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Tag: Cosa Nostra

World

Italian Police Arrest 181 in ‘Important Blow’ to Cosa Nostra

February 11, 2025February 11, 2025ELISABETTA POVOLEDOComments Off on Italian Police Arrest 181 in ‘Important Blow’ to Cosa Nostra

Scores of people suspected of being affiliated with the resurgent mob were arrested Tuesday during overnight raids in Palermo and the surrounding area.

World

Matteo Messina Denaro, Long-Sought Italian Mafia Boss, Dies at 61

September 25, 2023September 25, 2023Elisabetta Povoledo and Gaia PianigianiComments Off on Matteo Messina Denaro, Long-Sought Italian Mafia Boss, Dies at 61

A high-ranking member of the Cosa Nostra, he was arrested in January after decades on the run. He was found through medical records related to his cancer treatment.

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Maurizio Costanzo, Who Transformed Italian Talk Shows, Dies at 84

March 1, 2023March 2, 2023GAIA PIANIGIANIComments Off on Maurizio Costanzo, Who Transformed Italian Talk Shows, Dies at 84

Praised by critics as the inventor of contemporary Italian television, he also used his position to take on the Sicilian Mafia, which tried to kill him.

World

A Car Racing Fan From Liverpool Is Mistaken for a Mafia Boss

September 14, 2021Aina J. Khan and Gaia PianigianiComments Off on A Car Racing Fan From Liverpool Is Mistaken for a Mafia Boss

The British man was arrested by armed Dutch police at the request of the Italian authorities, who believed him to be a fugitive Sicilian mobster.

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Italian Police Arrest Over 300 in Raids on Organized Crime

December 20, 2019December 20, 2019ELISABETTA POVOLEDOComments Off on Italian Police Arrest Over 300 in Raids on Organized Crime

Officials said they had dismantled a major crime family within the ’Ndrangheta, the group based in the southern region of Calabria that is Italy’s most powerful mafia syndicate.

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Italy and 3 Other Nations Arrest Members of Mafia

December 4, 2018December 5, 2018ELISABETTA POVOLEDOComments Off on Italy and 3 Other Nations Arrest Members of Mafia

The Italian authorities arrested 46 members of the Sicilian Mafia, a day before Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands detained members of a southern Italian criminal enterprise.

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