Sentences with phrase «mafia in»

The 35 - year - old journalist, who worked for a national channel, had been reporting on the powerful sand mafia in the region and had complained to the police about a threat to his life.

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The former head of APPEA, Jones was at the heart of the greenhouse mafia in Canberra.

Maisha, the gorilla, was orphaned after her parents and family were killed by charcoal mafia in Congo.

Ice Cube and DJ Shadow's «Nobody Wants to Die» is an original track that evokes the spirit and themes of Mafia III and protagonist Lincoln Clay's path of revenge against the Italian mafia in 1968 New Bordeaux.

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An art - house crime thriller to be directed by Daniel Grove, it features Safai as Iran - Iraq War veteran caught between the Iranian and Russian mafia in Los Angeles, and is described as «Drive meets Taxi Driver set in the opium underworld of Tehrangeles.»

Who knew there was a hormone mafia in Flanders (not Homer Simpson's neighbor, but Flanders is part of Belgium, but unique with its own dialect and culture)?

Two con men are compelled to work with a wild federal agent to concoct a sting targeting New Jersey power brokers and the mafia in this drama based on the FBI's Abscam operation of the 1970s.

Told over multiple seasons and spanning the twentieth century, the series begins in 1973 with the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III (Harris Dickinson), an heir to the Getty oil fortune, by the Italian mafia in Rome.

«Eastern Promises,» about the Russian mafia in London, «La Vie en Rose,» a melancholy biopic of French singer Edith Piaf, and «Away from Her,» about the onset of Alzheimer's disease, all deal with tragedy and loss.

But the simple plot - line of Croker and his gang of likely lads stealing $ 4million - worth of gold bullion and getting one over on the mafia in the process is hardly gold itself.

John Paul Getty III, the heir and younger member of an oil tycoon's saga, is kidnapped by the Italian mafia in order to get a ransom.

People are afraid to give information on organized crime to authorities due to fear of retribution, both as witnesses and as arrestees (and low - income people also face the backwards carrot pressure - at least with Italian mafia in USA - that if you get caught and don't snitch, the mafia will take care of your family).

I ai nt bashing catholics, but I do hold the mafia in higher esteem.

We know most about sand mafias in India and Italy, thanks to studies of media reports and court documents by Lavorgna and Aunshul Rege of Temple University in Philadelphia.

Not exact matches

So before long, leaving Facebook starts to feel like Michael Corleone's attempt to leave the mafia — just when you think you're out, they pull you back in.

In the decade since Skype launched in Tallinn, the company has spawned legions of startups, venture capitalists, and executives known locally as the «Skype mafia,» offering emigrants (digital or otherwise) a built - in set of co-founders, funders, and partnerIn the decade since Skype launched in Tallinn, the company has spawned legions of startups, venture capitalists, and executives known locally as the «Skype mafia,» offering emigrants (digital or otherwise) a built - in set of co-founders, funders, and partnerin Tallinn, the company has spawned legions of startups, venture capitalists, and executives known locally as the «Skype mafia,» offering emigrants (digital or otherwise) a built - in set of co-founders, funders, and partnerin set of co-founders, funders, and partners.

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Zenefits is so hot that in December, PayPal mafia member David Sacks became an investor, and an employee, signing on to become COO.

In 2014 seven building contractors were arrested on allegations they had collaborated with the Naples mafia, the Camorra, to obtain cheap labor.

Police are now asking for the public's help in tracking down Yves Denis, 35, Denis Lefebvre, 53, and Serge Pomerleau, 49 — all accused of mafia ties — after the Saturday night jailbreak in Quebec province.

He added: «In the United States, President Trump would like to establish a mafia state, but he can't, because the Constitution, other institutions, and a vibrant civil society won't allow it.»

«It has all the hallmarks of a professional mafia hit,» Bernstein said, adding that the Italian and Russian mafias still thrive in Brooklyn, though they are quieter than they were in the 20th century.

Most unusually, he wants to open the door a little to public eyes, long curious about what really happens in the halls of the «McKinsey mafia,» and the Kumar debacle is his first testing ground.

