For finding-out of opinion of people, on a site interrogation has been lead about that " What mafia the most dangerous ". Have voted 130 person. The most dangerous had been recognized Russian mafia. For Russian mafia have voted more than 40 percent interrogated, that has made 59 person. The Italian mafia has a little lagged behind. For it have voted hardly more than 50 people, It speaks that the Italian mafia is still dangerous if to consider, that in interrogation the Russian-speaking audience took part basically.

Ritual of dedication to Sicilian "Cosa nostra" spend, when the person becomes the partner of a mafia, and then, the soldier. As has described Tommazo Bushetto to judge Giovanni Falkone, three mafiozo should recommend the beginner, at least, it warn, that the mafia is created to protect weak against an arbitrariness strong; then devoting pierces a finger of the beginner and spills its blood for a sacred image, usually sacred. An icon placed in a hand of the beginner, light.

The government of Mexico wages large-scale war with a mafia. But the mafia is not going to surrender. During the next approach of law-enforcement services of Mexico on narkokarteli and the organized crime, quantity of murders and abductions in the country has sharply increased and has reached a record level. In the past to year in war with a mafia were lost more than five thousand person, that in 2 times it is more, than in before last. Mexico City has turned to world capital of abductions and extortion.

The picture about a mafia "Homorra" became the best European film of year. I am afraid of these children, so it is a lot of them, and at everyone a prize! - so the leader of ceremony - popular Danish showman Mikael Simson Bertelsen played a trick on the main winners evrooskara. In the answer the confused Italians were silent. On their stage was much: producer Domeniko Prokachchi, director Matteo Garrone, operator Marko Onorato, actor Toni Servillo and four scripwriters.

On December, 14th, 2008, the police of Tel Aviv has set free Nisima Al'perona, the leader of one of mafia clans of Israel.

The killed Jacob Alperona's senior brother, has been detained on suspicion in storage of the weapon. During a search, in a motorcycle of its confidant Gideona Rolera the pistol has been found out.

In view of non-participation in crime Al'perona have released, and Roleru will be pred'yavlenno new charge.

The Mexican mafia, also is known as La eMe is one of the oldest and powerful prison brigades in the United States.

On November, 25th, 2008 during a search in suburb of Naples the Italian police has confiscated from a mafia a mobile phone with built in 22-kalibernym a pistol. The aerial of phone simultaneously was also a trunk of a pistol. At the moment of withdrawal in the weapon there were four cartridges. To shoot, it was necessary to move apart the case of phone and to press the certain key.
The dangerous find is already sent for examination. On examination will define, whether it was used for fulfilment of crimes or not.

The Irish mafia - one of the oldest organized criminal groups in the United States, begun the existence in the beginning of 19-th century. The origin of the Irish gangs in streets of America has been immortalized in 1926 in Herbert Asberi's book of " the Gang of New York ". Later the Irish brotherhood has extended in many large cities of America, including Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and New Orleans. The Irish mafia as was engaged in criminal activity in Canada, Ireland, England and Scotland.

On November, 19th, 2008 the police of Italy has confiscated property of one of clans of the Sicilian mafia for the sum more than 700 million euro. All this the property was in the property of the cashier of Cosa nostra Matteo Juseppe Grigoli. The list of the confiscated property included 220 objects of the real estate, 133 ground sites a total area of 60,00 hectares, bank accounts, cars.
In opinion of consequence, the property belonged Grigoli only formally, and its owner was the new boss of mafia Matteo Messina Denaro.

On November, 17th, 2008 in the street Dereh-Namir as a result of explosion in car Volkswagen Jetta the 54-years boss of Israeli mafia Yaakov Al'peron has been killed.

After hearing business of its son Drora Alperona accused of extortion and an attack on the policeman, criminal authority Yaakov has gone to Tel Aviv on the car taken on hire by its wife.

On one of crossroads in machine Jaakova has worked a portable explosive. As a result of explosion the boss of the Israeli mafia has received fatal wounds.

On November, 11th, 2008 in Rome report SOS of the enterprises has been presented. The document has been made by association of workers of sphere of retail trade. In the report it is spoken that the mafia, is the most profitable business in Italy. Everyone a floor hours on 5 million euro of fair citizens pass to a mafia, and the income of commercial activity makes more than 5 % of gross national product of the country. The mafia is one of those enterprises of the country who practical have not suffered from the international economic crisis.

