Organized Crime Industry News & Blogs

Industry News & Blogs

Mobsters in the museum: Notorious crime dons' greatest hits on show in Las Vegas - Mirror Online
www.mirror.co.uk | Feb 14, 2012
Gangster tales have long dominated film and fiction, but now the $42million Mob Museum tells the real-life story of organised crime's impact on America

Newsvine - New Vegas museum highlights mob bosses, tommy guns
www.newsvine.com | Feb 14, 2012
In one room, a ghastly photo wall of bloody, uncensored images showcases the mob's greatest hits.

Best Of The Back Nine - Business News - Portfolio.com
www.portfolio.com | Jan 13, 2012
The news and views that kept us amused this week, including: lessons from geometric pasta, a gyroscopic Google Map, and a big week for the Mafia in the Italian banking world.

Teens Using Social Media to Coordinate Vandalism - SocialTimes.com
socialtimes.com | Nov 29, 2011
Out of all of the potential uses of social media, this one reveals the dark side of digital communications.

Japanese temple bans yakuza crime family - FT.com
www.ft.com | Nov 18, 2011
One of Japan’s most celebrated temples has told the feared Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza crime syndicate that its members are no longer welcome to pay their respects to late godfathers in its vermillion-walled Amida hall. The move by Enryakuji, a 1,200-year-

Japan fights yakuza efforts to make it a nine-fingered economy | World news | The Guardian
www.guardian.co.uk | Oct 24, 2011
Japan has introduced laws to stop underworld organisations playing the markets and diversifying into the

The m-Qube Mafia: Mobile Execs Lead Efforts at BuyWithMe, Clovr Media, Paydiant, and More | Xconomy
www.xconomy.com | Apr 25, 2011
Silicon Valley has the PayPal mafia. Seattle has the Qpass mafia. Boston, for its part, has many interesting and influential tech company/family trees---DEC,

Zynga and GetJar Bring HTML5-based Mafia Wars To Open Web
www.socialtimes.com | Dec 23, 2010
There has been a flurry of announcements from Zynga recently as it continues to steal the spotlight with its recent skyrocketing success CityVille. The social gaming giant has spread far beyond the walls of Facebook, and continues to launch titles on iOS, Android and now on the open web with HTML5.

Russia ‘mafia state’ - Wikileaks | Europe | ICM Commercial & Business News
news.icm.ac.uk | Dec 2, 2010
Russia has become a virtual mafia state with widespread corruption, bribery and protection rackets, US diplomatic cables revealed by Wikileaks say. BBC News

Stopping Timber Mafia from misuse of ‘Hak Hakook’ forest rights | Changemakers
www.changemakers.com | Oct 31, 2010
<p><strong>Competition:</strong>Property Rights: Identity, Dignity&Opportunity for All<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Describe Your Idea:</strong><br />The timber mafia had usurped the ‘Hak Hakook’ rights of people to get wood from the forest for their traditional usage. The system was being