«The disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 spawned thousands of powerful crime gangs — collectively known as the Russian mafia — and some of these groups, officials warn, are establishing bases among emigre communities in the United States, particularly in South Brooklyn.»

The concrete shoes legend is also linked to mafia involvement in the concrete industry.

The casino — and others like it in Atlantic City — was once known as a hot spot for Brooklyn mobsters associated with the Russian mafia.

The Russian president's connection to Spain dates back to the 1990s, when he allegedly took no fewer than 37 secret boat rides to meet with several well - known Russian mafia leaders living in southern Spain — all while he was the head of the FSB (the successor to the KGB).

In March 2015, on a trip to Naples — a blackspot for organised crime — the pope set down a marker of his hatred of the mafia, condemning it for its «stinking» corruption, especially of the young and poor.

He lives in the slums where he works as a doctor before getting involved with a Bombay mafia lord.

He was alone and vulnerable and in the jungle you are really aware of how dangerous a place it is, particularly for young unaccompanied minors because of all the mafia that are there and the people trafficking that goes on.

A member of what's known to some as the PayPal mafia, Sacks joined PayPal in 1999.

As the BBC put it in 2014, «the Russian mafia is believed to control some prime real estate in Panama City while the Sinaloa Cartel — perhaps the most powerful drug - trafficking organization in the world — brings its cocaine from Colombia via Panama on its route north.»

In 1974, the Bank of Canada was relegated to the sidelines in favour of the global «mafia» (now — Basel Committee 3) style of corporate controlled bankinIn 1974, the Bank of Canada was relegated to the sidelines in favour of the global «mafia» (now — Basel Committee 3) style of corporate controlled bankinin favour of the global «mafia» (now — Basel Committee 3) style of corporate controlled banking.

Today's newspaper brings another report, this one about a seminary in the Southwest where the influence of the «lavender mafia» and the consequent and predictable scandals are coming to light.

The Vatican is the last place that should be espousing the evils of wealth and capitalism... the place is fortress, dripping in money and run with mafia - like thuggery.

The NRB found ample evidence supporting the claims that some seminaries in the 1960s through the early 1980s were «pink palaces» or powerfully influenced by «lavender mafias,» including sleeping around by both students and faculty.

He disturbs the mafia very much,» Nicola Gratteri, a top anti-mafia prosecutor in Italy, told CNN on Thursday.

Former mobster Michael Franzese tells Justin Brierley how he turned from a life of mafia crime after finding God in prison — and how he now shares... More

ROME (CNN)- Pope Francis» crusade against corruption in the Catholic Church, including an overhaul of the scandal - scarred Vatican Bank, has put the new pontiff in the Italian mafia's crosshairs, according to two organized crime experts.

The Vatican's expressed «great concern» about corruption in Italy, after allegations the mafia, politicians... More

The Vatican's expressed «great concern» about corruption in Italy, after allegations the mafia, politicians and a former terrorist made millions of euros by exploiting migrants and gypsies.

OK.Thanks for the unfounded generalizations.Please don't pick on us for refusing to follow the great MAFIA - BOSS in the sky.Why do you insist upon insulting people who think differently than you.Does it make sense when Muslims insult and threaten you and your way of life?..

The shares distributed m an equitable way are in fact acquired by foreign speculators or by the local mafia.

In the long run, secret diplomacy and mafia - like associations are a threat to democracy.

Police investigate whether four people arrested over a drug bust in the state's central west have links to the Italian mafia.

I should've known better, what with the Jefferson County mafia being in there engrossed in a poker game, but I knew how precious and few golfing discoveries are, and I had to document my grip with photos before my shaky coconut forgot it.

I foresee a situation where he will get card after card for mafia behavior resulting in him missing over a quarter of Chelsea» games in the season.

The fans that don't like him now are the ones that complain about the violence of football, or are invested in Dupree and / or Tomlin, or percieve the Steelers as a sort of street gang / mafia as in for life or blood out when the reality is it's just another large corporation that you and I happen to love.