Italian Banker Connected To The 'Pizza Connection' Case Arrested In Bangkok

The Washington Post reports that a fugitive connected to the 'Pizza Connection' heroin smuggling case that reached from Sicily to American pizza parlours was arrested in Bangkok.

ROME — A fugitive Italian banker implicated in the “Pizza Connection” drug and money laundering trial has been detained in Thailand after Italian authorities tracked his whereabouts on Facebook, authorities said Saturday.

Italy’s highest court in 2009 upheld the 2006 conviction and nine-year prison sentence against Vito Roberto Palazzolo for Mafia association. Prosecutors allege that while working in Switzerland as a banker, Palazzolo laundered money for some of Italy’s top mobsters, a charge he denies.

You can read about the "Pizza Connection" and the rest of the story via the below link:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/italian-implicated-in-pizza-connection-trial-held-in-thailand-on-alleged-mob-ties/2012/03/31/gIQAqsCMnS_story.html

Mob Turncoat Details The 1997 Slaying Of NYPD Cop Ralph Dols

Mitchel Maddux at the New York Post is covering the trial of Colombo crime family members for crimes that include the murder of NYPD officer Ralph Dols (seen in the above photo).

A mob hit man today detailed the sickeningly intricate steps taken to rub out NYPD cop Ralph Dols, who'd innocently asked “what’s up” to his killers just seconds before they pumped him up with lead.

Mafia capo-turned-stool pigeon Dino “Big Dino” Calabro told jurors in Brooklyn federal court that Dols, who was killed because he was married to an ex-mob wife, never saw it coming on that deadly 1997 night in Brooklyn.

Calabro is testifying against his cousin Dino “Little Dino” Saracino and Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli, who are being prosecuted for murder and racketeering.

You can read the rest of the story via the below link:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/mob_turncoat_details_the_slaying_mNhz671LPGf6ZosOzXVT3H?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Manhattan