BBC NEWS | Europe | Sicily Mafia restoring US links
The Italian anti-mafia commission says Old Bridge was a remarkable success but it shows the Sicilian Cosa Nostra is “re-establishing its links with the American cousins”.
A suspect is led away by FBI agents during an operation in Italy and the US, New York 7 February 2008
US authorities detained more than 80 suspectsThe commission says it has evidence Cosa Nostra is sending its top members to New York while allowing those expelled by the mob during the clan wars of the 1980s to return home to Sicily.
Their report says that many US food distribution and construction firms are now controlled by the US Cosa Nostra, whose bosses are of Sicilian origin and have direct links.
And while Cosa Nostra still maintains its control over the lucrative drugs trade and its traditional activities of extortion and racketeering, it is now diversifying into new industries like online gambling.
Who’s surprised by this?
Errr… they’re gonna have a lot of competition from the US Government and Big Business.
KRS One said it best…
Illegal Business – Boogie Down Productions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn9c0mlwlRQ
Two articles about Italy? Are we hating Italians today?
Those look like Nazi SS uniforms.
Sicilian Mafia?
Thats Weird..Ive never heard of it?
Do they hang out, socialize and cook great food?
Do they Hug and Kiss alot?
Do they Love their family above all else?
Because,
Thats all I know of my Sicilian Culture..
Sterotypes just Suck dont they?
Go watch the Sopranos again…