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Chinese Immigrants Taking Away Jobs From Italian Mobsters!

Yes, interloping immigrants really do take away jobs from native citizens even in the underworld.

Police officers "in Italy swooped down on a Chinese mafia organization on Thursday, arresting 33 people on suspicion of running a criminal enterprise that dominated the transport of Chinese products in Europe, financed with money from prostitution, gambling and drugs" as reported by The New York Times: "the mass arrests captivated attention in Italy, where the term mafia originated, and provided a glimpse into the extensive economic tentacles of Chinese gangsters in Europe."

Organized crime in Italy should remain Italian, and that's just one nativist's view.

Cosa Nostra Allegedly Rigged Horse Races At Palermo Track

Horse racing "has been suspended at the Palermo racetrack after Italian police investigating mafia activity discovered illegal gambling and evidence that Cosa Nostra bosses were rigging races" as reported by The Guardian: "the order, from the head of the Palermo prefecture, Antonella De Miro, followed the arrests earlier in December of 25 people linked to the clans of Resuttana-San Lorenzo that revealed the extent of mafia involvement in horse racing."

Mafia Bust On Long Island

Seven reputed mobsters have been indicted in Central Islip for their alleged involvement with "loan sharking, drug dealing and running illegal casinos" as reported by the Daily News. Federal prosecutors have identified the charged defendants as acting capo John "Johnny Boy" Ambrosio and associates Thomas Anzaone, Alessandro "Sandro" Damelio, Joseph Durso, Anthony Rodolico and Anthony Saladino from the Gambino family, and Bonanno soldier Frank "Frankie Boy" Salerno.

Reputed Bonanno Associate Pleads Guilty To Role In $26 Million Loansharking Ring

Queens deli owner and reputed Bonanno associate Robert Pisani pleaded guilty "to collection of unlawful gambling debts" as part of an alleged "decades-long wiseguy outfit that raked in $26 million" as reported by the Daily News.