This week Sicilian officers conducted early morning raids, serving 183 arrest warrants on those believed to be associated with the Cosa Nostra for crimes ranging from mafia association to ...

The Sicilian mafia is arguably one of the most famous – or infamous – institutions in the Western world. After its first appearance in Sicily in the 1870s it soon infiltrated the economic and ...

In the early 1990s crusading anti-mafia prosecutors were murdered as they tried to hit back. Then in 1993 the so-called boss ...

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 ...

Dutch police thought he was the head of the Sicilian mafia who has been on the run for decades. Dutch police thought he was head of the Sicilian mafia who has been on the run for nearly 30 years.

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 ...

Though mobsters terrorised Sicily for decades, harsh crackdowns in the 1990s and early 2000s seriously ... prosecutors said the Sicilian mafia had been stepping up the pace of its criminal activities.

Interpol published its first Silver Notice seeking information about assets held worldwide by a senior member of the ...

Rome (Reuters) — 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 ...

In one conversation, two mafia leaders discussed the arrival of a consignment of drugs in the port of Gioia Tauro, in Calabria, suggesting the Sicilian ... cupola since the early 1990s.

What happened to never going against the family? Leaders within the Cosa Nostra, Sicily’s mafia, have reportedly complained that mob recruits aren’t what they used to be, as nearly 150 people ...