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Here's what we now know: John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas by Mafia contract killers hired by Louisiana mob boss Carlos Marcello. Kennedy was killed in that city because it was the only place in the country where a crime of that magnitude could be committed without fear of punishment. Long-time local district attorney Henry Wade, an LBJ crony who would have sole jurisdiction over the prosecution of those responsible, had been corrupted by the local Civello crime family. Lyndon B. Johnson, while a U.S. senator during the 1950s, had accepted bribes from the same mobsters so that they could avoid deportation.

Das Geschäft mit dem Antarktisdorsch ist illegal - und lukrativ. Genau wie Drogenhandel. Von Polizei und Behörden unbehelligt spült eine Flotte von Piraten-Trawlern ihren Eignern zweistellige Millionenbeträge in die Taschen. Jahr für Jahr - dem "weißen Gold" sei Dank. Der Umweltorganisation Sea Shepherd ist es gelungen, den Trawler "Thunder" zu stellen. Bevor dessen Kapitän sein Schiff eigenhändig versenkte, konnte Sea Shepherd noch wichtige Dokumente und Beweise von Bord retten.

Quando parliamo di mafia ci riferiamo comunemente alle organizzazioni criminose, sorte in Sicilia circa due secoli fa, con lo scopo di sostituirsi allo Stato nell'attuazione della giustizia. Un sistema di giustizia che si basa però sulla segretezza e l'omertà e che non esita a ricorre a intimidazioni, estorsioni, sequestri e omicidi quando si tratta di difendere gli interessi dei propri affiliati e gli interessi economici privati dell'organizzazione stessa.

Massimo Ciancimino war jahrelang der Handlanger seines Vaters Vito Ciancimino - eines christdemokratischen Politikers, ehemaligen Bürgermeisters von Palermo und Freund des Mafia-Bosses Bernardo Provenzano. Vito verteilte öffentliche Gelder unter Mafiosi und Politikern und vermittelte bei Verhandlungen zwischen der Cosa Nostra und dem italienischen Staat.