Mafia
Six arrested as mobster plot to assassinate Italian minister is thwarted
A mobster plot to assassinate Italy’s interior minister has been thwarted with the arrest of six Mafia bosses, police said on Friday. The men...
Italian mafia boss arrested in Brazil after 30 years on the run
The former boss of the Camorra, one of Italy’s largest and oldest crime syndicates, has been arrested in Brazil – after more than 30 years...
Italy’s Renzi vows crackdown on corruption after Rome Mafia scandal
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi proposed changes to the law to crack down on corruption on Tuesday, after dozens of arrests last week uncovered a “Mafia...
Italy fights mafia with a new strategy: take their sons
Riccardo Cordi’, a shy 18-year-old scion of one of Italy’s most notorious mob families, is a pioneer in a new strategy to fight the mafia by...
Pope excommunicates Mafiosi during visit to mafia bastion in Italy’s south
Pope Francis on Saturday took on one of Italy’s most dangerous organised crime groups, calling it an example of “the adoration of evil”...
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