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Mapping the mafia: Italy's web of criminal gangs explained

In the last 20 years Calabrian's 'ndrangheta, of which one of the main bosses was arrested on Monday, has become Italian most powerful criminal syndicate

Italy

Italian Mafia Riina buried in Sicily

Salvatore Riina, Italian Mafia’s ‘Boss of Bosses, has been buried in Sicily

Italy

A new beginning for Cosa Nostra mafia?

'The boss is in charge until his death.' Italy's National Antimafia Prosecutor speaks to euronews about the death of Salvatore Riina.

Italy

Former Cosa Nostra 'boss of bosses' Toto Riina has died

He was one of the most feared Godfathers in the history of the Sicilian Mafia.

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Italy

Mafia boss ‘ordered his daughter’s murder over policeman relationship’

He told his son to kill his own sister.

World

'The worst violence imaginable': 'Cocaine king' Pablo Escobar's son opens up about his father

Thousands lost their lives on Escobar's route to the top of the Colombian criminal underworld. Euronews asks the infamous narcoterrorist's son what it was like to grow up with the world's richest drug lord

Libya

Italy breaks up a Libyan gang smuggling low quality fuel into Europe

Italian police bust a gang smuggling €30 million euros’ worth of low-quality diesel from Libya into Europe and selling it at the standard price

Italy

Italy's heritage under threat

Some of the world's most celebrated sites are at risk from a combination of manmade and natural threats.

Italy

Italy: police arrest more than 20 people in anti-mafia crackdown in Lombardy

Libya

Armed group stopping migrants leaving Libya

Reduced flow of migrants from Libya due to armed group stopping them. But is it risking more highly abusive detention?

Spain

Europe-wide arrests ‘target Neapolitan mafia’

Spanish police say 24 people have been arrested for alleged drug trafficking and money-laundering.

Italy

Mafia suspected in Sicily 'death ambulances' investigation

Italy

Assets worth 280 billions seized in Rome anti-Mafia swoop

Carabinieri police in Rome seize assets worth about 280 million euros in a major anti-mafia operation.

Italy

Silvio Berlusconi a 'traitor', says jailed Mafia boss

Italy

Mafia boss 'entitled to a dignified death'

Italy

Italy: Slain anti-mafia judge Falcone remembered 25 years on

The magistrate was killed by the Mob in a bomb attack on May 23 1992 in Sicily.

Italy

Mafia clan ran migrant centre for ten years, say Italian police

Italian police say they have made 68 arrests and dismantled a leading mafia clan that ran a leading reception centre for migrants for ten years, creaming off state…

USA

The Godfather director and cast reunite after 45 years

The director and cast of _The Godfather_ reunited in New York to mark the 45th anniversary of the iconic 1970's Oscar-winning mafia movie.

World

Mafia expert Roberto Saviano: European Leaders won't admit to Mafia

Anti-mafia author and journalist Roberto Saviano explains why he believes the UK is the most corrupt country on earth and why politicians across Europe are not prepared to tackle money laundering and

Cult

Roberto Saviano: a mafia death sentence, the price of celebrity

Roberto Saviano continues writing despite death threats after his book on the Camorra. We meet him at the "Italissimo Festival"