The incredible story of the mafia gang who set up shop in Scotland

IT’S like something out of a crime novel – but a real-life mafia gang set up shop in Aberdeen. Using Italian resturants and other businesses as a front, the Naples-based Camorra spread their web through Scotland. A new film about Naples crime families has become a worldwide hit among cinema-goers. The award-winning movie Gomorrah is [...]

“Gangster told to pay back profits”

One of Scotland’s major gangland figures has been ordered to pay back almost £750,000 in crime profits. James Stevenson, 43, also known as “The Iceman”, was jailed in April 2007 for 12 years for his part in a massive money laundering operation. Following his conviction, the Crown raised proceedings to seize profits from his criminal [...]

“War declared on mafia as car bomb kills journalist Ivo Pukanic”

Croatia declared a war on organised crime last night after one of the country’s most prominent newspaper publishers was killed by a car bomb in the capital, Zagreb. Ivo Pukanic, 47, the publisher of the leading weekly Nacional, known for its investigations into corruption and organised crime, was killed after an explosive device was detonated [...]