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