Read more Mafia stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6134/mafia.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:29:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73481/credit-cards-rates-jump-ahead-of-new-regulations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf your credit card bill just exploded, it wasn’t an accident. Card issuers have been jacking up rates to historic highs—in excess of 30%—cutting limits, and adding new fees in an effort to squeeze money out of customers before new federal regulations kick in Feb. 22. The new...http://www.newser.com/story/73481/credit-cards-rates-jump-ahead-of-new-regulations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 13:57:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70304/victoria-gotti-spills-mob-secrets-in-tell-all-book.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVictoria Gotti insists she doesn’t condone crime. But in her new tell-all book, The Family of Mine , Mafia don John Gotti's daughter compares mobsters to Robin Hood and his merry men, claims they’re better than corrupt politicians, and says she sees no difference between paying into a protection racket and...http://www.newser.com/story/70304/victoria-gotti-spills-mob-secrets-in-tell-all-book.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 11:28:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70157/cops-seize-mafia-dons-croc-weapon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagItalian police have confiscated a crocodile they suspect was used by a Mafia boss to persuade people to cough up protection money. The gangster invited extortion victims to his home and threatened to set the crocodile on them if they didn't pay up, investigators say. He has has been charged...http://www.newser.com/story/70157/cops-seize-mafia-dons-croc-weapon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 4:20:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69710/mob-acid-hitman-gets-life-behind-bars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA mob hitman who used acid to melt his victims' bodies has been sentenced to life, reports the New York Daily News . Charles Carneglia smirked in a Brooklyn courtroom as he listened to statements from his four victims' relatives, including one who called him an "animal" with a "dark soul....http://www.newser.com/story/69710/mob-acid-hitman-gets-life-behind-bars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 2:55:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69491/informant-italian-mafia-sank-ship-carrying-nuke-waste.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagItalian authorities are investigating an informant’s claim that the mafia sank a ship containing nuclear waste off the country’s southwest coast, the BBC reports. Underwater cameras show the ship intact, with barrels nearby marked as containing toxic contents; the informant says that organized crime has gotten into the nuclear waste-disposal...http://www.newser.com/story/69491/informant-italian-mafia-sank-ship-carrying-nuke-waste.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 18:42:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67890/mob-sewage-closes-capris-blue-grotto.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe famous Blue Grotto of the Italian island of Capri has been closed after its striking cerulean waters were fouled by raw sewage believed to be dumped by the Mafia, reports the Independent. La Grotta Azzurra , a favorite haunt of the Roman Emperor Tiberius, is celebrated for its striking waters...http://www.newser.com/story/67890/mob-sewage-closes-capris-blue-grotto.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 2:53:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67046/mexican-drug-cartels-turn-into-mafias.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMexican drug cartels have evolved into mafia empires, charging protection fees to businesses and providing social services and jobs where government cannot, the AP reports. Behind it lurks the threat of violence or kidnapping, which drug lords carry out with near impunity. "Today, the traffickers have big companies, education, careers,...http://www.newser.com/story/67046/mexican-drug-cartels-turn-into-mafias.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 16 Aug 2009 19:10:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65888/chubby-thug-bada-binged-from-mob-eateries.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA chubby mobster has been barred from eating at New York restaurants known as Mafia hangouts, reports the New York Post . Anthony "Fat Tony" Rabito, 75, was just paroled on gambling, extortion, and racketeering charges, and he can no longer chow down at a string of wise guy spots, his...http://www.newser.com/story/65888/chubby-thug-bada-binged-from-mob-eateries.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 02 Aug 2009 6:27:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62301/134b-bond-fraud-may-be-mob-handiwork.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe counterfeit bonds with a face value of $134 billion seized near the Swiss border are probably the work of the Mafia, say Italian and American secret services. The mystery surrounding the suitcase stuffed with fake US Treasury bonds deepened yesterday, after a blog revealed that police had released the...http://www.newser.com/story/62301/134b-bond-fraud-may-be-mob-handiwork.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Jun 2009 8:18:44 CDT