A notorious Italian mafia boss has died while receiving medical treatment for cancer after being arrested early this year, according to media reports. Messina Denaro’s condition worsened in recent ...

Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted mafia boss, has been arrested in Sicily after 30 years on the run. Denaro, the 60 year old head of the Sicilian mafia the Cosa Nostra, who once claimed “I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sicilian authorities say items depicting Marlon Brando in The Godfather make light of the bloody feuds carried out by the Sicilian ...

For women speaking out against the Mafia, the protection offered can be both practically and emotionally challenging. A new ...

An Italian mafia boss known as the “last godfather” of the Cosa Nostra has died. Matteo Messina Denaro was one of the country’s most wanted men and spent more than 30 years on the run until his ...

The investigation draws on intelligence reports, judicial records, and historical documents describing networks extending ...

In 1986, Italian authorities built a fortified bunker inside a Palermo prison to hold the largest mafia trial in history. Among the 471 defendants rattling their cages was the entire leadership of the ...

The president of the Vatican Court, Giuseppe Pignatone, is under investigation by the Italian judiciary for allegedly collaborating with the Mafia in the early 1990s. Pignatone, 75, is known for his ...

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 ...

ROME, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The arrest of Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro deals a powerful blow to the mythology of the Cosa Nostra, toppling a symbol of the group's resistance to police ...