-----PHOTO THOUGHTS----: 7 AFRICANS EXECUTED.... CAMORRA?#links

-----PHOTO THOUGHTS----: 7 AFRICANS EXECUTED.... CAMORRA?#links

AFRICAN WOMEN

Women to rule Rwanda parliament Rwanda already holds the world record for highest proportion of female MPs Rwanda will be the first country where women will outnumber men in parliament, preliminary election results show. Women have taken 44 out of 80 seats so far and the number could rise if three seats reserved for the disabled and youth representatives go to females. Rwanda, whose post-genocide constitution ensures a 30% quota for female MPs, already held the record for the most women in parliament. The ruling party coalition won 78% of seats in Monday's vote. Indirect elections for women's quota seats took place on Tuesday and votes for two youth representatives and a disabled quota seat are taking place on Wednesday and Thursday. It is the second parliamentary elections since the genocide of 1994 when some 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaughtered by Hutu militias in just 100 days. 80-SEAT PARLIAMENT Elected seats: 53 * RPF: 42 seats, 78.76% of the vote * Social Democratic Party: 7 seats, 13.12% of the vote * Liberal Party: 4 seats, 7.5% of the vote Quota seats: 27 (women 24, youth 2, disabled 1) Women total: 44 seats, 55% of parliament Preliminary results Rwanda National Electoral Commission President Paul Kagame was instrumental in establishing the Tutsi-led 's Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) - the rebel force which took power and ended the genocide. The BBC's Geoffrey Mutagoma in the capital, Kigali, says the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party have conceded defeat. In the outgoing parliament, 48.8% of MPs were women - the world's highest rate. It is now set to be at least 55%. Women who stood in seats reserved for female candidates were not allowed to represent a party. "The problems of women are understood much better, much better by women themselves," voter Anne Kayitesi told the BBC's Focus on Africa. "You see men, especially in our culture, men used to think that women are there to be in the house, cook food, look after the children... but the real problems of a family are known by a woman and when they do it, they help a country to get much better." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7620816.stm

NIGERIANS NOT INVOLVED

Camorra blamed in immigrant murders Police suspect notorious Casalesi clan killed six (ANSA) - Caserta, September 19 - Police on Friday said the notorious Casalesi clan of Naples' Camorra Mafia was probably behind the murder of six immigrants in the small Campania town of Castelvolturno. Three Ghanaians, two Liberians and a Togo national were shot dead on Thursday night at an ethnic clothing shop where local residents often brought clothes for minor adjustments. A third Liberian died in hospital on Friday morning, and doctors were operating on another man injured in the attack. Investigators said the 84 shell cases found at the scene of the crime came from a Kalashnikov assault rifle and a semi-automatic pistol. Police believe the same weapons were used 20 minutes earlier in nearby Baia Verde to kill a 53-year-old Italian known to have had links with the Casalesi clan, who was shot 20 times. According to investigators the killers may have been posing as policemen, since witnesses reported seeing four men wearing uniforms pull up in a car with flashing lights. Police said they believed the murders were connected to drugs trafficking in the town, where African immigrants had recently begun dealing autonomously and had stopped paying percentages to the local Mafia. But relatives of the dead men reacted angrily to suggestions that the killing was drugs-related. ''He worked from morning till night, he didn't even stop to eat,'' said the partner of the 28-year-old Ghanaian who worked in the shop. ''He was innocent, he wasn't a criminal,'' Another friend of the Ghanaian said he had been ''murdered while he was sewing''. Immigrants claiming the crime was race-related clashed with police on Friday after setting up a road block in front of the shop, shouting ''you Italians are all b******s, this is racism''. 'DEAD MEN WALKING'. Other residents said the murders were just the latest of a series of Mafia crimes in the small town and hit out at the government for abandoning them to the Camorra. ''Does this seem like a normal town to you? Is it normal that 18 people have died in a few months when the town's population is less than 20,000?'' asked one man in the town's central square. ''We're dead men walking here. The state has abandoned us, our fate is sealed,'' he said. Another elderly man at a bar in the square said it was impossible to carry out any business activity here without paying the Mafia first. ''We're afraid here, afraid to be killed even sitting outside a bar. People say nothing because they are afraid of dying''. The Bishop of Naples, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, called on the Camorra to put down their weapons following the massacre and compared them to ''poisonous snakes''. ''Until these bearers of death are defeated we will always have cemeteries full of hatred and violence,'' he said. One of the most feared Naples Camorra outfits, the Casalesi clan's criminal empire was exposed in Roberto Saviano's worldwide bestseller Gomorra, now also a film that won the second prize at Cannes this year http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-09-19_119270584.html

" Chained to a poll" ......

