An opinion piece by Parászka Boróka describes a unique form of Hungarian organized crime focused on acquiring and misappropriating European Union funds, suggesting that a distinct Hungarian approach is needed to dismantle it.

Dua Lipa's wedding is set to take place at Villa Valguarnera in Bagheria, Sicily, a historic building once known as a stronghold of the Sicilian Mafia and referred to as the 'Cosa Nostra Feud'.

An ex-mafia killer has decided to show his face on television, contrasting with Cosa Nostra's new strategy of operating invisibly. The organization has learned that true power does not need to be seen.

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 18 - A probe has been opened into the suicide of a mafioso being held in a Turin jail who had just started cooperating with police. Bernardo Pace, 62, a Cosa Nostra member who acted under late superboss Matteo Messina Denaro, was serving 14 years and four months in the Milanese Hydra case of collaboration between the Sicilian Mafia, the Naples Camorra and the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta in the north of Italy. Pace agreed to turn state's evidence a few weeks ago and had started wo...

Matteo Messina Denaro, a notorious former leader of the Cosa Nostra responsible for massacres and assassinations, has died in prison at the age of 87 after three decades of incarceration.

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 3 - Cosa Nostra boss Nitto Santapaola died aged 87 on Monday at Milan's Opera prison. Santapaola was believed to have been the mastermind behind many massacres, including the Capaci bombing in May 1992 in which anti-mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone, his wife, and three of his bodyguards were killed. Having long been a fugitive of justice, Santapaola was arrested a year later. He was being held under the tough, top-security 41bis jail regime. (ANSA). Read article...

Nitto Santapaola, an 87-year-old boss of the Cosa Nostra mafia, has died in Opera prison in Milan, where he was held under the strict 41bis regime.

A new essay by Ryan Gingeras argues that the mafia, Cosa Nostra, is not a dying archaic world but rather an avant-garde of capitalism, extending its reach universally.

Italian anti-mafia and financial police have announced the seizure of over 200 million euros linked to Matteo Messina Denaro, the deceased Sicilian Cosa Nostra boss, who had built a vast financial empire.

Albanian MP Saimir Korreshi has claimed that the Albanian mafia is laundering money by purchasing apartments in Tirana's high-rise buildings, contributing to soaring real estate prices that make homes unaffordable for 95% of the population.

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 10 - Alleged mafia boss Emanuele Gregorini, known as "Dollarino," arrived in Italy Tuesday, having been extradited from Colombia. He is a defendant in the Milan proceedings concerning an alleged alliance between members of the three mafias—Cosa Nostra, Camorra, and 'Ndrangheta—which arose from the "Hydra" investigation by the Milan DDA and the Carabinieri Investigative Unit. Gregorini, as stated in a statement by Prosecutor Marcello Viola, is "considered a member of the 'Lo...

Cosa Nostra leader, who controlled most of eastern Sicily, dies while serving multiple life sentences for murder Benedetto “Nitto” Santapaola, a Sicilian mafia boss and one of the most dangerous figures in Italian criminal history, has died aged 87. Santapaola, who was widely believed to have been the architect of a campaign of bloodshed that scarred Italy in the 1980s and 1990s, died on Monday in a Milan prison where he was serving multiple life sentences. An autopsy has been ordered. Conti...

Péter Magyar has called for the Chief Prosecutor to either cleanse his organization of 'Hungarian Cosa Nostra' members or resign immediately. He also demanded an immediate answer from the prosecutor's office regarding whether Viktor Orbán has been questioned as a suspect.

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 18 - A probe has been opened into the suicide of a mafioso being held in a Turin jail who had just started cooperating with police. Bernardo Pace, 62, a Cosa Nostra member who acted under late superboss Matteo Messina Denaro, was serving 14 years and four months in the Milanese Hydra case of collaboration between the Sicilian Mafia, the Naples Camorra and the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta in the north of Italy. Pace agreed to turn state's evidence a few weeks ago and had started wo...

Eine Arte-Serie spürt dem Rätsel eines realen Kunstraubs nach: Wer zerschnitt 1969 das Caravaggio-Bild in Palermo und raubte es? Steckt dahinter die Cosa Nostra?

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 3 - Cosa Nostra boss Nitto Santapaola died aged 87 on Monday at Milan's Opera prison. Santapaola was believed to have been the mastermind behind many massacres, including the Capaci bombing in May 1992 in which anti-mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone, his wife, and three of his bodyguards were killed. Having long been a fugitive of justice, Santapaola was arrested a year later. He was being held under the tough, top-security 41bis jail regime. (ANSA). Read article...

One of the most ruthless bosses of the Cosa Nostra, known as 'il cacciatore' (the hunter) or 'il licantropo' (the werewolf), who led the Catania mafia from the late 1970s to early 1990s, has died.