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Aug 20, 2007 6:13 PM CDT

Germany Wakes Up to Mafia Problem

Italian organized crime gains a foothold across the border

(Newser) - Germany is finding its mafia problem harder to ignore after the murder of six men outside an Italian restaurant in Duisburg last week. The killings were part of a feud between two warring mafia clans, both of which have established major footholds in Germany, Der Spiegel reports. Police are now...

FBI Pays Out
$101M in
Mob Suit

Jul 26, 2007 4:54 PM CDT

FBI Pays Out $101M in Mob Suit

Record award for four men wrongfully sent to prison for 1965 murder

(Newser) - A federal judge ordered the government to pay $101.7M after the FBI withheld evidence related to a 1965 murder in Boston that sent four men to prison for three decades. "This case is about intentional misconduct, suborning of perjury" and "the framing of innocent men," said...

Mob Kills Passenger After Car Strikes Child

Jun 21, 2007 4:20 AM CDT

Mob Kills Passenger After Car Strikes Child

Man dies steps from his home; police hunt attackers

(Newser) - Police are hunting members of an angry mob that killed a man after the car he was riding in struck a child. Some 20 attackers beat David Morales to death just paces from his townhouse, as he attempted to defend the driver. Their car hit the child in a parking...

No-Name Jury Awaits Chicago Mob Trial

Jun 19, 2007 5:07 PM CDT

No-Name Jury Awaits Chicago Mob Trial

'Family Secrets' case will go before anonymous panel

(Newser) - Five elderly men accused of running the Chicago mob go on trial this week before a jury of their peers—but the defendants and their lawyers won't know the names of those peers. The Chicago Tribune explores the issue of juror anonymity as a federal court begins assembling a panel...