Dove ?: Monza (Milano, Lombardia) FOTO SHOCK ! IMMIGRANT CHAINED TO A POLE IN AN ITALIAN POLICE STATION. THE POLICE SAID ALL THE CELLS WERE OCCUPIED............Hummm... Over to you for your comments.	Quando: 18 Settembre 2008
Categoria: Cronaca Descrizione dell'utente La foto è stata diffusa da un sindacato di polizia, ed è comparsa con grande enfasi sul sito online del quotidiano La Repubblica. Al commissariato di via Romagna a Monza, mancano le celle di sicurezza: dunque ecco la soluzione. Ammanettano le persone fermate al palo. Mancano le celle di sicurezza, non c'è l'impianto antincendio, si lamentano i rappresentanti sindacali che poi sottolineano i cronici problemi di organico: 'per una citta' di 130 mila abitanti circola una sola Volante e a volte con due soli agenti a bordo'

NIGERIA NUT OUTSCAMS STOX 'CROOK'

By DAREH GREGORIAN

MICHAEL AXEL
Broker at court yesterday

September 19, 2008

A stone-hearted - and rock-headed - securities broker stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from elderly clients, money he then sent to Nigeria in hopes of collecting an $8.7 million inheritance from a "long-lost relative" who e-mailed him, prosecutors said yesterday.

"Yes, he fell for that scam," Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said of Tripp & Co. broker Michael Axel. "It's a classic example of a con man getting conned."

If the charges against Axel, 69, are true, he doesn't make for a very sympathetic victim of the ubiquitous and notorious Nigerian e-mail scammers.

Prosecutors said that among those he ripped off were a high school teacher and a 90-year-old woman living in a nursing home. They also believe he stole from an account shared by a mentally incompetent 83-year-old man and his daughter, who was dying of ovarian cancer.

Prosecutors said they weren't able to file criminal charges in that instance because the woman died before they could make their case - but they did charge Axel with stealing from another account the 83-year- old shared with his son.

Axel, 69, pleaded not guilty to charges of forgery and grand larceny, and was released on his own recognizance. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lewis Bart Stone ordered him to come back to court on Nov. 16 for "a possible disposition" of the case, a sure sign a plea deal is in the works.

Prosecutors said Axel's first victim was a teacher whom he started ripping off in 2002. Morgenthau said Axel had asked for checks to be cut from the teacher's account and sent to him for delivery, when no such request had been made.

He then forged the teacher's signature and deposited the checks into his own account, the DA said. He allegedly stole more than $150,000 from the man over three years.

Axel's need for cash reached a fever pitch in 2005, when he got an e-mail from a Nigerian "lawyer" concerning an $8.75 million inheritance.

Of course, the e-mail came from a spammer.

Morgenthau said Tripp & Co., which is based at Rector Street, repaid Axel's clients, and Axel has so far repaid the firm half of what he stole.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/09192008/news/regionalnews/nigeria_nut_outscams_stox_crook_129828.htm

NIGERIANS & THE CASALESI MAFIA

ENGLISH SUMMARY:

Six Nigerians were killed with automatic machine guns and one wounded yesterday

after a gun battle .This bloodbath is being suspected to be the hand work of

a powerful mafia family -THE CASALESI- who control drug movements and

sales in the areas from Castel Volturno to north Napoli.

The Nigerians have not been identified because they were all without

documents. An Italian bar owner was also killed.

The area where this havoc happened yesterday is called "regno dei nigeriani",= THE NIGERIANS KINGDOM. An area that is mainly 'occupied' inhabited by immigrants of all nations but controlled by the Nigerian drug mafia .The residents (Italians and non) of that area has always lived in perpetual fear.

Summary by.

Chukwubike Okey C

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Castel Volturno, sei nigeriani uccisi e uno ferito
Forse strage opera dei casalesi, la droga il movente

CASERTA (18 settembre) - Sei extracomunitari sono morti e uno è rimasto ferito gravemente in uno scontro a fuoco avvenuto a Varcaturo, nei pressi di Castel Volturno, in provincia di Caserta. Le vittime, tutte di nazionalità nigeriana, sono state fatte oggetto di centinaia di colpi di arma da fuoco mentre si trovavano nella trattoria Totore (abituale luogo di ritrovo degli immigrati nigeriani), lungo la statale della Domitiana, al chilometro 43, al confine fra le province di Napoli e Caserta. L'ipotesi investigativa è quella di un regolamento di conti tra bande di trafficanti di stupefacenti, probabilmente casalesi e nigeriani. Gli inquirenti non conoscono le generalità delle vittime, tutte prive di documenti.

