Mafia superboss Messina Denaro has died
One-time top Mafia fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro died in a hospital in L’Aquila on Monday aged 62. He was caught after 30 years on the run in a Palermo cancer clinic in mid-January.
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Messina Denaro admitted to hospital
Jailed Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has been taken from L’Aquila’s maximum-security jail and admitted to the city’s San Salvatore hospital, sources said on Tuesday.
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Wiretap reveals Cosa Nostra has its own constitution
A Cosa Nostra boss arrested on Tuesday says the Sicilian Mafia has a written statute.
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Second Messina Denaro hideout discovered
Italian police today found a second hideout of Matteo Messina Denaro, the Mafia superboss apprehended on Monday after 30 years on the run.
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Mafia boss hideout found and searched
Police and investigators have found the hideout of Matteo Messina Denaro, the mafia boss arrested yesterday after 30 years on the run.
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Italy’s most wanted man arrested after 30 years on the run
Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted man, has been arrested by the Carabinieri police’s ROS unit after 30 years on the run. He was arrested inside the day hospital of a private clinic in Palermo and did not put up resistance.
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Police arrest mafia member following murders of three women in Rome
On Saturday, Italian police arrested a mafia member suspected of killing three women in Rome. The victims were two alleged Chinese prostitutes and a Colombian sex worker.
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Mafia ringleader ‘Lady Oil’ sentenced to jail
Anna Bettozzi was sentenced to 13 years and two months in jail on Wednesday. Known as a petrol mafia ringleader ‘Lady Oil’, she was arrested last year for mafia association with ‘Ndrangheta.
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On this day in history: Mafia Don Carlo Gambino born
Thought to be the inspiration for Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Carlo Gambino was born on 24th August 1902 in Palermo, Sicily. He became one of the most powerful Mafia Dons in this history of organised crime.
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Calabrian mafia operating in their thousands in Australia
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) say Calabrian mafia ‘Ndrangheta have been in Australia for decades, laundering money and ‘pulling the strings’ of other gangs.
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