Mafia

Italy arrests 13 people in nationwide raids against Chinese mafia groups

Italian police arrested 13 people following a nationwide sweep against Chinese mafia groups, on charges including involvement in crimes such as drug dealing, sex trafficking and aggravated robbery. Raids were…

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Massive Italian anti-mafia operation

Around 180 people were arrested on Tuesday in a large-scale sting against the Sicilian mafia in Palermo, indicating that it has remained a significant criminal force despite setbacks in recent decades. "Cosa…

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Police detain 13 in raids across Europe targeting Italian organised crime

An operation across Europe led by the Italian Carabinieri and supported by Europol has resulted in the arrest of 13 individuals believed to be linked to Italian organised crime. In…

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Italian mafia shifts focus to corruption, West Africa and Albanian links gain prominence

Italy's organized-crime syndicates are increasingly focusing on corruption and infiltration of the legal economy and less on violence, according to a report to parliament by the National Anti-mafia Investigative Directorate…

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Ice cream sellers in Germany probed over Mafia money

Authorities in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia said they had charged three men with money laundering. The three are alleged to have used an ice cream parlor in the…

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Mafia boss asks judge to order seizure of Roberto Saviano book

Giuseppe Graviano, a Sicilian Mafia boss who is serving a life sentence in a maximum security prison has asked a court to seize a book by Roberto Saviano, claiming inaccuracies…

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Mafia boss Messina Denaro’s third hideout found

Italian police on Thursday found the third hideout of Matteo Messina Denaro, the Mafia superboss caught after 30 years on the run in a Palermo cancer clinic Monday. It is…

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Factbox: How top Mafia boss Messina Denaro escaped justice for 30 years

By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) - Matteo Messina Denaro, a brutal Sicilian Mafia boss who was Italy's most wanted criminal before his capture on Monday, had been on the run…

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UPDATED: Italian security forces find second hideout of Messina Denaro found

By Wladimir Pantaleone Messina Denaro caught after 30 years on the run Apartment found in Western Sicilian town Doctor who prescribed cancer treatment under investigation Italian police on Wednesday found…

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God not on Mafia’s side, Sicilian archbishop says after trial

ROME (Reuters) - An Italian judge has handed down jail sentences totalling 80 years to 39 people for diverting a Good Friday religious procession to the house of a Mafia…

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Italian security forces raid Mafia’s Messina Denaro’s ring and Ndrangheta Comasina clan

Carabinieri police arrested 35 people in dawn raids in the Sicilian province of Trapani on Tuesday in relation to a probe into the network that is giving cover to fugitive…

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Big police crackdown on Mafia clans in Sicily

Italian police on Thursday made 56 arrests in a crackdown on the prominent Santapaola-Ercolano clan in eastern Sicily.Some of the men arrested belonged to another clan, the Nardos from Lentini.The…

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Italy’s mafia syndicates increasingly moving into legal economy

Italy's mafia syndicates are increasingly infiltrating the "legal market" while engaging in less violent activity likely to trigger alarm in society as a whole, the DIA antimafia investigative directorate said…

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In shock ruling, Italy court overturns mafia verdicts

ROME (Reuters) - An Italian appeals court on Thursday overturned convictions in a major mafia trial, dismantling accusations that the state had colluded with Sicilian mobsters after a deadly wave…

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Italy’s mafias using less violence, more ‘silent infiltration’ says report, Malta among countries where they have established solid base

Italy's mafia organizations are increasingly changing the way they operate, using less violence and more "silent infiltration" of the economy by working in synch with white-collar workers, according to the…

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Spanish, Italian police arrest 106 in mafia sting operation

Spanish and Italian police said on Monday they had arrested 106 people for belonging to a gang that allegedly laundered money for mafia groups and made millions of euros through…

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Mattarella tells Italy to uproot its mafias on Borsellino anniversary

ANSA - Italy must do more to uproot its mafias, President Sergio Mattarella said on the 29th anniversary of the Cosa Nostra assassination of anti-mafia magistrate Paolo Borsellino in a…

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On this day, in 1992, Giovanni Falcone was killed in Capaci’s tragedy

