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1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Mexican Mafia’s long reach and longer memory

LA Times

Weapons seized by police during a 2023 investigation into a gang linked to the Mexican Mafia. And here’s today’s enewspaper The Mexican Mafia’s long memory followed a man to a homeless camp, records reveal Samuel “Negro” Villalba was found shot to death in a homeless camp in 2021, years after the Mexican Mafia kicked him out and put a target …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Go, Goa and gone. Foreign tourist arrivals drop by 60% in big worry

India Today

Goa, a global tourist hotspot, is grappling with a significant drop in foreign tourist arrivals following the pandemic. Local tourism stakeholders argue that addressing the issue of taxi mafias and introducing app-based taxi services is crucial for Goa’s recovery. Goa welcomed nearly 9.4 lakh foreign tourists, but by 2023, this figure had dropped to just 4.03 lakh DOMESTIC TOURISM STEPS …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside the risky U.S. probe of allegations that drug mafias financed Obrador campaign

Raw Story

In the summer of 2010, as U.S. agents dug into allegations that a powerful drug mafia had poured money into Mexican politics, the investigators took direct aim at the man who is now the country’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. “Thus, this investigation could ultimately affect who runs for president from the PRD party.” The candidate’s possible indictment in the …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections: Will Yogi Govt's Signature Anti-Mafia Pitch Work for BJP in Turbulent Purvanchal?

News 18

Ending ‘mafias’ and ‘mafia raj’ topped the Lok Sabha election pitches of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other BJP heavyweights who campaigned hard in the Purvanchal region, which comprises 27 seats. “The anti-mafia pitch may fail to set the narrative following recent political developments wherein Amit Shah held a meeting with ‘bahubali’ Raghuraj Pratap Singh …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Mafia raj in Assam under BJP, Himanta most corrupt leader: Priyanka Gandhi

Hindustan Times

Silchar: Congress leader and national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra while campaigning for the party’s candidate in Assam’s Dhubri Wednesday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of protecting criminals and the Mafia-Raj, implying that it still exists in the northeastern state. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Rokibul Hussainon is the Congress party’s candidate for the Dhubri constituency, who is in …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

'Send Congress and SP on five-year leave so they can read Fatiha at the graves of mafias': UP CM Yogi Adityanath to voters

Op India

During his campaign for the Fatehpur Sikri Lok Sabha seat, Raj Kumar Chahar, the BJP’s candidate, Adityanath highlighted the significance of Brajbhoomi in Uttar Pradesh, paralleling its importance to that of Ayodhya and Kashi. Chahar, who currently holds the seat and serves as the national president of the BJP’s Kisan Morcha, is up against competition from BSP’s Ram Niwas Sharma …

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9 months ago

Samajwadi Party is a factory for producing goons and mafias, says UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya

India TV News

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has hit out at Samajwadi Party saying it's a factory for producing goons and mafias. Taking on I.N.D.I.A bloc partners Samajwadi Party and Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Keshav Prasad Maurya said that both the parties are no different from each other. Those who rejected darshan …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinión: Oppenheimer: La lección de Ecuador, no pactar con los narcos

LA Times

La explosión de la narco-violencia en Ecuador debería ser un recordatorio para México, Colombia y otros países de que negociar la paz o treguas con las pandillas rara vez funciona. Hay muchas causas que llevaron a la actual ola de violencia en Ecuador, pero algunas de las más importantes fueron la tregua del ex presidente populista Rafael Correa con las …

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1 year, 1 month ago

BJP holds unique protest to highlight BJD's hand-in-glove' support to liquor mafias

Deccan Chronicle

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday staged a demonstration here at Kalpana Square, demanding a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the recent seizure of Rs 350 crore cash linked to Congress' Jharkhand Rajya Sabha member Dheeraj Sahu. Accusing the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government of liquor trade corruption to the tune of Rs 50,000 crore, the BJP …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Sand mafia unleash terror in Bihar, three killed in five days

Op India

“Nothing new”, is what Bihar education minister Chandra Shekhar said about a sand mafia tractor mowing down a police sub-inspector this week. BJP Spokesperson Arvind Kumar Singh alleged that the sand mafia is running a parallel economy in Bihar asserting that the sand market in the state goes beyond Rs 25 lakh crore. On November 14, a police sub-inspector and …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Police inspector mowed down by tractor illegally transporting sand in Bihar's Jamui