Il regno dei nigeriani. Il luogo in cui è avvenuto il fatto è considerato il "regno dei nigeriani", un territorio costellato da villette e fabbricati abusivi, occupati di fatto da moltissimi extracomunitari provenienti dalla Nigeria. Castelvolturno e i suoi dintorni sono noti come base di un intenso traffico di droga, che si ricollega poi alle basi napoletane. Le vittime della sparatoria, secondo gli inquirenti, potrebbero avere tra i 30 e i 40 anni; ma servirà del tempo per accertarne le generalità. Intanto nella zona si è diffusa la notizia, e c'è chi tra i residenti ha paura per i propri cari: a qualche chilometro dal locale Totore una signora risponde quasi piangendo, «in quella zona lavora mia figlia, vorrei sapere cosa è successo, al solo pensiero sto già tremando...».

L'omicidio di Baia Verde. Non vi sarebbero elementi che collegano la strage di Varcaturo con l'uccisione del titolare italiano di una sala giochi a Baia Verde di Castelvolturno, se non la quasi contemporaneità degli episodi e la non grande distanza. A sparare contro il commerciante uno o due sicari poi fuggiti in sella a una motocicletta, riuscendo a fare perdere le proprie tracce. I sicari hanno eluso i posti di blocchi effettuati dai carabinieri nella zona. La vittima si chiamava Antonio Caliendo e aveva 53 anni: aveva precedenti penali per furto e rapina.

http://www.ilmessaggero.it/articolo.php?id=31301&sez=HOME_INITALIA

STOP.......THE RACKET OF NIGERIAN GIRLS

ENGLISH SUMMARY: To stop the prostitution of African girls, adopt one of them. In italy  thousands of Nigeria girls live in  clandestinity and  as  prostitutes:    They are exploited through a racket that brought them to    Europe with false promises and later reduced them to a complete state of slavery.   This associationan  an ONG here in Italy has initiated  a help project called  "LA RAGAZZA DI BENIN CITY" =  THE BENIN CITY GIRL http://www.inafrica.it/benincity.html. They are creating awareness of the problems of thei phenomenon  and  calling for  peoples  participation and solidarity. SUMMARY BY, Chukwubike Okey Charles   solidarietà Per fermare la prostituzione di ragazze africane, adottane una   In Italia vivono, clandestine e prostitute, migliaia di ragazze nigeriane, sfruttate da un racket che le ha portate in Europa con false promesse e le ha ridotte in stato di vera e propria schiavitù   17/9/2008 In Italia vivono, clandestine e prostitute, migliaia di ragazze nigeriane, sfruttate da un racket che le ha portate in Europa con false promesse e le ha ridotte in stato di vera e propria schiavitù. L'incoscienza di clienti che - di fatto - contribuiscono a sfruttarle; il perbenismo di quanti ritengono che il problema può esser risolto solo rispedendole in Africa; il moralismo di quanti non sopportano neppure l'idea di dover parlare di prostituzione; l'indifferenza di quanti vivono solo del loro egoismo e non sanno auspicare altro che soluzioni punitive e detentive; il razzismo sempre e comunque presente; l'imperfetto impegno civile di chi ha espresso solidarietà per Safiya e per Amina, che hanno rischiato di essere lapidate in Nigeria, ma non sa far nulla per le tante Safiya ed Amina che vivono in Italia …. queste sono le pietre con le quali, ogni giorno, le africane sono lapidate in Italia.Il Progetto "La ragazza di Benin City" affronta la problematica delle ragazze africane che giungono in Italia, ridotte in condizione di schiavitù e vuol farsi strumento non confessionale di azione concreta, operando su quattro fronti: 1 – con le "organizzazioni del volontariato", incentivando a loro favore il flusso dei sostegni finanziari grazie ai quali possono portare avanti percorsi di recupero di queste ragazze; 2 – con le "istituzioni", sollecitandole a non risolvere il problema solo con il rimpatrio delle ragazze; 3 – verso i "clienti", recuperandoli ad un comportamento responsabile ed aiutandoli a superare il loro stesso disagio con l'apporto di gruppi spontanei di auto-mutuo aiuto; 4 – verso l'opinione pubblica proponendo iniziative di sensibilizzazione.Il Progetto non raccoglie direttamente e non gestisce denaro, ma invita chi può e lo desidera, ad adottare a distanza una ragazza, finanziandone, in modo reciprocamente anonimo, il percorso di recupero attuato dalle organizzazioni del volontariato.Il Progetto vuol essere un moltiplicatore di iniziative e vi operano ex clienti, operatori culturali, volontari, testimonial. L'idea di fondo è che se non si coinvolgono tutti gli attori, il fenomeno non sarà né compreso, né debellato. Chi vuole spendersi in prima persona può farlo; chi vuol fare qualcosa, ma restare anonimo può farlo; chi vuole uscire dal proprio disagio può farlo.Al fine di mediatizzare l'iniziativa e di valorizzare il ruolo dei mezzi di informazione, è stato creato il Premio "La ragazza di Benin City" che ogni anno verrà attribuito ad un personaggio che abbia contribuito a creare una cultura della solidarietà relativamente al problema della schiavitù e della condizione della donna. Alla Fiera del Libro di Torino 2002, la prima edizione del Premio è andata a Toni Capuozzo, giornalista di Canale 5.Il Progetto prende avvio dalla storia d'amore di un italiano per una giovane nigeriana. Alcuni lettori del romanzo che ne è nato, "Akara-Ogun e la ragazza di Benin City" di Claudio Magnabosco, edito da Quale Cultura - Jaca Book, hanno fatto "rete" tra loro, trasformando l'esperienza di ciascuno in una concreta azione di solidarietà umana e di impegno sociale e civile. Abbiamo costituito l'Associazione le ragazze di Benin City della quale fanno parte le nostre ragazze clandestine e ancora dentro alla tratta, alcune ragazze che ne sono uscite e donne italiane solidali. Non siamo delle intellettuali, non siamo brave a parlare in pubblico e a scrivere, ma vogliamo aver voce. E per fare le cose che noi non sappiamo ancora fare, è necessario ci siano al nostro fianco delle donne che diano una mano. L'adesione è poco più che una formalità, non ci sono soldi da versare, scadenze da rispettare ma è richiesta attenzione ai problemi delle ragazze trafficate e disponibilità a fare qualcosa. Ad esempio diffondere i materiali che riusciamo a fare, le cose che vogliamo dire pubblicamente. Da donna a donna ti chiedo di aderire alla nostra Associazione che ha un semplice Statuto. per aderire http://www.inafrica.it/benincity/aderire.html http://www.modica.info/new.asp?id=1655

