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Italian police said Wednesday they had seized assets worth 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) and issued 41 arrest warrants in raids on gambling companies in Italy and abroad run by the 'Ndrangheta. Italy's anti-mafia police arrested 68 suspected mobsters today in a vast international blitz on organised crime groups that had joined forces to make millions of euros through online gambling. In addition to breaking legs, the gangsters allegedly poured gasoline and set fire to a car belonging to the owner of a competing gambling club in Yonkers, sold 17 illegal guns and made millions.
Italy's anti-mafia police have struck a major blow to the Italian mob in an international sting. Rival groups were said to have worked together to make billions through online gambling.
Italy's National Anti-Mafia Directorate (DNA) arrested 68 members of organized crime families across Italy on Wednesday, with help from Eurojust — the EU's judicial agency — and police from Britain, the Netherlands, Serbia and Switzerland. Those arrested were members of the country's three major crime syndicates: Sicily's Cosa Nostra, Calabria's 'Ndrangheta and Apulia's Sacra Corona Unita (SCU).
Some 800 officers were involved in the raids, which were also aided by information given to authorities by a Sicilian mobster who feared the gangs 'would never have let him quit,' because of their thirst for money. The man had infiltrated the mafia's online gambling operations.
The new mob
Although previously rivals, the three families agreed to work together to embark on an online gambling scheme that authorities say netted them almost €4.5 billion ($5 billion). On Wednesday, authorities seized €1 billion in goods and cash in Albania, Austria, Britain, Germany, the Isle of Man, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Romania, Serbia, the Seychelles and Switzerland.
Federico Cafiero de Raho, the head of the Italian anti-mafia unit, explained the novelty of the new cooperation between previously rival groups: 'The 'Ndrangheta and the mafias of Sicily and Puglia [Apulia] no longer exist. They are now fluid organizations that manage different businesses between them.'
Cafiero de Raho told journalists: 'We have an increasingly clear picture. We can see from ongoing investigations how the mafia works together in different sectors. We need to establish whether there is a fixed leadership or if the deals change depending on the territories involved.'
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Secluded meetings at a mountaintop sanctuary
In the course of the online gambling investigation, prosecutors in Calabria said they also uncovered a secret meeting spot favored by the 'Ndrangheta: Our Lady of the Mountain (pictured above), a secluded Catholic sanctuary nestled in the Aspromonte mountains. The sanctuary is located outside the village of San Luca, where the organization was founded.
Apulian prosecutors in Bari said they think the Sacra Corona Unita was instrumental in facilitating collaboration between the Sicilian and Calabrian families. They added that 'the younger generation made a decisive contribution to the business' by using technical know-how to help the powerful Martiradonna family break into the lucrative online gambling business.
The scheme
Authorities said the groups used a number of websites to collect bets in exchange for promotion and protection. Suspects arrested in Wednesday's sting are accused of crimes such as the illicit transfer of cash, illegal online betting activities and tax evasion.
Italian state prosecutors also published pictures that some suspects had posted of themselves on social media. The photos showed the overweight mafiosi sporting Rolexes and brand new Ferraris, others featured them relaxing in bathrobes at health spas or dining in fancy restaurants.
Nicola Morra, who now heads the Italian parliament's anti-mafia commission said: 'We must defeat the mafia. We must fight every illegality, every silence, as they are fertile ground for that disgusting weed that we must tear up with all our strength.'
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Malta-licensed MediaLive Ltd. insists it has no ties to the Italian Mafia.
Last October, during an Italian parliamentary visit to Malta, Italian Democratic Party senator Rosy Bindi called for greater cooperation from Malta authorities to curtail organized crime.It’s very easy to start betting, just visit the https://odds.am/en/betting/rating/?year=2020&mon=5&page=9 platform and select any betting office presented, based on the rating or other features.
Since the crackdown against Mafia-linked online gambling sites operating in Malta back in November, Medialive’s commercial director Rob Wheeler has threatened a lawsuit against gambling media site CalvinAyre.com for apparently suggesting his company had some type of association with crime elements in Italy.
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Wheeler called the reporting a 'a complete fabrication' and called CA writer Steven Stradbrooke 'a complete story teller,' while vowing to 'file a lawsuit and sue you' if the articles weren’t retracted.https://bettinginsiderjournal.com
From CalvinAyre.com:
Wheeler insists that the Medialive directors were arrested due to 'a small underpayment in tax, over five years … less than €60,000' on its Italian operations. Wheeler also insists that 'no one is under arrest anymore' and the company is 'not part of the Mafia.'
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We feel it’s worth noting that the original Italian media article that we linked to in our coverage remains online in its original form, as does the Times of Malta story that identified the two Medialive directors, as well as coverage of the arrests in other respected industry publications such as GamblingCompliance.
Five international Web gambling firms were made to leave the world’s largest Internet gambling hub of Malta back in March.https://cricking.com
Malta-licensed MediaLive Ltd. insists it has no ties to the Italian Mafia.
Last October, during an Italian parliamentary visit to Malta, Italian Democratic Party senator Rosy Bindi called for greater cooperation from Malta authorities to curtail organized crime.It’s very easy to start betting, just visit the https://odds.am/en/betting/rating/?year=2020&mon=5&page=9 platform and select any betting office presented, based on the rating or other features.
Since the crackdown against Mafia-linked online gambling sites operating in Malta back in November, Medialive’s commercial director Rob Wheeler has threatened a lawsuit against gambling media site CalvinAyre.com for apparently suggesting his company had some type of association with crime elements in Italy.
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Wheeler called the reporting a 'a complete fabrication' and called CA writer Steven Stradbrooke 'a complete story teller,' while vowing to 'file a lawsuit and sue you' if the articles weren’t retracted.https://bettinginsiderjournal.com
From CalvinAyre.com:
Wheeler insists that the Medialive directors were arrested due to 'a small underpayment in tax, over five years … less than €60,000' on its Italian operations. Wheeler also insists that 'no one is under arrest anymore' and the company is 'not part of the Mafia.'
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We feel it’s worth noting that the original Italian media article that we linked to in our coverage remains online in its original form, as does the Times of Malta story that identified the two Medialive directors, as well as coverage of the arrests in other respected industry publications such as GamblingCompliance.
Five international Web gambling firms were made to leave the world’s largest Internet gambling hub of Malta back in March.https://cricking.com
A Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) gaming probe resulted in one licence suspended, one cancelled and three companies choosing to avoid scrutiny by unilaterally 'terminating' their own licences. Each is said to have ties to Italian organized crime.
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