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Apr 11, 2024|Updated 14:13 CEST|Select:

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Cosa Nostra

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.

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.

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 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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