http://www.mail.com/subjects/1538-organized-crime.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/1538-organized-crime.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065782-italys-ex-premier-giulio-andreotti-dies-94.html ROME (AP) — Giulio Andreotti personified the nation he helped shape, the good and the bad. One of Italy's most important postwar figures, he helped draft the country's constitution after World War II, served seven times as premier and spent 60 years in Parliament. But the Christian Democrat who was friends with popes and cardinals was also a controversial... Mon, 06 May 2013 19:37:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065782-italys-ex-premier-giulio-andreotti-dies-94.html 2013-05-06T19:37:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2059396-obama-mexican-president-talk-economy-security.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama sought on Thursday to tamp down a potential rift with Mexico over a dramatic shift in the cross-border fight against drug trafficking and organized crime, acceding that Mexicans had the right to determine how best to tackle the violence that has plagued their country. Since taking office in December, Mexican Presi... Fri, 03 May 2013 00:19:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2059396-obama-mexican-president-talk-economy-security.html 2013-05-03T00:19:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2052878-mexico-seeks-security-economic-agenda-with-us.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's is ending the widespread access it gave to U.S. security agencies in the name of fighting drug trafficking and organized crime, but President Barack Obama said Tuesday he won't judge the change until he meets this week with the country's new leader. Under President Enrique Pena Nieto, who took office on Dec. 1, Mexico is ending... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:27:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2052878-mexico-seeks-security-economic-agenda-with-us.html 2013-04-30T20:27:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2052704-mexico-ends-open-access-us-security-agencies.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is ending its unprecedented open relationship with U.S. security agencies that developed in recent years to fight drug trafficking and organized crime. All contact for U.S. law enforcement will now go through "a single window," the federal Interior Ministry, the agency that controls security and domestic policy, said Sergio Alcoc... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:22:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2052704-mexico-ends-open-access-us-security-agencies.html 2013-04-30T02:22:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049852-mexican-journalists-march-attacks-press.html XALAPA, Mexico (AP) — Officials in Veracruz state say they know who killed Regina Martinez. The muckraking reporter, found beaten and suffocated in her house, was just the victim of a robbery, according to prosecutors and a local court. But many of her colleagues don't believe it. The man convicted of the crime was tortured into a confession, they allege.... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:42:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049852-mexican-journalists-march-attacks-press.html 2013-04-28T20:42:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2048004-feds-cartel-linked-man-arrested-nm-dance-floor.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal officials say a suspected drug trafficker affiliated with the deadly Sinaloa Cartel couldn't dance his troubles away. Omar Cota was taken into custody early Friday off a dance floor at Route 66 Casino's Club Envy in New Mexico. Officials say federal agents and police in Laguna arrested the 28-year-old after receiving a tip... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:10:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2048004-feds-cartel-linked-man-arrested-nm-dance-floor.html 2013-04-26T23:10:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2044154-mexican-newspaper-photographer-dead.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — The hacked-up bodies of a photojournalist and another young man have been found in the northern Mexico city of Saltillo, authorities said Thursday. Photographer Daniel Martinez Bazaldua, 22, had recently been hired to cover social events for Vanguardia, the paper said in a story in its online edition. Officials identified the other man ... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:38:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2044154-mexican-newspaper-photographer-dead.html 2013-04-25T23:38:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2041344-once-touted-corruption-cases-collapse-mexico.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Some of Mexico's most high-profile corruption cases have unraveled recently on thin or made-up evidence, reinforcing long-held notions that the Attorney General's Office is more focused on political vendettas or favors than justice. Among the cases to collapse or suffer setbacks are those of a former drug czar and a former No. 2 in the ... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:09:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2041344-once-touted-corruption-cases-collapse-mexico.html 2013-04-24T23:09:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2033568-ny-authorities-deal-russian-mob-losing-hand.html NEW YORK (AP) — It's a case teeming with colorful characters: a reputed Russian mob boss once accused in an Olympic scandal, a wealthy art world impresario who hung out with Leonardo DiCaprio and a woman named Molly Bloom who gained a celebrity following by hosting them at high-stakes poker games. U.S. authorities allege all had roles in a sprawling schem... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:33:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2033568-ny-authorities-deal-russian-mob-losing-hand.html 2013-04-20T17:33:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2022344-cartel-money-laundering-trial-texas.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A multimillion-dollar horse racing and breeding operation run from an Oklahoma ranch was actually a front for a notorious Mexican cartel to launder millions of dollars in drug money, prosecutors alleged Tuesday at the beginning of a trial for five defendants charged in the scheme. Jose Trevino Morales, the younger brother of the suspe... