Blog Posts - Calabria
Tropea, Calabria, Italy.

Tropea (ancient Trapeia) is a municipality located within the province of Vibo Valentia, in Calabria (southern Italy).The town is a famous bathing place, situated on a reef, in the gulf of St. Euphemia connected with the mainland by a narrow strip in...
by Simple.Interesting on Nov 25, 2012
Italian mobsters received EU farm aid: court

Italian mafiosi have been pocketing hundreds of thousands of euros from European farm funds for years thanks to a legal loophole, according to rulings from Italy’s Court of Auditors reviewed by AFP. Convicted gangsters and suspects under police...
by Mafia Today on Nov 23, 2012
Digitale terrestre Alto Jonio: a Cerchiara di Calabria due giorni senza Rai

Nell’Alto Jonio, nel cosentino di Calabria, dopo il fatidico passaggio al digitale terrestre, la Rai continua a far penare le popolazioni dei paesi del comprensorio. Il segnale da troppi mesi è debole e, di conseguenza, crea non pochi disagi alla...
by Tv Digital Divide on Nov 20, 2012
Carabinieri arrest 40 in ‘Ndrangheta mafia sting in Calabria

Families accused of illicit activities in five mountain towns (ANSA) – Reggio Calabria, November 13 – Police arrested 40 people on Tuesday in a wide-reaching sting operation against alleged manipulation of public bids by ‘Ndrangheta...
by Mafia Today on Nov 13, 2012
Minestrone calabrese

INGREDIENTI 300gr. di fagioli secchi rinvenuti 500gr. di fagioli freschi (pesati dopo averli sgusciati) 3 pomodori 1 spicchi di aglio 1 gambo di sedano olio extravergine di oliva 250gr. di pasta sale pepe ————————————...
by GnamGnam on Nov 9, 2012
Hands over the city

The long arm of organised crime stretches to Milan ITALY’S financial capital is nothing like Reggio Calabria. Yet when Reggio’s city council was dissolved early last month, Milanese prosecutors promptly arrested Lombardy’s head of housing, Dome...
by Mafia Today on Nov 8, 2012
Hands over the city

The long arm of organised crime stretches to Milan ITALY’S financial capital is nothing like Reggio Calabria. Yet when Reggio’s city council was dissolved early last month, Milanese prosecutors promptly arrested Lombardy’s head of housing, Dome...
by Mafia Today on Nov 8, 2012
Mafia boss serving life sentence attacks magistrate in jail

Two officers injured in scuffle (ANSA) – Reggio Calabria, November 7 – A mafia boss serving seven life sentences attacked a prosecutor while being questioned in prison in the town of Viterbo near Rome on Wednesday. Domenico Gallico, 54, f...
by Mafia Today on Nov 7, 2012
Mafia boss serving life sentence attacks magistrate in jail

Two officers injured in scuffle (ANSA) – Reggio Calabria, November 7 – A mafia boss serving seven life sentences attacked a prosecutor while being questioned in prison in the town of Viterbo near Rome on Wednesday. Domenico Gallico, 54, f...
by Mafia Today on Nov 7, 2012
Verkostung: Zartbitterschokolade mit Lakritze von Dolci Pensieri di Calabria

Auch das heutige Produkt ist ein Kombiprodukt mit Schokolade und ich gebe es zu, dass ich im Moment einen Faible für sowas habe Produziert wird diese handgeschöpfte Schokolade mit einem Kakaoanteil von 60% vom ital. Hersteller Dolci Pensieri di Cal...
by www.lakritzplanet.de on Nov 4, 2012
Alberto Sarra: sottosegretario regionale con assegno d’invalidità da 7000 Euro

Alberto Sarra è l’attuale sottosegretario alla presidenza della regione Calabria. Ciò che lo distingue dai suoi colleghi è il fatto che percepisce un vitalizio di circa 7500 euro mensili,oltre le sue normali entrate da sottosegretario, per...
by Il blog del tubo on Oct 29, 2012
Dozens arrested in anti-mafia sweeps

MORE than 60 people have been arrested and over 230 million euros ($A293.24 million) in cash has been seized in Italy in three nationwide anti-mafia sweeps. In Palermo, police arrested 41 suspected members of the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian branch of t...
by Mafia Today on Oct 26, 2012
Dozens arrested in anti-mafia sweeps

MORE than 60 people have been arrested and over 230 million euros ($A293.24 million) in cash has been seized in Italy in three nationwide anti-mafia sweeps. In Palermo, police arrested 41 suspected members of the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian branch of t...
by Mafia Today on Oct 26, 2012
Dozens arrested in anti-mafia sweeps

MORE than 60 people have been arrested and over 230 million euros ($A293.24 million) in cash has been seized in Italy in three nationwide anti-mafia sweeps. In Palermo, police arrested 41 suspected members of the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian branch of t...
by Mafia Today on Oct 23, 2012
Dozens arrested in anti-mafia sweeps

MORE than 60 people have been arrested and over 230 million euros ($A293.24 million) in cash has been seized in Italy in three nationwide anti-mafia sweeps. In Palermo, police arrested 41 suspected members of the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian branch of t...
by Mafia Today on Oct 23, 2012
Italy: Police seize ‘symbolic’ Calabrian mafia villa

Reggio Calabria, 22 Oct. (AKI) – Italian police Monday impounded a four-storey villa in southern Italy worth an estimated three million euros from the elderly widow of late Calabrian mafia boss Antonino Gallico. Police described the concrete vi...
by Mafia Today on Oct 22, 2012
Italy: Police arrest 12 Calabrian mafia suspects in south

Reggio Calabria, 19 Oct. (AKI) – Police on Friday in southern Italy arrested 12 people suspected of links to the Calabrian mafia, of extortion, fraud and possessing illegal weapons. The arrests followed a probe in the Calabrian city of Reggio C...
by Mafia Today on Oct 21, 2012
34 alleged mafia members arrested in Italy

NAPLES, Italy, Oct. 19 (UPI) — Italian police said Friday they arrested 34 people suspected of belonging to the Camorra and Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta mafias. Police arrested 22 suspected high-ranking members of the Camorra mafia clans in Napl...
by Mafia Today on Oct 19, 2012
34 alleged mafia members arrested in Italy

NAPLES, Italy, Oct. 19 (UPI) — Italian police said Friday they arrested 34 people suspected of belonging to the Camorra and Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta mafias. Police arrested 22 suspected high-ranking members of the Camorra mafia clans in Napl...
by Mafia Today on Oct 19, 2012
Italian council sacked over mafia ties

ROME: A city council has been dismissed on suspicion of mafia infiltration, the first such action in Italy’s history. The decision was announced by Anna Maria Cancellieri, the interior minister, after investigators found criminal ties between p...
by Mafia Today on Oct 11, 2012