In 2015, Italian criminal organizations have earned more than 16 billion euros on agriculture and food trade, said a report of the agricultural association Coldiretti. The organization pointed out that the mafia used the protracted crisis to enrich themselves. They launder money by selling fake food, practice extortion, steal cattle, rob farmers and seize agricultural land. Illegal activities...

The agency Associated Press conducted its own investigation among analysts and those Syrians who live in exile and in the Syrian city of Raqqa (ISIL’s strong point). All they talk about is that ISIL is in deep financial crisis. The situation is forcing not the group only to reduce payments to militants and ration electricity, but also to deprive militants of such pleasant things as "Snickers"...

India continues to show the best result among emerging markets in terms of economic growth. In the third quarter, that is, in October - December 2015, GDP growth was 7.3%, which corresponded to the authorities’ expectations. At the end of 2015/16 fiscal year, which ends on March 31, GDP growth is expected at 7.6%, reported the Indian Central Statistical Office. Results for last year were at a...

Countries such as Ghana and Burkina Faso are always in the limelight of gold mining in Africa. However, over the past few years, high activity in the field of gold mining has been spreading to neighboring countries, such as Côte d'Ivoire, and, according to the latest news, even further. On the one hand, the Democratic Republic of Congo last week announced that gold production on its territory in...

Streets of Chinese cities are crowded, one can hardly see private transport around – there’s only buses and taxis or walking. No wonder: the country celebrates the Chinese New Year, or the Year of the Monkey. After a week of celebrations, 200 million workers, who came to the city for the holidays, are returning to their villages. At the time, heads of Chinese enterprises have to perform an...

The United States reacted to the North Korean leadership’s recent statement on the successful launch of a rocket carrier with an artificial Earth satellite. Previous testing of a hydrogen bomb also played its role in angering the state. The US Senate by a majority vote approved the bill on new sanctions against Pyongyang, and will spread its influence on those who support import of North Korean...

A cabinet reshuffle started in France - the resignation of Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius was announced on Wednesday, February 10, 2016. He is expected to take over as Chairman of the country’s Constitutional Council. On Wednesday Laurent Fabius personally confirmed rumors of his resignation. The journalists, who were waiting for him in the morning after the cabinet’s meeting, began to ask...

The confrontation between illegal street vendors, food inspectors and Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene in Hong Kong has sprouted out in violent clashes. More than 100 people got injured In the brawl, 54 participants of the protest action were detained by police. The Hong Kong events have already received an informal name "Fishball Revolution." The riots broke out on Tuesday in a...

Employees of the Turkish humanitarian organizations set up the tents and distribute water and food to many thousands of refugees. The refugees are stuck on the Syrian-Turkish border because of the fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Despite the EU appeals, the Turkish border remains closed to 35,000 internally displaced persons. "We extend our activities in the Syrian territory to supply those...