Italy Toning down the violence, Italy's mafia has set its sights on EU cash In the last few years, Italy's organised crime groups have become more business-oriented, helping cash-strapped companies to infiltrate the legal economy and make more money. 01/10/2021
world news Over 100 arrested in Spain and Italy in major money-laundering sting Spanish and Italian police have arrested 106 people connected to a gang that allegedly laundered money for mafia groups and made millions of euros through online scams. 20/09/2021
United Arab Emirates Italian alleged mobster who bought stolen Van Goghs arrested in Dubai Raffaele Imperiale has been wanted by Italian police since two stolen Van Goghs, thought to have been bought with criminal cash, were found in a farmhouse he owned outside Naples. 19/08/2021
Italy Italian police nab woman reputed to be Naples crime boss Maria Licciardi, 70, was one of the victors in a long-running blood feud between alliances of clans that left Naples littered nearly daily with bodies earlier this century, prosecutors say. 07/08/2021
Spain Most-wanted mafia boss arrested in Madrid after two years on the run The 60-year-old, dubbed the Calabrian clan's "boss of bosses" in the 1980s and 1990s, was sentenced in absentia to another 11 years in prison for murder and criminal association aimed at drug trafficking in January. 05/08/2021
Italy Outrage in Italy as notorious mafia killer released early from prison The news of Giovanni Brusca's early release after 25 years in jail sparked a wave of emotion in Italy. The 64-year-old man is believed to have taken part in hundreds of murders for the Sicilian mafia. 01/06/2021
Brazil 'King of cocaine': Italian mafia boss arrested in Brazil Italian mafia leader Rocco Morabito was one of the top ten most wanted men in the world. 25/05/2021
Italy Fake euro banknote dealers busted by German and Italian police Officers descended on 19 houses in Naples, Italy and Germany on Thursday and seized fake banknotes amounting to €160,000 as well as a gun and cocaine. 21/05/2021
Italy Mass arrests of suspected mafia members announced in Italy and Germany More than 800 police and tax officers were involved in the fresh raids in Italy and Germany, which saw millions of euros' worth of assets seized and 31 people arrested in connection with 'ndrangheta drug operations. 05/05/2021
Italy Mafia member arrested after tattoos spotted in YouTube cooking video In January, Italy began one of the largest organised crime trials in its history against the 'Ndrangheta mafia syndicate. 29/03/2021
Good Morning Europe Italy opens 'maxi-trial' against 'ndrangheta organised crime syndicate "I think it’s the first time that the son of a boss has decided to turn against his father in 'ndrangheta and he’s the pivotal testimony for this trial," said University of Oxford professor Federico Varese. 13/01/2021
Italy Organised crime believed to be behind Italy's anti-lockdown riots They are turning peaceful protests violent, mixing with honest business owners who are in financial difficulties because of the coronavirus restrictions. 05/11/2020
Italy In Foggia, Puglia, an upstart mafia wages war Unlike the Cosa Nostra, mafiosos in Puglia aren't reluctant to attract attention. 22/01/2020
Italy Mafia crook among 19 suspects in plot to form Italian Nazi party Italian police carried out a number of raids on Thursday as part of a two-year investigation into far-right extremists suspected of planning a new Nazi party in Italy. 28/11/2019
Italy Watch: Youth boxing at Naples church keeps boys from life of crime In a neglected Naples neighbourhood, this church has been transformed into a boxing ring. There is 40% youth unemployment here and one of the few organisations with jobs on offer is the mafia. 21/11/2019
Italy Italian MP could lose her seat for using her birth name on the ballot 'If I had died, how could I have been resurrected?' - Euronews speaks to the Italian MP who lived a life in witness protection afraid of the Mafia finding her, and who is now being challenged by her political rival for resuming her 'dead' identity. 30/07/2019
Italy Police arrest 18 in crackdown on Sicilian Mafia family Once ruling with absolute power in Sicily, the Cosa Nostra has lost momentum in the past twenty years. Prosecutors have repeatedly warned that the group are attempting to rebuild power. 18/07/2019
world news Italian, U.S. police make arrests as Mafia clan looks to regroup Italian, U.S. police make arrests as Mafia clan looks to regroup 17/07/2019
Italy 'Cocaine king of Milan' makes midnight escape from prison in Uruguay Rocco Morabito escaped from a prison in Uruguay where he was waiting to be extradited back to Italy. 25/06/2019
USA Suspected killer of mob boss was swayed by hate speech, lawyer says What happened "will be shown to be directly related to the hate that people are bombarded with every day on the internet and elsewhere," the lawyer said. 26/03/2019
USA Killing of Gambino underboss gave the mob something it did not want — attention Organized crime still has its 'bread and butter' rackets, but there's not as much bread as there used to be. 18/03/2019
USA Mobster killing may have been set-up Criminal past of slain mobster is "focal point" of police investigation. 15/03/2019
Italy Scores arrested in massive EU crackdown on organised crime network Members of the 'Ndranghatea Italian mafia group have been arrested in a massive swoop. 05/12/2018
Italy New mafia boss Settimo Mineo arrested in raid The new 'godfather' of the Sicilian mafia, Settimo Mineo, was arrested on Tuesday along with 45 other suspected mobsters. 04/12/2018
no comment Italian Interior Minister Salvini launches destruction of Mafia villa Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Monday personally launched the demolition of a luxury villa illegally built in Rome by its most infamous and entrenched Mafia clan, the Casamonica. 26/11/2018
