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 ...

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 ...

Italian authorities have seized assets and companies valued at more than €200 million (£173 million) as part of to the financial empire of the late mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro. Messina Denaro, a ...

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 ...

Two indictments detailed schemes involving sports betting and rigged poker games, prosecutors said. The link was current and former N.B.A. players and coaches. By David Waldstein Scores of people ...

Mafia bosses have been secretly moaning about the “miserable” quality of recruits leaving them “on our knees” — while dreaming it could be more like “The Godfather.” “The caliber these days is low, a ...

After declining to get involved in peddling cocaine, Davide De Marchi took the precaution of not always being at home. His bosses in the Sicilian Cosa Nostra had not taken kindly to his refusal. ”Once ...

Rome — Italian authorities arrested Italy's most-wanted fugitive on Monday, taking mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro into custody after a 30-year manhunt. Messina Denaro's arrest brings to a close the ...

By Crispian Balmer ROME, Aug 17 (Reuters) - The theft of four paintings by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina may have ...