Resurgence of Magliana Gang in Rome

More tales of Liverpool crime families

110 members of the ‘Ndrangheta were convicted last Sunday following a trial in Milan after a major long-term operation against the Calabrian mafia operating in Northern Italy.

Big article in Rolling Stone alleging wholesale fraud in Florida in foreclosure actions against homeowners. Big banks named. Shocking. UK next? ….watch this space

Interesting piece on police use of licence plate reading cameras. Unfortunate ending…if you’re not doing anything wrong, you’ve got nothing to worry about….

Guardian and LSE team up to publish research on the UK riots.

Merseyside again. Photo gallery of 2,000 plant farm.

A unit from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s organized crime division has joined an investigation into an accounting scam at Japan’s disgraced Olympus Corp, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday, in a sign that the scandal could widen.

EULEX, the European Union’s rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, is unique in both scale and ambition; greater in size than all other EU operations put together. Mandated to not only assist Kosovo’s own legal institutions in the fair and proper application of the law, EULEX has the power – on paper – to also independently investigate … THE RULE OF LAW IN KOSOVO: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? – ANALYSIS

The investigation into Council of Europe allegations that the Albanian KLA extracted and traded human organs began amid hopes for justice to be served, but many Serbs are doubtful. The EU Task Force — led by US prosecutor Clint Williamson — launched its investigation last week into allegations made by CoE rapporteur Dick Marty’s report … BALKANS: ORGAN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION BEGINS AMID MIXED EXPECTATIONS