Mafia godfathers in Sicily have been caught on wiretaps lamenting the “miserable” calibre of new recruits as nearly 150 ...

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 ...

The caliber these days is low, a miserable level,” accused Cosa Nostra don Giancarlo Romano was heard saying in a series of ...

Although the undisputed protagonist of the syrupy day of Valentine's Day is the priest who married Roman soldiers and was beheaded for it - the Church, by the way, erased him from ...

Writing on X later on Tuesday, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the arrests were "a very hard blow to Cosa Nostra" and that "organised crime is in trouble". "The fight against the mafia ...

Italian police have arrested 181 people in a crackdown on the Sicilian mafia. Authorities launched a series of raids early on Tuesday, detaining suspected members of the mafia for alleged crimes ...

In the estimation of one gangland kingpin, the quality of new underworld recruits is simply “miserable.” Mafia bosses in ...

Italian police have launched a series of raids targeting Mafia clans operating in and around the Sicilian capital Palermo. More than 1,2000 officers were involved in the operation, which the ...

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 ...

File photo of Italian police carrying out a 'sweep' operation against mafia clans in Palermo in 2008. Photo by MARCELLO PATERNOSTRO / AFP Over 1,200 officers were mobilised at dawn as part of the ...