Terra del Fuoco

by BBC - May 18, 2009
An alleged leader of the powerful Neapolitan-based mafia, the Camorra, has been arrested in southern Spain, Italian prosecutors have said.
Raffaele Amato was detained in a joint operation by Italian and Spanish police in the city of Marbella on Saturday.
Mr Amato is accused of eight murders between 1991 and 1993, [...]

by The Guardian, April 22 2009
Mexican drug traffickers are funneling cocaine to Italian organised crime, and some shipments are moving through Dallas.
“We’ve got some of the major cartel members established here dealing their wares in Europe,” said James Capra, head of the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s Dallas office.
Experts say warring cartels battered by unprecedented US [...]