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Dismembering the mafia, one child at a time
AFP, Published on 14/01/2021
» CINQUEFRONDI (ITALY) - Lucia urged her six-year old twins to move quickly but quietly as she bundled them into the car under cover of darkness.
Major Italian mafia trial kicks off with hundreds in dock
AFP, Published on 13/01/2021
» LAMEZIA TERME (ITALY) - Italy's largest mafia trial in more than 30 years is set to begin on Wednesday, as prosecutors hope to strike a blow to the 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate, whose tentacles reach worldwide.
From 'Wolf' to 'Wringer': Italian mobsters face 'maxi-trial'
AFP, Published on 11/01/2021
» ROME - Hundreds of suspected members of the 'Ndrangheta, Italy's most powerful mafia group, will face a judge this week as the country's biggest "maxi-trial" of the past three decades gets underway.
Italy mafias eye virus-weak businesses
AFP, Published on 23/10/2020
» MILAN - Italian entrepreneur Gabriele Menotti Lippolis can still hear the threat ringing in his ears: "Pay up, or we'll slit you from gullet to gizzard."
Vladimir Putin, Navalny and Thomas à Becket
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 25/08/2020
» In 20 years of writing about Russia's President Vladimir Putin -- he was completely obscure before 1999 -- I have never before had reason to mention him and Saint Thomas à Becket in the same sentence. Finally, however, the time has come.
Logistics leans on tech future
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 26/10/2019
» Logistics businesses are gearing up for advanced technology to streamline their operations as they are facing intense competition and high transport costs.
Go pink!
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 27/09/2019
» For the fifth straight year, The Peninsula Bangkok will host the Eat Drink Pink culinary celebration on Sept 30. Showcasing an all-you-can-eat and drink selection from more than 35 top restaurants and bars handpicked from across Bangkok, Eat Drink Pink features celebrated dining institutions to raise funds for the Queen Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer and Pink Park Village. Tickets are priced at B3,000 per person.
Eat, drink and be compassionate
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 20/09/2019
» To offer continuous support to Pink Park Village of the Queen Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer Foundation, The Peninsula Bangkok will once again host the Eat Drink Pink culinary celebration on Sept 30.
Globetech employs GPS to cash in on data
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 18/06/2019
» Globetech Co, a GPS mapping and location services firm, is looking to expand into data tracking of customer movements to more accurately calculate health and auto insurance rates.
Italian 'mafia cancer' spreading throughout Europe
AFP, Published on 11/04/2019
» ROME: International anti-mafia stings may have increased in recent months, but Italian organised crime groups constitute a social and economic "cancer" that the world seems to underestimate, experts say.