Italy’s Mafia thrives in global meltdown, gobbling everything from gas stations to trattorias

NAPLES, Italy — While businesses around the world are hunkering down for survival, the Italian mob is living a golden moment.

China says it successfully cracked more than 2,000 cases of pirated Olympic products

BEIJING — China, the world’s biggest source of illegally copied goods, claimed success Tuesday in fighting the piracy of Olympic products, restricting illegal broadcasts and cracking more than 2,000 cases of illegal use of the Olympics trademark.