The country house once belonged the boss of Sicilian mafia Sal'vatore "Toto" Riino has been transformed into restaurant. The country house has been located to Sicily in small town Korleone.
It is necessary to mention that in 2008 only in suburbs Palermos at the Italian mafia the property for the sum of 572 million euro has been withdrawn.

In Italy mass arrests of gangsters from the Neapolitan drug mafia kamorra proceed. The police has received warrants on arrest of 88 prospective members of the Neapolitan criminal grouping kamorra. As a result carabinieres of Naples, Catania and Pistoly could lead the next scale arrests.
During operation under the code name "Having flowed" policemen have arrested 76 person, and 11 of them - representatives of the weaker sex. Among arrested persons also it has appeared Djemma Donnarumma - the spouse of the boss of a mafia Valentino Dzhionta who already leaves lifelong prison term.

The Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska who is being the center of scandal with the British politicians, earlier has been connected with the leader izmailovskoi a criminal grouping Anton Malevskim.

On Wednesday the Italian police has arrested the citizen of Italy Domeniko Morabito on charge in participation in activity of a large mafia clan "ndrangeta". Morabito has been arrested in an apartment in Afriko Nuovo (southern Italian area Calabria). In this apartment within several months Domeniko it was possible to disappear from justice.

The police of Spain has conducted a search on a country house of the deputy of the Russian parliament of Vladislav Reznika within the limits of investigation of possible communications with a mafia. The representative of the Spanish police has informed on it.

Writer Roberto Saviano, the author of the sensational book "Homorra" about the organized crime - is compelled to leave Italy because of continuous threats from the mafia clan described by the writer in the novel... The Novel describing crimes of a mafia, has been published in Italy in 2006. In Italy it has been sold 1,3 million copies of books. The best seller have translated on 42 languages. The writer who has named in it real names of representatives "kamorry", the second year lives under protection of police and bodyguards.

The Italian police has arrested 46-years Antonio Pelle (Antonio Pelle), accused in participation in activity of a mafia and a management of one of the strongest criminal clans kalabriiskoi mafias "ndrangeta".
Antonio Pelle, the inhabitant of the South-Italian area Calabria, headed clan Pelle-Vottari (Pelle-Vottari). The clan was involved in a number of serious crimes, including to severe murder of the six Italians belonging to clan Nirta-Strandjio in the German city of Disburg. Long years between clans war last.

Neapolitan pekari to strike on the illegal bakeries which are being under the control of the local organized crime, have distributed free of charge 30 thousand long loafs of bread and one thousand pizzas.

This action they have won the big number of the supporters, given the promise to not buy bread at illegal street dealers and to phone about them, to a fax or e-mail in the special organization, engaged tracking of illegal trade by bread in Naples and its district.

On October, 12th, 2008.

In the Italian city the ¬????-di-principle killers have made bloody vendetta, having shot the man on eyes at policemen during game in poker. The mafia has counted its 107 members of the Neapolitan grouping guilty of arrest "kamorra".

The police of Italy investigates murder of the inhabitant of the Italian city the ¬????-di-principle which has been shot in city centre literally on eyes at policemen. The daring crime has been accomplished after into city have entered additional forces of militarians for struggle against a mafia.

For last seven days the quantity of victims as a result of narcotic mafia wars in Mexico has increased up to 50 person. Among victims - mayor of one of resort cities of Mexico. Only for past days off in the Mexican city of Tijuana the police has found out bodies nine person. Five from them have been beaten and strangled, two are decapitated, the others are shot. The Mexican police marks, that tactics of abductions and obezglavlivanii Mexican narkodel'cy, most likely, have adopted from Iraq.

Ten representatives of the Italian mafia are accused of washing up more than billion dollars through the Swiss banks. The Swiss Office of Public Prosecutor has already brought charge by the defendant in participation in creation of the black market of cigarettes in Italy in 1990th years. The Office of Public Prosecutor has established, that couriers came to Switzerland with the significant sums of money and placed them in city Lugano on accounts of private persons and the organizations which covered money-laundering.

The citizen of USA Leonardo Epps demands from the Mexican mafia of indemnification of mental cruelty at a rate of 60 million dollars for attempt at murder. Respondents are already condemned, but the Supreme Court of city of the state of Arizona will consider again criminal case concerning five people from the Mexican mafia.
Having learned in September, 2006 about an attempt preparing on it, Leonardo Epps has been compelled to disappear with the family therefore has lost work.