The Guardian Newspaper is reporting that Italian Organized Crime group ‘Ndrangheta is involved in the transporting of radioactive waste and other nuclear materials.
The ‘Ndrangheta mafia, which gained notoriety in August for its blood feud killings of six men in Germany, is alleged to have made illegal shipments of radioactive waste to Somalia, as well [...]
West Africa is becoming a key area for terrorist organizations to raise funds for their operations.
From Reuters:
Militants are exploiting weak law enforcement in West Africa to raise funds from rackets ranging from people smuggling to drug trafficking and even fake Viagra, experts said.
While blacklisted groups like al Qaeda and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia [...]
Stars and Stripes reports on US Soldiers targeting black market operations that funnel revenue to the Iraqi insurgency.
Organized crime is nothing new in Iraq. Smuggling has long been an intrinsic part of Iraq’s black market economy, most notably under Saddam Hussein. Many of these criminal networks have not gone away, but have simply adapted to [...]
Authorities in Hong Kong announced the arrest of two men who were attempting to smuggle 7,000 live turtles into Mainland China.
Marine police intercepted the two men Wednesday as they were loading about 300 cartons onto speedboats near an outlying island close to mainland Chinese waters, a government statement said.
The cartons were stacked with clear plastic [...]
The Guardian reports on how Japanese Organized Crime syndicates are expanding their business opportunities.
According to senior police officials, the yakuza is targeting the stock market and the construction industry to add to the earnings it already receives from illegal businesses such as prostitution, drug smuggling, extortion and gambling.
The article states that the yakuza is being [...]
On Wednesday, six Italian men were shot and killed outside a restaurant in Germany as a result of mob activities:
Six Italian men died in a hail of gunfire early Wednesday after a pizzeria celebration of one victim’s 18th birthday — a Mafia-style massacre that officials said grew out of a long-running feud between two organized [...]