On 23 May 1992 Giovanni Falcone was on board his car, home-bound. Two other Fiat Cromas were escorting him: one driving in front, one following. 1000 kilograms of TNT remotely detonated…

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Italian judge killed by Mafia is put on road to sainthood

Italian judge Rosario Livatino, who was killed by the Mafia in Sicily in 1990, was beatified on Sunday, the last stage before possible sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church. Livatino…

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Judges seek recusal as major Italian mafia trial kicks off

LAMEZIA TERME, Italy (Reuters) - One of Italy's largest-ever mafia trials kicked off on Wednesday with more than 330 suspected mobsters and their associates facing an array of charges, including…

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Pope decrees Italian judge murdered by Mafia can be beatified

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis decreed on Tuesday that Italian judge Rosario Livatino, who was killed by the Mafia in Sicily in 1990, was a martyr for the faith…

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Calabria’s regional assembly President arrested for links with Ndrangheta mafia

Domenico Tallini, the president of the Calabria regional assembly, was put under house arrest by Carabinieri police on Thursday in relation to alleged links to the southern region's powerful 'Ndrangheta…

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Borissov to face new pressure from Bulgarians

Boyko Borissov’s premiership faces a major test on Wednesday when mass protests are planned across Bulgaria amid a corruption crisis that is starting to trigger concern in Berlin and Brussels.…

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July 19th 1992 – The Sicilian Mafia strikes again – 90kgs of Semtex kill Paolo Borsellino

Only two months had passed since the Capaci massacre and Italy once again had to come to terms with the massacre mafia. Judge Paolo Borsellino and agents of the escort…

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Maxi anti-mafia operation in Catania leads to over 50 arrests

A vast antimafia operation was carried out in the early hours of the day in the Sicilian city of Catania. Hundreds of police officers, including members of special corps and…

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On this day, in 1992, Giovanni Falcone was killed in Capaci’s tragedy

On 23 May 1992 Giovanni Falcone was on board his car, home-bound. Two other Fiat Cromas were escorting him: one driving in front, one following. 1000 kilograms of TNT remotely detonated…

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Warning Italian Mafia preparing to invest in tourism, restaurants

Italy's mafias will invest in tourism and restaurants hit by the coronavirus emergency, the government's COVID-19 criminal infiltration monitoring body said Friday. The tourism and catering sectors will have a…

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Unprecedented Italian police anti-mafia operation in Messina

Italian security forces on Wednesday arrested 94 people in the largest ever operation against the mafia clans in and around the Sicilian city of Messina. Over 600 police fanned out…

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Italian police seized over 18 billion euros from Italy’s main mafias

Italian police have seized some 18 billion euros from Italy's three main mafias in the last five years, or over 1% of Italian GDP, according to a report published Monday.…

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Italy – Valle d’ Aosta governor investigated for vote-trading linked to mafia

Valle D'Aosta Governor Antonio Fosson has been placed under investigation for alleged vote-trading linked to a mafia group, sources said Friday. The Turin-based probe is looking into alleged influence by…

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Appeals court confirms life imprisonment for Mafia bosses behind Borsellino’s bombing assassination

An appeals court in Caltanissetta on Friday confirmed a first-instance verdict sentencing mafia bosses Salvo Madonia and Vittorio Tutino to life for the 1992 bombing that killed prosecutor Paolo Borsellino…

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Illegally made concrete used for public roadworks: The Headlines – The Times

The Times claims that the Gozo Ministry procured concrete for road repairs in Nadur from a batching plant that has been operating illegally and in defiance of a PA enforcement…

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Italian police bust ‘Mafia plastic recycling ring’

Italian authorities say they have smashed a Mafia-run plastic recycling ring that sent toxic material from the southern island of Sicily to China. The scam was uncovered during a four-year…

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Giovanni Falcone’s killer request for house arrest refused

The supreme Court of Cassation on Monday rejected a petition by Giovanni Brusca, the Sicilian mafia boss who set off the explosive that killed anti-Mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone in 1992,…

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Berlusconi investigated over 1993 Mafia bombings

Ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is being investigated by Florence prosecutors in relation to a series of Mafia bombings in 1993. The news emerged after Berlusconi's lawyers presented documentation to…

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Northern Italy regions see highest level of suspected mafia operations

The northern regions of Italy are seeing the highest level of "suspected mafia operations" at 46.3%, according to the latest report from the Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate (DIA). The south instead…

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2006 World Cup winner Iaquinta released from Mafia links accusations

2006 World Cup winner Vincenzo Iaquinta was not in the mafia unlike his father, according to the explanation, released Thursday of a sentence on the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta mafia's infiltration of…

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27 years since the murder of Paolo Borsellino

On July 19th, Italy marks the 27th anniversary of the murder of one its most prominent anti-mafia heroes, Sicilian magistrate Paolo Borsellino, who was killed along with five members of…

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UPDATED: Big operation against Cosa Nostra in Palermo and New York

More than 200 members of the Italian Police and the FBI are taking part in a massive operation against the Italian Mafia based in Palermo know as Cosa Nostra. The…

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Ndrangheta Mafia boss Rocco Morabito escapes from prison in Uruguay

An Italian mafia boss, Rocco Morabito, escaped from a Uruguayan prison, according to Italian media reports. Morabito, 53, was awaiting extradition to Italy after being arrested in a Montevideo hotel in…

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Italy: Former Anti-Mafia champion jailed for corruption

A former anti-mafia champion, Antonello Montante, was sentenced to 14 years in jail on Friday for a string of offences including corruption, according to Italian media reports. Montante, who has…

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Killing of New York crime boss Cali doesn’t appear to be mafia-related

The fatal shooting death last week of reputed New York crime boss Francesco "Frank" Cali does not appear to be mafia related according to sources quoted by CNN. A 24-year-old…

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Gambino family crime boss killed in New York

Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali, the reputed crime boss of the New York mafia’s Gambino family, has been shot dead outside his Staten Island home. Cali, 53, was killed in…

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Three police officers indicted for allegedly covering up evidence in Borsellino’s murder case

Three police officers were indicted Friday for allegedly covering up evidence in a probe into the slaying of anti-mafia magistrate Paolo Borsellino. News Agency ANSA reports that Fabrizio Mattei, Mario…

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“Caro nonno” Fiammetta Borsellino sends her love to her grandfather who was brutally assassinated by Mafia in 1992

"Caro nonno mi dispiace per il 19 luglio 1992. Certo se tu fossi vivo avresti capito quanto ti coccolerei. Ti voglio bene. La tua nipotina Fiammetta Borsellino". With these words,…

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On this day,1992 – Anti-Mafia magistrate Paolo Borsellino killed in car explosion

The via D'Amelio bombing was an attack by the Sicilian Mafia which took place in Palermo, Sicily, on 19 July 1992. It killed anti-mafia magistrate Paolo Borsellino and five members of his police escort: Agostino Catalano, Emanuela Loi (the…

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Italian Police hit Casamonica clan with 31 arrests

ANSA reports that the Italian police on Tuesday made 31 arrest as they hit the Casamonica Roman crime family. Six people are missing and presumed to be on the run, police…

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Matteo Salvini backed by politician ‘with links to mafia’ – The Guardian

The Guardian: Matteo Salvini’s electoral victory in the southern region of Calabria during the Italian general election this year was supported by a former politician who law enforcement authorities have claimed…

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Pepe Reina, Paolo Cannavaro and Salvatore Aronica summoned by the FIGC for links with the Camorra

Outgoing Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina has been summoned to a hearing at the Italian football federation over his association with people with links to the Camorra. Reina, along with Paolo…

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New photo shows Mafia bosses amongst audience in Maurizio Costanzo show, a year before car bomb directed at TV presenter

It's been 25 years ago but new facts emerge on the attack against Italian TV presenter Maurizio Costanzo. The new revelations relate to a photo that there was also Matteo…

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What’s next for Italy after links between politicians and mafia were confirmed in court?

On Friday, a Palermo court found guilty former heads of the ROS security police Mario Mori, Giuseppe De Donno and Antonio Subranni, former Forza Italia Senator and Berlusconi aide Marcello…

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