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An Italian town has banned the sale of Mafia-themed souvenirs
The city of Agrigento has banned the sale of Mafia-themed souvenirs at gift stores.
Nora Redmond
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Stone Age skeletons show women were likely sacrificed in Mafia-style killings, say archaeologists
Ancient skeletons discovered in France linked to a form of murder used by the Italian Mafia.
Cameron Manley
Former Italian "Mafia Princess" on how the 'Ndrangheta actually works
Marisa Merico is the daughter of one of Italy's most notorious Mafia godfathers, Emilio DiGiovine o…
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Gambino mobsters arrested in a mafia bust have exactly the kinds of nicknames you'd expect
The alleged Gambino wise guys, including "Vinny Slick," "Uncle Ciccio," "Joe Brooklyn," and "Fifi,"…
Natalie Musumeci
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Wartime sanctions on Russia have sparked new smuggling opportunities for hot-ticket items like luxury Italian handbags and microchips
Despite Western countries' efforts to cut off Russia from the world, market constraints have create…
Erin Snodgrass
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Investors bought about $1.1 billion in private bonds backed by Italy's most powerful Mafia over 4 years
From 2015 to 2019, pension funds, hedge funds, family offices, and a private Italian bank all purch…
Shalini Nagarajan
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A suspected Italian gangster was caught after police recognized him in his YouTube cooking videos
Marc Feren Claude Biart, 53, disappeared in 2014 when a warrant was issued for his arrest in connec…
Ashley Collman
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Sicilian mafia boss arrested after 30 years on the run — the last of Italy's most-wanted crime lords
Matteo Messina Denaro, a brutal boss of Sicily's Cosa Nostra, was arrested on Monday. He'd been a f…
Joshua Zitser
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Video captures the moment a mafia boss escaped from prison in a getaway using bed sheets knotted together for a makeshift rope
At the time of his escape, Marco Raduano, the head of the Sacra Corona Unita mafia, was serving a 1…
Isobel van Hagen
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Former FBI official likens Matt Gaetz, Roger Stone, and Trump to the Mafia: 'It's a criminal organization'
Frank Figliuzzi said Gaetz and Stone's hot-mic conversation reminded him of wiretaps of mobsters.
Cheryl Teh
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Mafia killer arrested after living a double life as a pizza chef, even boasting in public about his food under a fake name
Edgardo Greco, who was a part of the 'Ndrangheta organized crime syndicate, had been working at Ita…
Joshua Zitser
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235 frozen dormice, a delicacy served to high-ranking mafia gangsters at banquets, discovered in drugs raid
Police raided a cannabis farm in Calabria, southern Italy, and found 235 frozen dormice, a favored …
Bethany Dawson
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An Italian priest is under investigation for conducting Mass in swim trunks and using an inflatable mattress as an altar
Footage shows swimsuit-clad teenagers wading in shallow water in front of the shirtless priest as h…
Matthew Loh
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When the suspected mafia boss, known as the 'godmother,' was arrested at Rome airport, she 'didn't bat an eyelash,' says report
Maria Licciardi, a reputed mafia boss of the Camorra crime syndicate in Naples, was arrested in Rom…
Alia Shoaib
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Made Men: A photo tour of the most notorious sites of New York Mafia history - and what they look like now
From Sparks steak house, to dumping grounds for murder victims, to the hotel where a turncoat fell …
Andrew Lichtenstein
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The release of an infamous Sicilian mafia killer dubbed 'the people slayer' sparks an outcry in Italy
Sicilian hitman Giovanni Brusca is believed to have murdered over 100 people, including an 11-year-…
Jacob Sarkisian
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Police used Google Maps to track down a mafia fugitive who was on the run for 20 years
Gioacchino Gammino was spotted on Google Street View at a grocery store in Spain. Police found a ph…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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11 members of the Gambino crime family pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, and obstruction of justice
The Gambino crime family is one of the "five families" of La Cosa Nostra, the Italian-American mafi…
Madison Hall
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An Italian politician who spent 27 years in total anonymity to hide from the mafia has revealed her face for the first time
Immediately after Nicolò's death, Aiello went to see a magistrate in the Sicilian capital of P…
Alexandra Ma
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Italian police: The head of the Sicilian Mafia used 'sheep code' to communicate
Denaro is the most wanted fugitive of the Cosa Nostra and has been convicted in abstentia for diffe…