Italy Mafia

MASSIVE Mafia Bust

Posted 03.19.2012

In a huge anti-mafia bust, 16 judges have been arrested near Naples, Italy, according to the BBC, for allegedly being in cahoots with Italy's notoriou...

Suspected Mobster Arrested In Barcelona

AP | Posted 12.28.2011

MADRID -- Authorities say they have arrested a man in Barcelona suspected of being a dangerous leading member of the Italian Calabrian mafia. The ann...

The Limitations of Law Enforcement

Sam Kitchener | Posted 08.30.2011

Sam Kitchener

James 'Whitey' Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI's 10 most wanted list for his alleged role in 19 murders, has been captured near Los Ang...

In Italy Stressed Mob Bosses Seek Out Psychotherapy

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 05.25.2011

REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy — The mafia boss was having a dreadful time dealing with loss. But he wasn't struggling with the loss of lives, or even the l...

Italian 'Eco Mafia' Fraudulently Cash In On Wind Farm Handouts

Telegraph | Nick Squires in Trapani, Sicily, and Nick Meo | Posted 05.25.2011

For all their promises of a clean, green future, Italy's windfarms have now acquired a somewhat dirtier whiff - as the latest industry to be infiltrat...

Colombia: Strategy of Tension?

Aldo Civico | Posted 05.25.2011

Aldo Civico

When I saw the images of the recent attack near my Bogota apartment, I could not help but think about the car bombings that had occurred when I was in Sicily, 18 years ago.

Italy: Naples Police Release Mafia Murder Video (VIDEO)

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Day in Rome | The Independent Even by the mafia's brutal standards, the killing of a man smoking a cigarette outside a central Naples bar in ...

"Paralysed" Carmelo Di Stefano, Escaped Mafia Boss, Found By Police

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

ROME — A convicted Mafia boss who got out of jail by faking paralysis and anorexia has been arrested at a restaurant after more than two months ...

Race Riots Grip Italian Town Rosarno, and Mafia Is Suspected

nytimes.com | RACHEL DONADIO | Posted 05.25.2011

ROME -- More than a thousand African workers were put aboard buses and trains in the southern Italian region of Calabria over the weekend and shipped ...

Costanzo Apice, Suspected Camorra Hitman, Arrested Over CCTV Killing (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Police in Naples, Italy have arrested a suspect in a killing last May that was caught on Closed-Circuit Television. Frustrated with a lack of leads, N...

Gaspare Spatuzza, Mob Turncoat, Alleges Berlusconi Tie To Mafia

AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 05.25.2011

ROME — A convicted mob hit man testified Friday that he was told Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi made a deal with the Mafia in the 1990s, offe...

A Visit with Italy's Salman Rushdie

Nina Burleigh | Posted 05.25.2011

Nina Burleigh

Since 2006, when Roberto Saviano published his first book, Gomorrah, a punch in the face to the Italian crime clans, he's had to live under constant police protection.

Mafia Accused Of Creating Berlusconi Sex Scandal

Times London | Josephine McKenna | Posted 05.25.2011

A key coalition partner in Silvio Berlusconi's Government said yesterday he believed that the Mafia had orchestrated the sex scandal engulfing the Pri...

Italy's Mafia Thrives In Global Financial Meltdown

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 05.25.2011

NAPLES, Italy — While businesses around the world are hunkering down for survival, the Italian mob is living a golden moment. Italy's various o...