European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 10 October | 110 comments (110 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

BBC News - Italy sacks Reggio Calabria council over 'mafia ties'

The entire council of the city of Reggio Calabria in southern Italy has been sacked to stop it from being taken over by the mafia, officials say.
The move came after some councillors were suspected of having ties to the powerful 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate.
Officials said it was the first time that the entire government of a provincial capital had been dismissed over suspected mafia links.
Three commissioners will run the city for 18 months until elections.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Oct 9th, 2012 at 04:44:24 PM EST
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Good grief. From Wikipedia:
"'Ndrangheta has annual revenue of about € 35-40 billion, which amounts to approximately 3.5% of the GDP of Italy"

by Number 6 on Wed Oct 10th, 2012 at 11:15:39 AM EST
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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 10 October | 110 comments (110 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)