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Rising mafia emerges from Italy's shadows
chicagotribune.com — Prosecutors and lawmakers are increasingly riveted by a more mysterious and blood-bound crime racket rooted in these far southern reaches of Calabria —not Sicily—that in the past two decades has put Italy at the heart of the global cocaine market.
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- badwithcomputer, on 07/07/2008, -0/+9All they got from Paulie was protection from other guys looking to rip them off. That's what it's all about. That's what the FBI can never understand - that what Paulie and the organization offer is protection for the kinds of guys who can't go to the cops. They're like the police department for wiseguys.
- gbarberi, on 07/07/2008, -0/+3Dugg for the reference to Goodfellas
- ColonelTribune, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2Any reference to 'Goodfellas' is a good thing.
- acmaurer, on 07/07/2008, -2/+2On first read I saw "Godzilla"
- badwithcomputer, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2http://i31.tinypic.com/2gua7ih.png
- gbarberi, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2Oooohhhh, that's where the Henry Hill moniker came from! :)
- gbarberi, on 07/07/2008, -0/+3Dugg for the reference to Goodfellas
- Shigglyboo, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1Fascinating article. thanks for submitting.
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