The German perspective 12 years after the Duisburg massacre
Exactly 12 years ago, on 15th August 2007, the Duisburg massacre shook Germany and turned the spotlight on the ‘ndrangheta, ...
mafianeindanke in the European Parliament
It was almost 12 years ago, when the first mafianeindanke activists in Berlin laid the foundations of our association. The ...
CHANCE – A European network in the fight against organised crime and corruption
The Mafia knows no bounds. It acts transnationally. Not only in drug trafficking, but also in food counterfeiting, money laundering, ...
How mafia culture seeps into people’s day-to-day life
A pizzeria in southern Calabria tries to attract the clientele using out of the ordinary methods. If a customer feels like eating pizza with mozzarella, sharp salami and peas he will be forced to order a so-called „Pizza ’ndrangheta”.
M100 prize goes to an italian journalist and writer, Roberto Saviano
15 September 2016 M100 Sanssouci Colloquium took place. It is a conference that is held every year starting from 2005 ...
Expansion of the Russian mafia on the German territory
As reported this month, Russian mafia is gaining power in Germany. Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) estimates that up to 40 000 individuals who live in Germany may be connected to Russian organized crime groups.
German and the Italian legal frameworks to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism
The International Monetary Fund has assessed the German and the Italian legal frameworks to combat money laundering and the financing ...
Operation „Two Seas” – 11 tons of cocaine with an estimate worth of $3.3 billion seized
In the end of last month, the operation „Two Seas” came to a successful end exposing a multicontinental drug trafficking ...
Is laundering money in Spielothekes possible?
Walking Berlin’s streets it is impossible not to notice the overwhelming amount of shiny, colorful „SPIELOTHEK” signs, sometimes placed one ...
OLAF to close record numbers of investigations in 2015
In 2015 the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) closed 304 investigations, issued 364 recommendations to the Member States and EU authorities ...
