Investigative coverage of mafia at U.S. News

Dave Kaplan kicked off his new Bad Guys blog on USNews.com this week with two entries on what the Mafia’s been up to since 9/11. Part One reveals its involvement in a new “Pizza Connection” case that links up the Sicilian and American mobs. Part Two reports on how the Mafia remains active in a half-dozen US cities, and is moving from murder and extortion to Internet and stock fraud. His blog promises a steady stream of investigative columns on terrorists, mobsters, war criminals, drug dealers, embezzlers, crooked cops, scam artists, bureaucratic bunglers, and abusers of the public trust.”