Dozens of mafiosi from Italy's three main organised crime groups were sentenced on Monday for teaming up to traffic drugs and commit financial crimes in the country's richest region.
An Italian court on Thursday sentenced the sister of Sicilian Cosa Nostra boss Matteo Messina Denaro to 14 years in prison for mafia association, Italian media reported.
Italy on Thursday paid tribute to anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, who was killed by the Sicilian mafia on May 23rd, 1992, in a car bomb murder that shocked the country.
Over 300 alleged members of the 'Ndrangheta – Italy's most powerful organised crime group – and their white-collar collaborators face sentencing this week following a major trial lasting almost three years.
Italian police on Monday launched an operation against one the country's most violent mafia groups, leading to arrest warrants for 82 people suspected of drug trafficking and dealing in the southern Puglia region.
An Italian appeal court on Wednesday confirmed life imprisonment for former Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro for his role in the 1992 assassination of anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino.
Pasquale Bonavota - who features in Italy's list of most dangerous criminals as a boss of Calabria's 'Ndrangheta mafia - was arrested in Genoa, Liguria after spending nearly five years on the run, Italian authorities announced on Thursday.
On a national day of remembrance, hundreds of bereaved relatives joined a march that culminated in front of Milan's Duomo cathedral, some carrying photos of their dead loved ones - and many still waiting for justice.
SPECIAL REPORT: The Italian state is finally paying attention to a “fourth mafia” operating in the southern Puglia region, and experts say it's the country's youngest, least evolved, and most violent crime syndicate of all.
A 100-day hunger strike by an anarchist leader has reignited debate in Italy over the use of Western Europe’s harshest prison regime for dangerous offenders.
In its latest mafia sting, Italian police took down a large 'Ndrangheta ring in southern Calabria, placing 56 people under investigation including a regional councillor and a former head of the regional tourism board.
Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro was captured last week, but the mentality that protected him for 30 years is still "rampant" across Sicily, said activist Giuseppe Cimarosa.
Ruthless Italian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro may have been captured this week after 30 years on the run, but his shadow still looms large over his Sicilian hometown of Castelvetrano.
Italian police revealed how the Sicilian mobster who boasted "I filled a cemetery by myself" was able to stay hidden close to home for three decades - until he was forced to seek cancer treatment.
Matteo Messina Denaro had been hiding in an apartment in a small town in Sicily before his arrest this week after three decades on the run, it emerged on Tuesday.
Sicilian godfather Matteo Messina Denaro, who was arrested on Monday after 30 years on the run, is known for shocking violence which has fuelled the bloody reputation of the Cosa Nostra mafia.
Thirty years ago, the murders of anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino shook Italy and inspired a new generation of anti-mafia crusaders. But judges today warn that the same threat still exists.
Thirty years ago, the Sicilian mafia killed judge Giovanni Falcone with a bomb so powerful it was registered by experts monitoring volcanic tremors from Etna on the other side of the island.
A major Italian mafia fugitive who controlled cocaine routes within Europe has been returned by authorities to Rome from Spain, police said on Saturday.
A mafia fugitive was caught in the Caribbean after appearing on YouTube cooking videos in which he hid his face but inadvertently showed his tattoos, Italian police said on Monday.
