The Italian mafia’s tentacles in Colombia: Cheaper cocaine and ties with the Gulf Clan
The recent capture of several leaders of the Camorra and the ‘Ndragheta highlights the extensive operations of European crime groups in the South American country
Major raid reveals the secrets of the new Cosa Nostra: Video chats between bosses and ‘The Godfather’ as a school of life
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
First European farmers practiced ritual killing used today by the mafia
The first examples of ‘incaprettamento’ appear in cave paintings in southern Italy dated to the European Mesolithic period
The Italian mafia regroups after the death of capo Messina Denaro
The Cosa Nostra eschews headline-grabbing murders in favor of drug trafficking and corruption
Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro dies in prison
The 61-year-old Cosa Nostra boss had been Italy’s most wanted criminal for decades