The Albanian case is very similar to the problems that the Croat 19 th century nationalists faced with the acute lack of ...

Imagine sitting at a tiny outdoor table in a crowded restaurant with a buzzy atmosphere set in a narrow cobbled street on a ...

“Cosa Nostra,” the mafia syndicate based in and around Palermo, terrorized Italy in the 1980s and 1990s, but has since been overtaken as Europe’s most powerful mob by the Calabrian ‘Ndranghet ...

Italian police arrested 181 suspected mafia members in a massive raid against cosa nostra in palermo. the operation, involving 1,200 officers, targeted high-ranking bosses, extortionists, and drug ...

In Italy, gov’t issues largest crackdown on mafia in decades Italian police arrested around 150 affiliates to the Sicilian ...

Italian police arrested almost 150 people Tuesday (February 11, 2025) in a major operation against the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo, areas of which remain in the grip of powerful Cosa Nostra clans.

Italian police have arrested 181 suspects in a major anti-mafia operation conducted in Palermo, Sicily. Italy’s Carabinieri police force said those arrested were accused of attempted murder, extortion ...

Cosa Nostra, the mafia syndicate based in and around Palermo, terrorised Italy in the 1980s and 1990s, but has since been overtaken as Europe's most powerful mob by the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta.

Police said the Sicilian mafia still had a strong grip on the region, having set aside differences, enlisted new recruits and focused on new criminal ventures.

And in this context, the mafia gangs also increased their power by not depending on the usual economy. A simplified version of the Tommy Gun, the Thompson M1 submachine gun, was the standard ...