Italian authorities made new arrests in a sweeping VAT fraud case tied to organized crime and cross-border shell firms.

He starts by telling us his story. Antoci grew up in Sicily during the “Years of Lead”: when political and criminal violence wracked the country and the island’s homegrown mafia, the Cosa Nostra, ...

The Real-Life Mafia Inspiration Behind Tulsa King While the show and characters themselves are not directly based on true stories, Tulsa King was inspired by Sicily's bloody and violent mafia ...

Sicily’s capital is certainly worth more than a quick stop before hurrying off to other locations. An energized social scene has emerged from a city once gripped by the mafia.

For decades, the Five Families ruled over all of New York City. Formed in 1931 after the end of the Castellammarese War, the Italian-American Mafia La Cosa Nostra began operating through the ...

Rival mob bosses laid down their arms as they got together from across southern Italy at one of the nation's biggest ever mafia weddings. But as Neapolitan, Calabrian and Sicilian guests tucked ...

Finally, Riina’s project failed spectacularly and the Sicilian mafia has been under great pressure ever since. By the time he was finally captured in 2022, Messina Denaro was a man of the past.

He committed his first homicide at the age of 18. Sicilian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has died in prison on Monday, aged 61. Messina Denaro was being treated for colon cancer while in jail.

Born in Trapani, Sicily, he was the son of regional mafia boss Francesco Messina Debaro, known as Don Ciccio, and was taught to handle a gun at 14.