It was the new Mafia commerce in arms, drugs and above all people which concerned the delegates who were meeting in Palermo to sign the UN's first treaty on organised crime, which coincided with the opening of the new centre in Corleone.

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In 2000, White led the prosecution of more than 100 people including members of all five New York Mafia families accused of strong-arming brokers and manipulating prices of penny stocks.

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Now that he has been elected by popular vote, our government is very strong and can implement new policies to strengthen the investment environment and deal with environmental issues, corruption, crime, the local mafia.

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But Mr Capasso says that in the end, when the agency was about to sell off a firm to a new owner, those members of staff believed to have mafia connections were forced to quit.

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We see the rise of the real-life Harlem gangster Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington), who in 1968 went to Northern Thailand, purchased uncut heroin, shipped it to New York, and sold it on the streets at twice the strength and half the price of what the Mafia was selling.

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