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Prostitution: Brussels targets human trafficking
26 September 2012473PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Italy: The town that stood up to the mafia
29 December 20114394 El Mundo Madrid -
Italy: Italian waters still dragged by illegal nets
31 October 2011119 La Repubblica Rome -
Belgium: East European gangs still strong
26 May 20111PresseuropDe Standaard -
Bulgaria: A great disappointment
13 January 201138 Sega Sofia -
Italy: Camorra number one arrested
18 November 2010PresseuropLa Repubblica -
Italy: No-one wants Neapolitan rubbish
21 October 20101PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Clothes industry: Chinese gangs got it made in Europe
12 October 201057 Hospodářské Noviny Prague -
Counterfeiting: Fake is absolutely fabulous
3 September 2010124 The Daily Telegraph London -
Crime: Portugal, cyber mafia playground
2 September 2010Presseuropi -
Italy: Hundreds arrested in mafia swoop
14 July 2010PresseuropLa Stampa -
European of the Week: Antonio Presti, anti-Mafia patron of the arts
23 April 2010145 El País Madrid -
Romania: Bucharest, mafia haven
17 March 2010PresseuropAdevărul -
Romania: Producer orders Sicilian style killings
18 January 2010PresseuropEvenimentul zilei -
Italy : The grapes of wrath are ripe
11 January 2010104 La Stampa Turin -
Italy: Black Spartacus hits back at mafia
8 January 2010PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Italy: Silvio assailed by the Mob and the masses
7 December 2009PresseuropIl Manifesto -
European parliament: Sicilian MEP on mob deathlist
19 October 2009PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau -
Italy: Who really killed anti-mafia judges ?
24 July 2009PresseuropPanorama -
trends: Barcelona bliss for all kinds of Italians
23 July 200920 La Repubblica Rome
Ercolano, in southern Italy, has become the first town to stop paying extortion money to the Camorra. A new freedom fiercely defended by the town's mayor and shopkeepers. 
The EU banned drift nets in 2002 to protect Mediterranean wildlife and paid out compensation to the fishers. But for many of the recipients, the tuna and swordfish fisheries are far too lucrative. And so they are getting around the ban, with the help of the Mafia. 
Battling with organised crime and held back in its bid to join the Eurozone and the Schengen Area, Bulgaria has begun 2011 without a political project to mobilise its people. 
A hub for an illegal trade in Asian textiles, the Czech Republic is struggling to recover millions in lost VAT revenue. Defeating the fraudsters will require greater tax cooperation between European states. 
A new European Union-funded report has declared that buying counterfeited designer goods can benefit consumers and the companies whose brands are being ripped off. 
For 30 years this Sicilian entrepreneur has been lavishing the bulk of his fortune on artistic projects. Defying convention, corruption and the Cosa Nostra, he seeks to "help people respect their patch” and “rediscover their identity" through art. 
The African migrant workers’ riots in the province of Gioia Tauro, in Calabria, after two of them were shot with airguns, once again lifts the curtain on their deplorable living and working conditions. Now required to leave the city, these illegal immigrants in Rosarno as elsewhere, are often the only people to rise up against the mafias that reign supreme in several regions. 
Barcelona attracts more and more Italians, who this year make up the biggest foreign community in the Catalonian capital. Young people are particularly drawn to its congenial setting and economic dynamism. But the region has also become a refuge for the heads of the Italian Camorra, alerts La Repubblica.