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:15:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2022344-cartel-money-laundering-trial-texas.html 2013-04-17T01:15:01Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2017852-trial-to-start-zetas-cartel-racehorse-case.html HOUSTON (AP) — One of Mexico's most powerful and violent drug cartels intended a racehorse-buying operation to be a clandestine means of laundering its illegal proceeds in the United States, prosecutors say. But with the millions of dollars spent — sometimes in the form of duffel bags stuffed with cash — on horses named with names such as Number One Carte... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:16:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2017852-trial-to-start-zetas-cartel-racehorse-case.html 2013-04-13T19:16:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1990246-cartels-dispatch-agents-deep-inside-us.html CHICAGO (AP) — Mexican drug cartels whose operatives once rarely ventured beyond the U.S. border are dispatching some of their most trusted agents to live and work deep inside the United States — an emboldened presence that experts believe is meant to tighten their grip on the world's most lucrative narcotics market and maximize profits. If left unchecked... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:24:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1990246-cartels-dispatch-agents-deep-inside-us.html 2013-04-01T19:24:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1984092-russias-top-cop-sets-sights-protest-movement.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's top cop has a new star role at the heart of the Putin regime. His mission? Shut down the opposition. Alexander Bastrykin's Investigative Committee has become President Vladimir Putin's de facto political police, accountable to him alone. The fearsome organization was given the new mandate after Putin returned for a third term as pre... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:07:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1984092-russias-top-cop-sets-sights-protest-movement.html 2013-03-28T10:07:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1980696-drug-war-death-tolls-guess-without-bodies.html REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) — Heavy gunfire echoed along the main thoroughfare and across several neighborhoods in a firefight that lasted for hours, leaving perforated and burned vehicles scattered across the border city. Social media exploded with reports of dozens dead. Witnesses saw at least 12. But the hours of intense gun battles in Reynosa on March 10 gav... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:34:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1980696-drug-war-death-tolls-guess-without-bodies.html 2013-03-26T19:34:04Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1940258-warren-starts-taking-banks-regulators.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Warren rose to national prominence as an outspoken consumer advocate decrying Wall Street abuses and became the progressive movement's darling candidate in last fall's Senate elections. Like most freshman lawmakers, the Massachusetts Democrat has maintained a low profile during her first few months in office. That's starting to... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:10:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1940258-warren-starts-taking-banks-regulators.html 2013-03-08T09:10:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1929554-underworld-saint-popular-us.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A follower in New Orleans built a public shrine in her honor. An actor in Albuquerque credits her with helping him land a role on the TV show "Breaking Bad." She turns up routinely along the U.S.-Mexico border at safe houses, and is sighted on dashboards of cars used to smuggle methamphetamine through the southwest desert. Popular... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:32:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1929554-underworld-saint-popular-us.html 2013-03-05T00:32:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1906662-mexicos-government-pledges-hunt-disappeared.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico said Thursday that it will work with the International Red Cross on the search for thousands of people who have disappeared during the country's six-year-old war on drug cartels. Officials provided few details of the arrangement signed in a public ceremony by the head of the International Red Cross and Interior Secretary Miguel A... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:59:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1906662-mexicos-government-pledges-hunt-disappeared.html 2013-02-21T21:59:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1899612-costa-rica-toughens-stance-us-backed-drug-fight.html LIBERIA, Costa Rica (AP) — On a recent Friday morning at a gleaming new international airport in Costa Rica, hundreds of tourists from New York and Minnesota emerged blinking onto the sun-blasted tarmac. At the other end of the runway, eight Americans zipped into tan flight suits aboard a massive white surveillance plane. As four propellers roared, the P3... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:34:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1899612-costa-rica-toughens-stance-us-backed-drug-fight.html 2013-02-18T23:34:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1891154-cartel-kingpin-chicagos-public-enemy-no-1.html CHICAGO (AP) — A drug kingpin in Mexico who has never set foot in Chicago has been named the city's new Public Enemy No. 1 — the same notorious label assigned to Al Capone at the height of the Prohibition-era gang wars. The Chicago Crime Commission announced the move Thursday, saying it considers Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman even more menacing than Capone be... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:11:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1891154-cartel-kingpin-chicagos-public-enemy-no-1.html 2013-02-14T23:11:35Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1885856-soccer-faces-epic-fight-match-fixing.html ZURICH (AP) — Soccer is falling under a cloud of suspicion as never before, sullied by a multibillion-dollar web of match-fixing that is corrupting increasingly larger parts of the world's most popular sport. Internet betting, emboldened criminal gangs and even the economic downturn have created conditions that make soccer — or football, as the sport is c... