Tag: Mafia
When the Mafia infiltrated the filming of “The Godfather”
By Samuel Blumenfeld Posted today at 04:39, updated at 05:15 Reserved for our subscribers storyFifty years ago, Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece was released in the United States after a painful…
Migrants, the smugglers’ mafia
Human trafficking is exploding, maintained by a network with complex ramifications. With its cobbled streets, ancient taverns and Romanesque cathedral, Osnabrück looks like a peaceful city. Even in the gray…
Mafia: 20 years on the run, and caught up by Google Maps
He had become a peaceful trader. But this Sicilian mobster had actually been on the run for two decades. Investigators were still on his trail, however. They confirmed its presence…
On the run for 20 years, an Italian mafia boss found thanks to Google Street View
A trivial street photograph led to the arrest of one of Italy’s most wanted gangsters. Tracked down by police for twenty years, a former Italian mafia boss has been arrested…
Employees become founders: Rocket Internet is the most successful “startup mafia”
Sunday December 12th 2021 Employees become founders Rocket Internet is the most successful “startup mafia” By Hannah Schwär For the first time this year, more than 100 billion dollars will…
Karl Ammann – alone against the Tiger Mafia: “Nobody can say they didn’t know”
He wages a fight that he can never win, his methods are controversial: the documentary filmmaker Karl Ammann (72) fights like no other against illegal animal trade. He steps on…
International strike against the ‘Ndrangheta: Son of Mafia boss “Peppe the cow” directed cocaine and arms trade in Switzerland
At dawn last Tuesday, anti-mafia units across Italy arrested 104 suspects. Handcuffs also clicked in the cantons of St. Gallen, Graubünden, Zurich and Ticino.source site-15
Her ex made Cevapcici out of his enemies and ate them with mustard: “Mafia goddess” Dijana Hrkalovic remains in jail
The former Serbian State Secretary Dijana Hrkalovic remains behind bars. She is accused of helping a Serbian mafia boss cover up a murder. He let his victims go through the…
Sicilian wine frees itself from the clutches of the Mafia
By Lucas Minisini Posted today at 4:25 p.m. Reserved for our subscribers ReportingSince 1992, in Sicily, the state has been fighting organized crime by seizing vines belonging to the Mafia.…
“Everything went exactly as we usually see it in Mafia films”: Now the skeptical innkeepers are talking about the police operation in the Walliserkanne
Even after her release, the hosts of the Walliserkanne in Zermatt seem to be at war with the authorities. They accuse the police of violence and believe that they are…
These mafia clans are active in Switzerland
1/8 The Mafia is much more widespread in Switzerland than previously assumed. 2/8 Various cells are active not only in Ticino, but also in German-speaking Switzerland. 7/8 ‘Ndrangheta clan boss…
This is how the Italian mafia infiltrates Switzerland
1/7 The Mafia is much more widespread in Switzerland than previously assumed. 2/7 Various cells are active not only in Ticino, but also in German-speaking Switzerland. 6/7 In 2014 the…