A bomb exploded in a car carrying one of Israel’s top mafia kingpins, killing him and threatening to unleash an all-out war in Israel’s increasingly violent underworld.

Organized crime, considered a necessary evil, is tolerated by, and sometimes allied with, the authorities in Japan.

Organized crime, considered a necessary evil, is tolerated by, and sometimes allied with, the authorities in Japan.

Bulgaria is the most corrupt country in the 27-member European Union, where the lives of politicians can be as cheap as spent bullets.

An informant who told the authorities of a Mafia death threat against a prominent journalist now denies having mentioned such a plot, a prosecutor said.

Bulgaria is the most corrupt country in the 27-member European Union, where the lives of politicians can be as cheap as spent bullets.

The Naples anti-Mafia prosecutor opened an investigation into new death threats against a muckraking journalist.

The Italian police issued more than 100 arrest warrants on Tuesday in an action against suspected mafiosi in Naples, detaining dozens.

The Camorra, the Naples organized crime group, has declared civil war on the state, Interior Minister Roberto Maroni told the Italian Senate.

José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, a prosecutor who oversaw Mexico?s extradition of drug traffickers, has resigned, the second senior crime fighter to quit in a week.