He was one of Italy’s most wanted fugitives, hunted for more than a year on charges of murder. But Roberto Mazzarella, 48, head of one of Naples’ most powerful Camorra clans, was undone not by a tip-off or an informant but by an Easter holiday.
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Giovanni Brusca, the mafia hitman who detonated the bomb that killed anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone in 1992, is now officially a free man.
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Premier Giorgia Meloni reaffirmed her government’s commitment to fighting organised crime on Friday, Italy’s National Day of Remembrance for Mafia Victims. President Sergio Mattarella said a cohesive society can combat all mafias.
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Communities across Sicily are expressing unease as more than 20 senior mafia figures have been released from prison in the past three months. These men, many of whom were influential leaders in Cosa Nostra, are now returning to their former neighbourhoods, raising fears of renewed criminal activity.
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A nun was arrested on Thursday with 24 others in a police operation targeting a branch of the Calabria-based ’Ndrangheta in Brescia province.
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The State Attorney’s Offices in Palermo and Milan, along with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), have uncovered a criminal organisation linked to the Mafia and Camorra. The organisation allegedly evaded hundreds of millions in the VAT fraud, investigative sources revealed on Thursday.
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On Friday, over 100 Carabinieri officers launched a major operation to arrest 13 individuals. They were suspected of being involved in the Catania Mafia.
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An Italian court handed a 14-year prison sentence to Rosalia Messina Denaro, sister of the infamous Sicilian crime boss Matteo Messina Denaro, for mafia association.
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Rome DDA anti-mafia investigators have uncovered a major money laundering operation linked to crime syndicates in the Italian capital.
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Carabinieri police on Tuesday staged a major operation linked to an investigation into alleged ties between the ‘Ndrangheta mafia and the political world of Reggio Calabria, sources said.
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