Atanas Mandev, the emblematic head of security firm functioning as an organized crimegroup in Bulgaria’s Sliven, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail.

MONTREAL – By refusing to launch a public inquiry into construction practices, Jean Charest “is protecting the Mafia, organized crime,” Pauline Marois declared Friday as she called for the premier to resign. “Corruption has installed itself in the heart of the state,” the Parti Québécois leader said. “Organized crime, the Mafia, have literally infiltrated the … PREMIER IS ‘PROTECTING THE MAFIA,’ MAROIS CLAIMS

The EU task force to investigate allegations of Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) organ traficking and organised crime — including by Prime Minister Hashim Thaci — fueled a debate of its political impact on Kosovo.

UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — High levels of crime and insecurity, fuelled by organised gangsters, are threatening to undermine social and economic growth in the Caribbean and Latin America, the United Nations development chief has warned, even as the organisation praised the region for making “steady improvements” in governance.

Officials in Mexico say they’re investigating more than 100 police officers in the northern city of Monterrey suspected of having links with organised crime.

BEIJING, September 16, 2011 (AFP) – China said Friday it had arrested 2,182 people and broken up hundreds of gangs in an operation against organised crime, as a senior official pledged to crack down on police collusion with criminals.

Good news from Devon and Cornwall police which will impact upon the whole of Devon/Cornwall. Eight  key members of an organised drug supply network were sentenced to a total of 40 years imprisonment for offences of jointly conspiring to supply both crack cocaine and heroin in Exeter.

The Austrac typologies and case studies report 2011 reveals how the Government Agencies, combined with Austrac’s analysis of reports provided by Australian businesses, have led to asset seizures and arrests of criminals in Australia and overseas. AUSTRAC’s 2011 typologies report is the fifth in an annual series of reports produced by the agency. The 2011 report includes … AUSTRAC’S TYPOLOGIES AND CASE STUDIES REPORT 2011

Italian anti-mafia public prosecutors investigating on money laundering have interviewed Mario Balotelli over a visit he made last year to a known mafia hot spot in Naples, where he was photographed in the company of a couple of known Camorra men.

An rinvestigation into anti-corruption in Quebec has established a link between organized crime and Quebec’s construction industry.