Deccan Chronicle

Patna: A police sub-inspector was allegedly killed by the sand mafia in Bihar’s Jamui district on Tuesday. The incident occurred when the police official tried to stop a tractor engaged in transporting illegal sand near Mahulia village under the jurisdiction of Garhi police station. According to the officials investigating the case, the inspector was fatally mowed down by the tractor …

Bihar Sand Illegal Sand Stop Jamui

1 year, 3 months ago

Rupert Murdoch steps down, Lachlan Murdoch steps up

Al Jazeera

After Rupert Murdoch’s resignation, what is next for his media empire? The resignation of 92-year-old media magnate Rupert Murdoch has set in motion the long-awaited succession of his empire. Contributors: Kerry Flynn – Media Reporter, Axios Des Freedman – Professor, Goldsmiths, University of London Matt Gertz – Senior Fellow, Media Matters for America Paddy Manning – Author, The Successor On …

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1 year, 3 months ago

On the run for decades, convicted Mafia boss Messina Denaro dies in hospital months after capture

Associated Press

L’AQUILA, Italy — Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia’s most heinous slayings, died on Monday in a hospital prison ward, several months after being captured as Italy’s No. Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia’s most heinous slayings, died on Monday in a hospital prison ward, several months after …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Mafia boss who eluded authorities for decades dies in hospital months after capture

LA Times

Matteo Messina Denaro, the mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia’s most heinous slayings, died Monday in an Italian hospital. Matteo Messina Denaro, the convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia’s most heinous slayings, died Monday in a hospital ward, several months after being captured as Italy’s No. Top Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro sits in a car with …

Italy Italian Hospital Boss Sicily Capture His Arrest

1 year, 6 months ago

New litigation policy in works; focus likely to be on mafias & Pocso cases

Hindustan Times

LUCKNOW The Uttar Pradesh government is working on a new litigation policy that aims at time-bound completion of trials in cases filed under Pocso sections and those involving sex-related crimes against women. It also aims at the completion of court trials of cases under the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences as well as cases involving sexual crimes against women …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Karnataka: Cop on duty crushed to death by sand mafia's tractor

Deccan Chronicle

Kalaburagi: A Police Head Constable of Nelogi Police Station was killed when a tractor, transporting illegally-mined sand, ran over him in Narayanapura village of Kalaburagi district on Thursday night. According to the Superintendent of Police for Kalaburagi district, Isha Pant, Head Constable Mayura Chauhan, and Constable Pramod were deputed for patrolling in the area due to multiple complaints of illegal …

Illegal Sand Kalaburagi Strict Kalaburagi District

1 year, 8 months ago

As Yogi govt tightens noose around criminals, UP Police prepares list of 61 mafias on radar

India Today

The Yogi-Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh is gearing up to tighten the noose around dreaded criminals and their henchmen lodged in different jails across the state. Gabbar Singh, Bahraich: Devendra Pratap Singh alias Gabbar Singh, an accused in 56 cases like loot, murder, dacoity, land grab also features in the list of dreaded mafias in Uttar Pradesh. Sudhir Kumar Singh: …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Ayodhya's Mahant Raju Das praises UP Police for Asad Ahmed's encounter, says criminal mafias should leave UP

Op India

On Thursday, April 13, Mahant Raju Das, who is the chief priest at the famous Hanumangarhi Temple in Ayodhya has announced a “cash reward” of Rs 51,000 for the Uttar Pradesh Police’s Special Task Force, after the UP STF neutralised Asad Ahmed, the son of mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed. Apart from the cash reward, Mahant Raju Das also thanked UP CM …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Asad Ahmad Encounter News Updates: CM Yogi Says Gangsters & Mafias Will not be Spared; Akhilesh, Mayawati Demand Probe

News 18

Asad, son of jailed gangster Atiq Ahmed, and his close aide Ghulam were shot dead by Uttar Pradesh STF during an encounter near Parichha Dam in Jhansi. But by February this year, he became the ‘most wanted’ man in Uttar Pradesh after leading half-a-dozen shooters who killed Umesh Pal in broad daylight on a busy street in Prayagraj on February …

