Yakuza gets bailout for its four-finger economy

Japan's gangsters may remember 2010 as a banner year. That's not how the vast majority of Japan's 126 million people will see it. Deflation is accelerating...

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Ochoa: Organized crime threat to national security and economy
MANILA, June 30 (PNA) -- Organized criminal activities are threats to the economy and national security and should be dealt with a clear, well-defined and integrated policy, Executive Secretary Paquito...
Organized crime a threat to national security, economy - Ochoa
Organized criminal activities are threats to the economy and national security and should be dealt with a clear, well-defined and integrated policy, Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr. said on...
Italy's central bank chief says mafia hurting economy
The mafia is one of the biggest reasons for Italy's sluggish economic growth, Italian central bank governor Mario Draghi said on Friday.
Understanding Mobster Economy
Hours after the FBI arrested 127 suspected mobsters Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder appeared at a presser saying the Mafia posed "a major threat to the economic well-being of this country,"...
Saviano: "The Mafia boosted Eastern Europe's economy."
Roberto Saviano won the 2010 Europe Book Prize with his work â€œBeauty and the Infernoâ€, although it is the 2006 book â€œGomorraâ€ which gave him international fame as a writer on...
Mafia big player in Que. economy, book says
A new book that suggests Montreal's Mafia is deeply entrenched in city affairs and is poised to spread beyond Quebec has sparked a political firestorm, including opposition attacks in the province's...
Mafia was trying to 'go green' in new economy
ROME - Italy on Tuesday seized Mafia-linked assets worth $1.9 billion â€” the biggest mob haul ever â€” in an operation revealing that the crime group was trying to â€œgo greenâ€â€by...