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1885856-soccer-faces-epic-fight-match-fixing.html 2013-02-12T15:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1870574-armed-gang-rapes-6-spanish-tourists-mexico.html ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Six Spanish tourists were raped by a gang of armed, masked men in the Mexican resort of Acapulco, the latest chapter of violence that has tarnished the once-glamorous Pacific coast resort. The vicious, hours-long attack occurred before dawn Monday at a house that six Spanish men, six Spanish women and a Mexican woman had rented on ... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1870574-armed-gang-rapes-6-spanish-tourists-mexico.html 2013-02-06T01:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1865304-us-military-expands-drug-war-latin-america.html The crew members aboard the USS Underwood could see through their night goggles what was happening on the fleeing go-fast boat: Someone was dumping bales. When the Navy guided-missile frigate later dropped anchor in Panamanian waters on that sunny August morning, Ensign Clarissa Carpio, a 23-year-old from San Francisco, climbed into the inflatable dinghy ... Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1865304-us-military-expands-drug-war-latin-america.html 2013-02-03T16:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1864202-ap-exclusive-hq-bids-to-agency-rivalry.html CHICAGO (AP) — A first-of-its-kind headquarters has opened in Chicago for 70 federal agents, police and prosecutors to work side-by-side, year-round to fight drug traffickers — a set-up meant to end inter-agency rivalry and miscommunication that can hamper investigations. The recent, fanfare-free opening of the Chicago Strike Force building comes as Mexic... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1864202-ap-exclusive-hq-bids-to-agency-rivalry.html 2013-02-02T16:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1861142-police-chief-sign-fear-slain-attorney.html KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) — Authorities don't know whether a Texas prosecutor who had extensive experience with organized crime feared for his life before he was fatally shot, but they're poring through the cases he handled for leads to his killer, officials said Friday. No arrests have been made since Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse was gunned down Thur... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1861142-police-chief-sign-fear-slain-attorney.html 2013-02-02T00:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1859572-feds-136m-phony-sports-goods-confiscated.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Investigators have confiscated more than $13.6 million worth of phony sports merchandise over the past five months and expect to seize more in New Orleans during Super Bowl week, a federal law-enforcement official said Thursday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said authorities also have shut down more than ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1859572-feds-136m-phony-sports-goods-confiscated.html 2013-01-31T22:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854108-mexicos-president-mum-drug-violence.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two months after President Enrique Pena Nieto took office promising to reduce violent crime, the killings linked to Mexico's drug cartels continue unabated. Only the government's talk about them has dropped. Eighteen members of a band and its retinue were kidnapped and apparently slain over the weekend in the northern border state of Nu... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854108-mexicos-president-mum-drug-violence.html 2013-01-29T23:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1851834-surviving-band-member-leads-police-to-bodies.html MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — The Colombian-style music group was playing at a ranch in northern Mexico when at least 10 gunmen entered the warehouse where the private party was being held and forced them and several crew members into waiting vehicles, a survivor of the attack told authorities. Nuevo Leon state security spokesman Jorge Domene said the survivor... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1851834-surviving-band-member-leads-police-to-bodies.html 2013-01-29T01:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834392-mexico-self-defense-squads-battle-violence.html AYUTLA, Mexico (AP) — The young man at the roadside checkpoint wept softly behind the red bandanna that masked his face. At his side was a relic revolver, and his feet were shod in the muddy, broken boots of a farmer. Haltingly, he told how his cousin's body was found in a mass grave with about 40 other victims of a drug gang. Apparently, the cousin had c... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834392-mexico-self-defense-squads-battle-violence.html 2013-01-21T17:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1827526-us-commandos-boost-numbers-to-train-mexican-forces.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is stepping up aid for Mexico's bloody drug war with a new U.S.-based special operations headquarters to teach Mexican security forces how to hunt drug cartels the same way special operations teams hunt al-Qaida, according to documents and interviews with multiple U.S. officials. Such assistance could help newly elected Mexi... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1827526-us-commandos-boost-numbers-to-train-mexican-forces.html 2013-01-17T23:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1827352-qa-russian-crowned-thieves.html MOSCOW (AP) — The contract-style killing of Russian mobster Aslan Usoyan, also known as Grandpa Khasan, on Wednesday drew renewed attention to the extensive and elaborate culture of the country's underworld figures who call themselves "crowned thieves" and "thieves in law." Questions and answers about this shadowy world: WHO WAS USOYAN? The 75-year-old et... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1827352-qa-russian-crowned-thieves.html 2013-01-17T14:47:00Z