81. Berlusconi was advised of the charges against him when, as prime minister, he was attending a United Nations conference on organised crime in Naples last November. 82. Both pledged to increase cooperation to halt cross-border crimes, such as drug trafficking, smuggling, economic crimes and organised crimes. 83. Berlusconi would also return to Naples on Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning for the end of a UN-sponsored conference on organised crime, Gawronski added. 84. Both men were sought in connection with organised crime by Swiss police. 85. Berlusconi would return to Naples late Tuesday or early Wednesday for the end of a UN-sponsored conference on organised crime, he said. 86. Britain and France agreed Monday to step up a joint campaign against terrorism and organised crime in the aftermath of a wave of bombings in France. 87. But his protestations of ignorance about the relationship between organised crime and politicians cut no ice with his audience. 88. Businessmen are frequently the target of organised crime attacks or else the victims of account settling by Moscow mobs. 89. But the Social Democrats declined to accept other measures, notably those intended to strengthen the fight against organised crime, which it considered insufficient. 90. But for Violante, former left-wing chairman of the parliamentary anti-Mafia committee, economic development is the only way to loosen the grip of organised crime. |