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Second Messina Denaro hideout discovered

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italian police today found a second hideout of Matteo Messina Denaro, the Mafia superboss apprehended on Monday after 30 years on the run.

Mafia boss hideout found in Sicilian town of Campobello di Mazara

Mafia boss hideout found and searched

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Police and investigators have found the hideout of Matteo Messina Denaro, the mafia boss arrested yesterday after 30 years on the run.

Messina Denaro - Italy's most wanted man - arrested on Sicily

Italy’s most wanted man arrested after 30 years on the run

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

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.

Police arrest mafia member for murder of three women in Rome Polie search for suspect in triple homicide in Rome

Police arrest mafia member following murders of three women in Rome

November 20, 2022November 20, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

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.

'Lady Oil' on boat in Venice. She was jailed for mafai association.

Mafia ringleader ‘Lady Oil’ sentenced to jail

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

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.

On this day in history: Mafia Don Carlo Gambino born

August 24, 2022August 24, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

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.

Image: courtesy of AFP. ´Ndrangheta tentacles reach across Australia

Calabrian mafia operating in their thousands in Australia

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) say Calabrian mafia ‘Ndrangheta have been in Australia for decades, laundering money and ‘pulling the strings’ of other gangs.

Letizia Battaglia - photo journalist who covered the Mafia

Photo Journalist who covered the Mafia wars dies aged 87

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Historic Italian Mafia photo reporter Letizia Battaglia died Wednesday at the age of 87, her family said. Battaglia worked for the prestigious Palermo newspaper L’Ora, chronicling the Mafia wars.

Italian mafia fugitive spotted on Google Street View ending 20 years on the run

January 6, 2022January 6, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

An Italian mafia fugitive, on the run for 20 years, was caught after detectives spotted him on Google Maps in Spain. Gioacchino Gammino was sentenced to life for a 1989 murder in Italy.

Sicilian Mafia boss, Giovanni Brusca, released

June 1, 2021March 22, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The release of Giovanni Brusca, by virtue of a law inspired, paradoxically, by Giovanni Falcone, has caused a political stir. Secretary of the Democratic Party said it is a “punch in the stomach that leaves you breathless and you wonder how it is possible”.