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The courtroom is a former call centre converted to accommodate hundreds of lawyers

Hundreds of mobsters face jail in Italian 'maxi-trial'

Hundreds of alleged members of the 'Ndrangheta - Italy's most powerful organised crime group - and their white-collar collaborators face sentencing this week following a historic, nearly three-year trial.

World • 13 Nov 23

Matteo Messina Denaro being transported in a van after his arrest in Sicily yesterday (Pic: Italian police)

How Italian police captured fugitive mafia boss

Perfumes, designer clothes and sex pills have been found in an apartment that investigators believe was the last hideout of Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, judicial sources said, a day after the arrest of the fugitive.

World • 17 Jan 23

Itay's Carabinieri released a still photo after Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested

Italy's top mafia boss arrested after 30 years on run

Italy's Carabinieri police have arrested Matteo Messina Denaro, the country's most wanted mafia boss who had been on the run for three decades.

World • 16 Jan 23

Francesco Cali was shot at least six or seven times

Alleged Gambino crime boss killed in New York

The reported crime boss of the New York Mafia's Gambino family, Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali, has been shot dead in front of his Staten Island home.

US • 14 Mar 19

Di Lauro was one of Italy's four most-wanted criminals

Italy arrests Camorra 'superboss' after 14 years on run

Italian police have arrested top mafia fugitive Marco Di Lauro, the fourth son of ex-Camorra boss Paolo Di Lauro, after over 14 years on the run.

World • 03 Mar 19

Settimino Mineo was due to officially take over as head of the Sicilian Mafia

New mafia boss arrested in Sicily - Italian police

Italian police have arrested new Mafia boss Settimino Mineo and dozens of other suspects in a major swoop against a resurgent Cosa Nostra.

Italy • 04 Dec 18

Toto Riina asked in July to be released from prison on the grounds of serious illness

Mafia 'boss of bosses' dies in Italian hospital

Former "boss of bosses" Toto Riina, one of the most feared Godfathers in the history of the Sicilian Mafia, has died after battling cancer, according to Italian media reports.

World • 17 Nov 17

Silvio Berlusconi is under investigation for alleged mafia links for the third time

Former Italian PM investigated for mafia links

The former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is under investigation for alleged involvement in mafia bombings in 1993.

Europe • 31 Oct 17

The tour includes a visit to Corleone - made famous in the Godfather films

Sicily 'Mafia tour' angers victims of organised crime

A travel agency in Sicily offering a 'mafia tour' has found itself in the firing line after local authorities and relatives of victims slammed it for glorifying organised crime.

Europe • 23 Mar 17

It is the first time a pope had used the word excommunication in direct reference to members of organised crime

Pope Francis says mafiosi 'are excommunicated'

Pope Francis issued the strongest attack on organised crime groups by a pontiff in two decades, accusing them of practising the "the adoration of evil" and saying mafiosi are excommunicated.

News • 22 Jun 14

Seized mafia money split by Switzerland and Italy

Switzerland and Italy have said they will equally share €13.8m seized from the Camorra organised crime group based in southern Italy's Campania region.

Business • 07 Jan 13

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