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Court files indicate that Angelo Figliomeni, alleged boss of the Toronto wing of Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta mafia, was in contact with multiple Toronto-area real estate developers. Police have linked Figliomeni to a sprawling property empire.
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Offshore Crime, Inc.

offshore_aThoughout the Balkans lawyers and registry agents have been aggressively marketing offshore services. For a few thousand dollars, you can get your own offshore company on some remote island. But OCCRP reporters found some firms that did more than register companies -- they sold turnkey offshore money laundering and tax evasion schemes with including instructions on how to use them.

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