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Police seize Rome pizzerias, cafes linked to Mafia

2014-01-22 20:15:28| Electronics - Topix.net

Bob McDonnell had just been elected governor of Virginia when a wealthy businessman who had donated the use of his private jet during the Republican's campaign requested a meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel in... Bob McDonnell had just been elected governor of Virginia when a wealthy businessman who had donated the use of his private jet during the ... (more)

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Italy: Has the Mafia infiltrated the renewable energy industry?

2013-02-25 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mother Nature Network: People are fascinated by organized crime. If that werent true, there wouldnt be so many movies, TV shows and books about it. But in most mainstream portrayals, the mob plies its trade in traditional ways: controlling gambling, prostitution, protection, extortion or loan-sharking. Recent developments prove that the mafia has evolved and infiltrated industries that dont bring Al Capone to mind. Case in point: Italian law enforcement has recently uncovered deep links between the Cosa Nostra and...

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Is Dr. Oz Shilling for the Malaysian Palm Oil Mafia?

2013-02-04 20:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Rainforest Action Network: The public controversy around Americas Doctor is heating up. You may have noticed, for instance, the feature article in the most recent issue of New Yorker magazine titled The Operator: is the most trusted doctor in America doing more harm than good? As we recently reported, Dr. Oz, a TV personality who advocates healthy living on his top-rated, Oprah-hyped TV show "The Dr. Oz Show," kicked off 2013 by encouraging his millions of viewers to give palm oil a try for its incomparable nutritional...

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Italy: Sting operations reveal Mafia involvement in renewable energy

2013-01-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: Inside a midnight-blue BMW, a Sicilian entrepreneur delivered his pitch to the accused mafia boss. A new business was blowing into Italy that could spin wind and sunlight into gold, ensuring the future of the Earth as well as the Cosa Nostra: renewable energy. "Uncle Vincenzo,' implored the businessman, Angelo Salvatore, using a term of affection for the alleged head of Sicily's Gimbellina crime family, 79-year-old Vincenzo Funari. According to a transcript of their wiretapped conversation, Salvatore...

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