Name: Beyond gangland shootouts and drug trafficking, Italy’s mafia is a threat to democracy
Uploaded: 2024-06-11T00:36:15-04:00
Duration: 5 min
Description: ROME (AP) — Last month, an Italian administrative court confirmed the dissolution of the city administration of the Puglia city of Neviano, after an investigation determined that local officials were being unduly influenced by the mafia. The decision barely made news in Italy, where city hall administrations, town councils and local public health agencies are […]

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Beyond gangland shootouts and drug trafficking, Italy’s mafia is a threat to democracy

ROME (AP) — Last month, an Italian administrative court confirmed the dissolution of the city administration of the Puglia city of Neviano, after an investigation determined that local officials were being unduly influenced by the mafia. The decision barely made news in Italy, where city hall administrations, town councils and local public health agencies are […]

Bob Zwick, the ‘Fox of Gangland,’ terrorized southwest Ohio in the 1920s and ’30s

Jun. 7—Before Robert “Bob” Zwick was captured in 1933, he was considered Ohio’s most notorious gunman. The prohibition-era gangster was known as the “Fox of Gangland” because time and again police thought they had him cornered only to find he had slipped away. Zwick was the most sought-after criminal in Ohio and Northern Kentucky during […]