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Jaipur: The land mafia in the city is using ' royal connection' to grab prime localities in the city, reports claim. According to reports, the Jaipur police in reeling under complaints from people , who accused the land mafia is claiming their ownership over the land, insisting that the particular piece of land was allotted to their ancestors by the royal family of Jaipur . They are even producing fake land deeds and forged signatures of erstwhile rulers to take the victim into confidence, reports said. The issue came to light after a caretaker lodged an FIR against five people at Vaishali Nagar police station. In his FIR report, the caretaker of Pungalia farm stated that some musclemen barged into the farm house on November 9 and vandalized the area. The caretaker added that the men claimed that the farm was gifted to one Baal Singh i...

New Orleans, La. -Prosecutors say she's a self-proclaimed " mafia wife " who is involved in covering up criminal activities in two of the city's most violent gangs. Her attorney says she's a 17-year-old schoolgirl who should be given a reasonable bond. An Orleans criminal judge has now decided the issue. From the U.S. Attorney to the mayor to the police chief, we've seen a full court press in efforts to crack down on gang violence . Monday, that effort ran into some trouble, with a young woman with alleged ties to gangs involved in the murders of innocent children. 17-year-old Ja-on Jones went before Orleans Criminal Judge Laurie White in an effort to get her $650,000 bond reduced. Prosecutors intent on cracking down on gang violence produced an Instagram photo from the defendant, in which she poses with an alleged gang member armed with a gun and labels herself a " mafia wife ." Prosecutors say Jones lied 13 times to a grand jur...

Montreal - A reputed Mafia don , Vito Rizzuto, has been summoned to appear before the Charbonneau Commission that is investigating corruption in Quebec. Quebec police were able to serve Rizzuto a subpoena on November 19th in Montreal. Rizzuto seems to have been in hiding since he returned to Canada in October after being released from prison in the U.S. Many believe that Rizzuto is head of the Sicilian Mafia in Canada. Sgt. Claude Dennis of the Quebec provincial police only confirmed that Rizzuto was met and the subpoena served. Rizzuto was known once as Montreal's Teflon Don because of his ability to avoid prosecution. His name has come up several times during discussion of corruption in Quebec's construction industry. Earlier testimony described how construction officials would collude to decide who would win which public contracts and at what price. The Rizzuto family would receive a 2.5 per cent cut of the contracts. Lino Zambito, a former vice-pres...

RAWALPINDI  - Tout mafia in the district courts Rawalpindi has added to the miseries of the already troubled visitors in the courts. According to sources, the touts keep wandering the district courts premises and mint money from the visitors by offering all kind of help and assistance needed in the courts. They charge Rs500 to 700 to appear before a court as an eye-witness for anyone. Sources revealed that the touts allegedly having links in all the major law related departments and offices of the city including readers, registrars and commissioner offices. A tout , in the district court on condition of anonymity told INP, he offers his services to the litigants in getting bails on personal guarantee and earning livelihood for his family.  He said that he was numberdar in his village but was facing financial hardships, thus was forced to do this job. He received 10 percent of the bail assurance bond. A visitor of the court said that the touts...

ITALIAN mafiosi have been pocketing hundreds of thousands of euros from European farm funds for years thanks to a legal loophole, according to rulings from Italy's Court of Auditors. Convicted gangsters and suspects under police surveillance were able to receive Common Agricultural Policy payments of up to €153000 without triggering more in-depth controls on their criminal history. "Until two months ago we didn't even have a list of mafiosi to check against when making payments," said Giancarlo Nanni, director of Agea, the Italian government agency that handles European agriculture funding. Court rulings demanding that the funds be returned to the state showed that payments of more than €2-million had been made over nearly two decades, including to mafiosi who were in prison at the time. Around €1.8-million was distributed in Sicily alone, where there were dozens of rulings against "farmers" for illegally obtaining public funds. Under...

Beijing: An ex-lawyer who said he was wrongfully persecuted as part of a massive crime crackdown by China's purged politician Bo Xilai this week filed a complaint with China's highest prosecuting office. The former defence lawyer, Li Zhuang, is demanding a thorough investigation of his case, which has raised questions about how Bo ruled Chongqing a metropolis in China's southwest as its party chief until his downfall in March.  China's top government prosecuting office said on its website today that it had received Li's petition and will handle his complaint according to procedure. Li was detained in 2009 after his client Gong Gangmo, a Chongqing businessman swept into Bo's anti-mafia campaign because he was suspected of gang crimes, alleged that the defence lawyer had instigated him to lie about being tortured for confession. Li, who spent 18 months in jail, has said Gong framed him under duress of Chongqing police. Li has been appealing his c...

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW), Thursday, said that country was being pushed towards an energy crisis as top officials of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) were acting against masses’ interests. OGRA board is incomplete therefore all recent decisions are legally debatable, said Dr. Murtaza Mughal, President PEW. He said that at least three officials on the ORGA board must agree to give legal cover to a decision but currently all the decisions are being taken by Chairman OGRA and Member Oil. Appointment of the incumbent Chairman has already been challenged in the Supreme Court while member Gas has been barred from working and Member Finance has fled the country. The posts of Senior Executive Director (SED) Finance and SED Gas are also lying vacant in ORGA since long, he said. He said that those conspiring to deprive masses of economical fuel know that 3.7 million vehicles are using CNG, around one million people are directly or indirec...