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Police raids as tensions mount in Italy's Chinatown

Italian police said on Friday they had raided nine premises as part of an investigation into a Chinese criminal gang they suspect of being behind a spate of attacks on North Africans.

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Police raid Lamborghini and VW offices in Italy

Italian police on Thursday raided Volkswagen's main office in the country and those of its sports car unit Lamborghini in connection with the investigation into the company's rigging of emissions tests.

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Grunting pigs avert cattle raid in Campania

An attempted cattle raid at a farm in the Campania region was sabotaged…by grunting pigs.

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Ex-police bosses arrested over G8 raids

Three of Italy's former leading police officers have been put under house arrest for their roles in raids at the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa, during which dozens of protesters were beaten by police.

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Police seize mafia-made 'toxic bread'

Police in Naples have seized more than three tons of bread that was produced amid "insects and mouse droppings" and in wood-burning ovens treated with "toxic varnish" in a raid on illegal bakeries run by a local mafia group.