Murder Uttar Pradesh Case Fir Prayagraj Pal Ghulam

1 year, 9 months ago

‘Merchanting’: The code word for the gold mafia’s plunder

Al Jazeera

In Al Jazeera’s investigative series Gold Mafia, merchanting is used to launder money. “We do merchanting, that’s it.” This is how Mohamed Khan, one of South Africa’s biggest money launderers, described his approach to hiding vast amounts of illicit cash from authorities. “He’s sort of held up as a sort of shadowy figure that controls money laundering in South Africa,” …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Google, Meta ‘over-hired’ many who do ‘fake work’: PayPal Mafia's Keith Rabois

Hindustan Times

Entrepreneur and investor Keith Rabois has recently claimed that tech giants Meta and Google have hired thousands of tech staff member to do ‘fake work’ and meet the ‘vanity metric’ of the company. Keith Rabois said that Google and Meta had thousands of employees ‘who don’t do anything' Rabois said major tech firms were ‘over-hiring’ and that the ongoing mass …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Rajdeep Sardesai heaps praises on gangsters Mukhtar Ansari and Atiq Ahmed

Op India

In Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi government’s action against the mafia continues in Uttar Pradesh as CM Yogi recently said in the state assembly that the ‘mafias will be reduced to the ground’. In such a debate on TV, Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai was seen commending Mukhtar Ansari and Atiq Ahmed during his debate show. When Rajdeep Sardesai was speaking, pictures of …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Himachal Pradesh: First Budget of Congress govt will be people-centric, says CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu

India TV News

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday said that the first budget of his government will be 'people-centric' and that the change will be for all to see. Sukhu assured the people that there won't be a lack of funds for the construction of Dr Radhakrishnan Medical College in Hamirpur and it will be equipped with the latest …

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2 years ago

Riots in Brazil: Bolsonarism is down but not out

Al Jazeera

Days after President Lula Da Silva is sworn in, a conspiracy-fuelled mob targets the seat of government in Brazil. The recent invasion of Brazil’s democratic institutions, days after President Lula da Silva was sworn in, looks like a carbon copy of the January 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol in the United States. Like MAGA Americans, many of Jair Bolsonaro’s …

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The Mexican Mafia’s long reach and longer memory

Go, Goa and gone. Foreign tourist arrivals drop by 60% in big worry

Inside the risky U.S. probe of allegations that drug mafias financed Obrador campaign

Lok Sabha Elections: Will Yogi Govt's Signature Anti-Mafia Pitch Work for BJP in Turbulent Purvanchal?

Mafia raj in Assam under BJP, Himanta most corrupt leader: Priyanka Gandhi

'Send Congress and SP on five-year leave so they can read Fatiha at the graves of mafias': UP CM Yogi Adityanath to voters

Samajwadi Party is a factory for producing goons and mafias, says UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya

Opinión: Oppenheimer: La lección de Ecuador, no pactar con los narcos

BJP holds unique protest to highlight BJD's hand-in-glove' support to liquor mafias

Sand mafia unleash terror in Bihar, three killed in five days

Police inspector mowed down by tractor illegally transporting sand in Bihar's Jamui

Rupert Murdoch steps down, Lachlan Murdoch steps up

On the run for decades, convicted Mafia boss Messina Denaro dies in hospital months after capture

Mafia boss who eluded authorities for decades dies in hospital months after capture

New litigation policy in works; focus likely to be on mafias & Pocso cases

Karnataka: Cop on duty crushed to death by sand mafia's tractor

As Yogi govt tightens noose around criminals, UP Police prepares list of 61 mafias on radar

Ayodhya's Mahant Raju Das praises UP Police for Asad Ahmed's encounter, says criminal mafias should leave UP

Asad Ahmad Encounter News Updates: CM Yogi Says Gangsters & Mafias Will not be Spared; Akhilesh, Mayawati Demand Probe

‘Merchanting’: The code word for the gold mafia’s plunder

Google, Meta ‘over-hired’ many who do ‘fake work’: PayPal Mafia's Keith Rabois

Rajdeep Sardesai heaps praises on gangsters Mukhtar Ansari and Atiq Ahmed

Himachal Pradesh: First Budget of Congress govt will be people-centric, says CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu

Riots in Brazil: Bolsonarism is down but not out