Italian prosecutors had issued arrest warrants for 41 people in Italy, Germany, Canada and Australia on suspicion of criminal association with the so-called 'ndrangheta, which Italian authorities call an organized-crime group that is based in the southern Italian region of Calabria. ❋ Stacy Meichtry (2011)
Lawyers were particularly outraged when a prominent Beijing-based defense attorney, Li Zhuang, was jailed last year in what they said was a show trial after trying to defend one of the organized-crime bosses caught up in Mr. Bo's crackdown. ❋ Jeremy Page (2011)
Although the government won't disclose how many confidential informants it has, the number has likely been rising post-9/11 as federal investigators focus on domestic counterterrorism probes, white-collar prosecutions and organized-crime cases including big street gangs, Mr. Rich says. ❋ Justin Scheck (2011)
Large organized-crime investigations often force federal agents to make a difficult choice, between making immediate arrests after learning of criminal activity or waiting to gather more evidence to indict an entire group, said Scott Decker, a gang expert who heads the University of Arizona criminology school. ❋ Justin Scheck (2011)
Pemex said in its original suit it believes organized-crime groups have stolen more than $300 million in condensate since 2006 by robbing storage facilities and hijacking tanker trucks. ❋ Laurence Iliff (2012)
A six-person independent panel that the Olympus board has tapped to investigate the deals said Monday that it hadn't yet found any evidence of organized-crime involvement, despite some reports in the foreign and domestic media that payments may have gone to such groups. ❋ Phred Dvorak (2011)
While the Justice Department continues to pursue traditional organized-crime groups, as evidenced by a recent major case brought against alleged members of La Cosa Nostra, it also now is focu sing on crime groups from the former Soviet Union, he said. ❋ John R. Emshwiller (2011)
They put it on the street at shylocking rates," said O'Donnell, who infiltrated Irish organized-crime crews in Massachusetts and Rhode Island as an undercover officer in the 1990s." ❋ Unknown (2011)
State Department officials and state casino regulators, who have linked Mr. Ho with Macau's organized-crime rings. ❋ Shai Oster (2011)
Acapulco risks gaining a less glamorous reputation as organized-crime violence flares and news of grisly crimes in this city of 600,000 residents and the surrounding state of Guerrero has generated a stream of gory headlines that threatens the tourist trade. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The commission found that the state is unable to keep out people accused of having organized-crime connections. ❋ Heather Haddon (2011)
More than three dozen members and associates of an alleged Albanian organized-crime syndicate have been charged in a long-running scheme to smuggle cocaine, marijuana and prescription drugs into the U.S., as well as Canada and Europe, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. ❋ Chad Bray (2011)
A little over a decade ago, Mr. Hertz says his bid to enter the Reno, Nev., casino market also failed after the Nevada Gaming Commission denied him a gambling license, citing concerns about alleged ties to organized-crime figures. ❋ Maura Webber Sadovi (2012)
In recent years, casinos, some with links to suspected organized-crime figures, have proliferated in Mexico. ❋ José De Córdoba (2011)
Some defense lawyers on Wall Street have criticized the activities of the FBI and federal prosecutors in the probe, particularly the use of wiretaps, which are associated more often with organized-crime investigations than white-collar crime. ❋ Susan Pulliam (2012)
An analysis of organized-crime deaths by the newspaper Reforma found 29 decapitations in Acapulco in 2010. ❋ Unknown (2011)
There are ethnic organized-crime groups with roots in Asia and Eurasia that have set up in Boston, Springfield and Lowell, but they haven't had the chance to get entrenched, Sallet said. ❋ Unknown (2011)
PHILADELPHIA—Federal authorities arrested the alleged boss of the Philadelphia Mafia and 10 suspected associates Monday, continuing a sweep that has netted dozens of organized-crime suspects in the New York area and New England this year. ❋ Peter Loftus (2011)
Jean Baptiste Kingery, the suspect in the grenades case, was arrested Aug. 31 in Mexico and has been charged with violating that nation's organized-crime laws, according to U.S. officials. ❋ Evan Perez (2011)
But organized crime might [run] [deeper] than [the mafia]. ❋ Adrian (2006)
Satanic organized crime is highly secretive yet [widespread] in the United States and is [comparable] to various types of [mafia]. ❋ ScienceBurt (2020)
