History Philadelphia Park (now Parx East) July 2006 Parx also offers online gambling and online sports betting along with off-track betting at two locations. Owned and operated by Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, Inc., Parx features 24-hour gaming with over 3,200 slot machines, 188 live table games, a poker room with 48 poker tables, live racing and simulcast action, sports betting, several dining options and bars, and the Xcite Center. Parx is located in Bensalem Township in Bucks County, northeast of the city of Philadelphia. Parx Casino and Racing (formerly Philadelphia Park Racetrack and Casino) is a Thoroughbred horse racing venue and the largest casino gaming complex in Pennsylvania. Italy is not alone in their fight against the Ndrangheta as other countries including Europe have begun to target Calabrian clans and interests.40☀7′07″N 74★7′11″W / 40.1186°N 74.9530°W / 40.1186 -74.9530 They continue to bring in enormous amounts of illegal proceeds some of which comes from their control over the majority of Europe’s cocaine trade. It is currently believed to be the only Mafia with a presence on all continents.Īuthorities continue to target the organized crime families financing as part of an effort to dismantle them. They are based out of Calabria but have become influential in several parts of the world including Europe, Australia, and Canada in recent years. The Ndrangheta is believed to have surpassed the Neapolitan and Sicilian mafia to become Italy’s most powerful mafia organization. The arrest of Giuseppe Cortese was aided by a European Arrest Warrant targeting over 30 individuals linked to the importation of Colombian cocaine into Europe. He is being held in France until he can be transported back to Italy according to the Le Parisien report. He was taken into custody without incident as he exited his a hotel in Mâcon in Saône-et-Loire in route to his Porsche911. Arrest warrants were issued with the utmost discretion during early morning hours to prevent any potential leaks. Authorities in France were contacted by the Italian’s and made aware that a wanted man was in the region of Macon.

The BNRF of the judicial police carried out the low key operation that led to Cortese’s arrest. Giuseppe Cortese described as a prominent member of the Calabrian Mafia also known as the Ndrangheta has been arrested in France.Īccording to reports, the 53-year-old alleged mobster was a financial specialist that played a key role in helping the Calabrian’s control the trafficking of cocaine into Europe.

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