Italian police arrested almost 150 people Tuesday in a major operation against the Sicilian mafia in Palermo, areas of which remain in the grip of powerful Cosa Nostra clans. Warrants were issued ...

Antoci, a folk hero in Italy for his anti-mob activism, is familiar with taking on mafia activities at home — and braving the ...

Dutch police thought he was the head of the Sicilian mafia who has been on the run for decades. Dutch police thought he was head of the Sicilian mafia who has been on the run for nearly 30 years.

The Sicilian mafia is arguably one of the most famous – or infamous – institutions in the Western world. After its first appearance in Sicily in the 1870s it soon infiltrated the economic and ...

It also explains, oddly perhaps, the rise of the Sicilian Mafia without once even mentioning the word ‘Mafia’. Il Gattopardo – actually the word means ‘serval’, not ‘leopard’ – so named after the ...

It’s that good. Mafia 2: Definitive Edition tells a typical Sicilian mafia story, in which the protagonist, Vito Scaletta, discovers that he can prosper more effectively in the society of Empire ...