Mafia is Italy’s biggest business
January 11th, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Jan 11 (IANS/AKI) The mafia in Italy -- that made around 140 billion euro (around $178 billion) in 2010 through money lending, extortion and robbery -- generated far greater ... Read more...
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I feel betrayed by Europe, especially Berlusconi: Gaddafi
March 16th, 2011 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Tripoli, March 16 (IANS/AKI) Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says he feels betrayed by Europe but is especially dismayed by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with whom he has the closest ... Read more...
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Italy to send ships, planes to ease refugee crisis in Libya
March 4th, 2011 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Rome, March 4 (IANS/AKI) Italy will send ships and planes to help rescue thousands of people caught between the borders of Tunisia and Libya, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini has said ... Read more...
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Italian businesses eye deals worth 640 bn euros in India
February 3rd, 2011 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Feb 3 (IANS/AKI) Companies from Italy's main business association Confindustria will visit the Indian capital New Delhi in October in a bid to clinch deals on infrastructure projects worth 640 billion ... Read more...
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Italy’s usury racket is worth 20 bn euros
September 22nd, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Sep 22 (IANS/AKI) Growing number of Italian businesses are falling prey to loan sharks, raising the usury racket's annual turnover to 20 billion euros in the country.
Victims are paying monthly interest-rates ... Read more...
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