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Racist attack in Milan leaves one dead

Published on the 15-09-2008

Italian police on Monday played down accusations that the murder of an immigrant beaten to death after he allegedly stole a packet of biscuits from a Milan bar over the weekend was a racist attack.

Nineteen-year-old Abdul Salam Guibre, an Italian citizen originally from Burkina Faso, is thought to have stolen the biscuits with two friends from a bar near the city's central station on Sunday.

Bar owners Fausto Cristofoli, 51, and his son Daniele, 31, chased the three men in a van they used as a mobile cafe', allegedly shouting ''thieves, f****** niggers'', before catching them up.

The three men began throwing bottles at the bar owners and armed themselves with improvised clubs, but were beaten with an iron bar used to open the van's service window.

Guibre was hit around the head and fell into a coma, dying in hospital a few hours later.

Milan mobile police unit chief Francesco Messina admitted there had been ''an exchange of insults'' between the men, but said the attack had been motivated by theft.

''The fact is that a boy is dead because of a packet of biscuits and there are two people who have committed murder and who will pay,'' he said.

The incident reignited a debate over the Italian government's recent crackdown on public safety and immigrant crime, with Democratic Party opposition leader Walter Veltroni accusing the centre-right of encouraging ''a climate of hate and intolerance''.

Italian Communists' Party leader Paolo Ferrero singled out the Northern League party for ''xenophobic and racist campaigns''.

''Episodes like the one in Milan are the fruit of a climate of poison created by political forces like the League that hold up immigrants as the source of all evil,'' Ferrero said.

Northern League House whip Roberto Cota hit back at criticism as ''unworthy exploitation'' of Guibre's murder.

But Milan's centre-right mayor, Letizia Moratti, acknowledged the anti-immigrant overtones of the attack in her condolences to Guibre's family.

''Milan strongly condemns such episodes of intolerance and racism,'' she said.

http://www.italymag.co.uk/italy/crime/racist-attack-milan-leaves-one-dead