ITALIAN gangsters kidnapped a man and dissolved his body in acid by mistake after they thought he was the lover of a fellow ...

Italian police arrested almost 150 people Tuesday in a major operation against the Sicilian mafia in Palermo, areas of which remain in the grip of powerful Cosa Nostra clans. Warrants were issued ...

Italian police have arrested 181 people in a crackdown on the Sicilian mafia. Authorities launched a series of raids early on Tuesday, detaining suspected members of the mafia for alleged crimes ...

Italian authorities launched a series of raids across the city of Palermo today and managed to capture 181 people suspected to be involved with the Italian mafia ...

ITALIAN gangsters kidnapped a man and dissolved ... The investigation also led to the arrests of fellow mafia men Raffaele D'Alterio, Luigi De Cristofaro, and Salvatore Simioli who were also ...

File photo of Italian police carrying out a 'sweep' operation against mafia clans in Palermo in 2008. Photo by MARCELLO PATERNOSTRO / AFP Over 1,200 officers were mobilised at dawn as part of the ...

Italian police have launched a series of raids targeting Mafia clans operating in and around the Sicilian capital Palermo. More than 1,200 officers were involved in the operation, which the ...

those arrested are considered 'men of honor' because they abide by a strict code of conduct," police said in a news release. The operation was carried out with the help of the Italian police.

Crime bosses from Cosa Nostra, the Italian island’s notorious mafia, unfavourably compared the new generation of mafiosi to those of the past, invoking the example of The Godfather, the classic ...

Around 130 people were arrested on Tuesday in a large-scale sting against the Sicilian mafia in Palermo, indicating that it has remained a significant criminal force despite setbacks in recent decades ...