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Happy mafia
News, Postbag, Published on 13/02/2018
» Re: "Drug gangs use Thailand as transit point to Malaysia", (BP, Feb 12).
Mafia drug scum
News, Postbag, Published on 21/11/2018
» Re: "Double-faced drugs policy", (Editorial, Nov 20).
The mafia queen
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 20/05/2022
» A 14-year-old girl is tricked into prostitution in Mumbai in the late 1950s. Despite being imprisoned, chained and subjected to torture, she keeps resisting and refuses to sell her body, causing trouble and headaches for the brothel pimps. The matter soon reaches the ears of Gangubai (Alia Bhatt), the mafia queen of Mumbai, who helps solve the problem. Reflecting on her own painful memories soon after meeting the young girl, Gangubai realises her purpose in life and decides to write her own destiny -- to fight and protect 4,000 other women trapped in the world's oldest profession.
Dismantling Malta's mafia state
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 27/12/2019
» It's two years since Daphne Caruana Galizia, the best investigative journalist in Malta, was killed by a car bomb. She had been using the huge leaks of financial data in the "Panama Papers" to track down suspicious dealings by members of the Maltese government, and she was getting too close for comfort.
Maitri wrestles with mafia networks
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 30/04/2018
» Maitri Chimcherd was taken by surprise six months ago when he was promoted to be commander of the Crime Suppression Division (CSD), a position he never dreamed of landing.
Mafia pull alive and well
News, Editorial, Published on 05/12/2022
» Over the past two weeks, police have launched a series of crackdowns on "grey businesses" in several provinces allegedly linked to the Chinese businessman and alleged triad boss known as "Tuhao".
Kuwaitis nabbed over 'mafia' clip
News, Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 04/08/2023
» CHON BURI: Police have arrested four Kuwaiti tourists and two Myanmar migrants after they shot a prank video clip about mafia extortion in Pattaya.
Mafia blitz spurs gun amnesty
Published on 14/09/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has imposed a 30-day deadline on a special amnesty offered to gun owners who lack a proper permit, meaning they have a month to hand in such firearms at any police station before facing a renewed crackdown.
In Sicily, pope slams 'blasphemous' mafia
AFP, Published on 15/09/2018
» PALERMO (ITALY) - Pope Francis denounced the mafia's "blasphemous" existence on Saturday during a visit to Sicily to honour a priest murdered by the mob 25 years ago while trying to save youngsters in poor neighbourhoods from falling into their hands.
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.