Mafia
‘Family connections’: mafia, the fruit and veg trade, and the fatal shooting of John Latorre in suburban Melbourne
Calabrian-Australian families like that of John Latorre, who was killed this week, are synonymous with the fresh produce sector – but some have connections to the ’Ndrangheta too
Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter
15, Mar, 2024 @2:00 PM
Poisoned chalice: bleach smell alerts Italian priest to apparent mafia threat
Father Felice Palamara notices unusual aroma after consecrating vessel for eucharist
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
26, Feb, 2024 @1:42 PM
‘The self is suppressed’: psychologists explore the minds of the mafiosi
Italian researchers say that joining the mafia is like entering a cult in which members must leave behind their own identity
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
09, Feb, 2024 @12:11 PM
Police in Sicily arrest suspected mafia members over EU subsidies fraud
Alleged mobsters among 37 people held as part of investigation into interception of agricultural funding
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
07, Feb, 2024 @12:58 PM
Mafia boss who escaped prison using bedsheets recaptured in France
Marco Raduano broke out of high-security wing of a prison in Sardinia in February 2023
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
02, Feb, 2024 @3:35 PM
‘Meloni’s response left me stunned’: the Italian priest taking on the mafia
Maurizio Patriciello has had police protection since a bombing near his church in Caivano, Naples, but he vows to keep fighting crime
Angela Giuffrida in Caivano
06, Jan, 2024 @12:00 PM
Former drug trafficker offers up island in hope of reduced sentence
Mafia informant Raffaele Imperiale hands over artificial isle off coast of UAE to show willingness to cooperate
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
28, Nov, 2023 @11:31 AM
More than 200 people convicted in Italian mafia ‘maxi trial’
Specially built courtroom in Calabria heard evidence of ruthless tactics of ’Ndrangheta crime syndicate
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
20, Nov, 2023 @2:10 PM
On my radar: Ruth Madeley’s cultural highlights
The actor on the bravery of Britney Spears, her favourite Manchester bar and the designer who’s making fashion accessible for everybody
Killian Fox
11, Nov, 2023 @3:00 PM
Seventeen men arrested in Sicily and US in joint anti-mafia operation
Arrests come after two-year investigation targeting members of New York’s Gambino family and some Sicilian associates
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
08, Nov, 2023 @6:33 PM
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia review – a barely believable tale of corruption and betrayal
This documentary’s examination of the singer, the president and organised crime is exhilaratingly grubby. The twisting, steadily intensifying story is a corker
Jack Seale
04, Nov, 2023 @11:00 PM
Neomelodica star Tony Colombo arrested in Naples mafia swoop
Singer, whose music has been linked to crime gangs, and his wife are among 27 held in police raids
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
19, Oct, 2023 @4:00 AM
1 / 40 pages