ago, Burma was the world’s biggest opium producer. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/ND27Ae01.html

Italian police – together with Interpol, the Serious Organized Crime Agency and Scotland Yard – arrested a Camorra (the Naples-based crime syndicate) member yesterday. Gianfranco Techegnè had been on the run for 30 years. http://www.antimafiaduemila.com/2012042636730/mafia-eventi-campania/camorra-latitante-da-circa-30-anni-arrestato-a-londra.html

and about time too! But they will just defect to the Dark or deep web. Particularly idiotic remark from SOCA cybercrime head: “I’d rather arrest 10 code writers than 1,000 front-end fraudsters,” It’s the organisers, stupid! Code writers are tools just like the front-enders http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17851257

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Rocco Trimboli, who was on the run since 2010, was arrested today near Reggio Calabria. He had been convicted for drug trafficking and mafia association. Trimboli is also considered a key person in the  increasing role of the ‘Ndrangheta in northern Italy. http://www.corriere.it/cronache/12_aprile_24/arrestato-latitante-tromboli-macri_6be59aec-8dde-11e1-839c-11a4cf6ed581.shtml

Coast Guard stops 30th drug submarine

Former senior figure in MI6 calls for a different approach to illegal drugs.

Last week Riina Jr, the son of Cosa Nostra boss Toto’ Riina, has been tranferred from special surveillance in Corleone – where he lived after imprisonment for assication with organized crime  – to Padua, where he started to work as a volunteer for a NPO. The arrival of Riina Jr had been delayed due to … THE ARRIVAL OF RIINA JR IN PADUA IS CAUSING PROTESTS

The 30th Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime will take place at Jesus College, Cambridge, UK, from Sunday 2nd September through Sunday 9th September 2012. The title of The Symposium is Economic Crime – Surviving the Fall – Myths and Realities. the programme is available from the website linked from the title of this post.