In January 2023, Sicilian police officers arrested a man they'd been seeking for 30 years: Matteo Messina Denaro. He joined the Cosa Nostra as a young man and participated in several murders and ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Sicilian godfather Matteo Messina Denaro, who was arrested on Monday after 30 years on the run, is a ruthless assassin whose violence fuelled the bloody reputation of the Cosa Nostra Mafia. “With the ...

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 ...

Cosa Nostra is seeking to buy mine-laying drones from the black market created by the war in Ukraine, Palermo chief ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...