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Police during a raid on Tuesday in Palermo (Italy).

Major raid reveals the secrets of the new Cosa Nostra: Video chats between bosses and ‘The Godfather’ as a school of life

Íñigo Domínguez|Rome|Feb 12, 2025 - 18:39 CET

The Carabinieri arrested 183 mafiosi from the most powerful clans in Palermo in a raid the likes of which has not been seen since the era of Judge Falcone in the 1980s

On the left, the bodies of the three women as they were found. On the right, a drawing of what the silo was like, with the detail of the two sacrifices imprisoned by grinding stones.

Neolithic

First European farmers practiced ritual killing used today by the mafia

Miguel Ángel Criado|Apr 11, 2024 - 13:04 CEST

The first examples of ‘incaprettamento’ appear in cave paintings in southern Italy dated to the European Mesolithic period

The hearse with deceased mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrives at the cemetery in the Sicilian city of Castelvetrano; September 27, 2023.

Cosa Nostra

The Italian mafia regroups after the death of capo Messina Denaro

Lorena Pacho|Rome|Sep 30, 2023 - 17:25 CEST

The Cosa Nostra eschews headline-grabbing murders in favor of drug trafficking and corruption

Matteo Messina, guarded by Carabinieri officers, after being arrested in January 2023.

Mafia

Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro dies in prison

Lorena Pacho|Rome|Sep 25, 2023 - 17:20 CEST

The 61-year-old Cosa Nostra boss had been Italy’s most wanted criminal for decades

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