Many may overlook the real-life figures who inspired legendary fictional Mafia bosses like Don Corleone and Tony Soprano. Mob ...

May 27 marks the anniversary of a brutal act of terrorism perpetrated by the Mafia in Florence which shook Italy in 1993.

Happily, relocating The Merry Widow from the Parisian glamour at the turn of the last century, Savournin finds accurate parallels with 1950s New York mafia featuring ... lovers’ balcony and lemon ...

This challenge, much like the recent Stud Muffin Challenge, can be quite time-consuming and does require a good amount of luck as you try to ascend the Sicilian Mafia’s ranks. To help you out ...

The families of those brutally slaughtered by the Sicilian ... mafia murders that they have refused to confess. 'That's why their release sends a bad signal.' The concerns from prosecutors and ...

The Mafia series prequel takes place in Sicily in the 1900s and depicts the birth of organized crime. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

was not from a Mafia family and had expected to lead a normal ... principally the Cosa Nostra, in Sicily; the ’Ndrangheta, in Calabria; and the Camorra. It presses politicians to pass stronger ...

In 1981, under the shadow of the Mafia ... retired literature teacher. His family owned a plot of land inside the present-day reserve. "We made ropes from ash trees and palms, and we grew some ...

It is far less well-known than Sicily’s Cosa Nostra ... norms that have allowed this mafia to establish roots as deep as Puglia’s famed olive trees. “I don’t believe anyone who says ...

The Sicilian Inheritance' became ... Courtesy of Jo Piazza Some of my family members claim the murder was done by the local mafia, who they always refer to as the Black Hand.