Mafia Articles and News
Italy’s commitment to combating organized crime has long been a defining feature of its political, legal, and institutional agenda. The Italian state has developed one of the most sophisticated and influential anti–organized crime systems in the world. While criminal organizations such as Cosa Nostra, ’Ndrangheta, Camorra, and Sacra Corona Unita…...
Once a playground for Italy’s southern aristocracy, Castel Volturno in present day, is a lawless wasteland. In recent decades, the seaside town, located in Campania’s province of Caserta, is home to a large immigrant population, particularly from West Africa. It is also home base to one of Italy’s oldest and…...
During the mid-1980s, the mafia, precisely boss Salvatore Biondino, ruled the San Lorenzo district of Palermo. An area once replete with historic villas, and green spaces, all replaced with blocks of poorly built apartments constructed by mafia-owned companies. At the time, the influence and violence of the mafia caused a…...
It is not the strongest or the most intelligent that will survive but those that can best manage change -Charles Darwin Over the past few decades, the mafia in Italy and Sicily has undergone drastic transformation. Even more telling is the significant revamping in their structure, activities, and visibility. However,…...
Death is bad enough, the death of a child, unbearable. But the murder of a child? There’s nothing worse Anonymous On January 16, 2014, Giuseppe Iannicelli Jr. went desperately searching for his father but had no luck. After checking all the usual haunts, there was no sign of him. Little…...
If we could be twice young and twice old we could correct all our mistakes.Euripides At the request of this District Anti-Mafia Directorate, the Military Investigative Unit of Catania, Italy, made thirteen arrests in the early hours of August 2, 2024. The investigation dubbed “Leonidi dis” aimed at dismantling the…...
We all want our children to be like us but sometimes it’s best they turn out different. Anonymous Free to choose Roberto Di Bella, judge of the Juvenile Court of Reggio Calabria, recognized the young man in his office. Two months earlier, the arrogant fifteen year old stood before him…...
Matteo Messina Denaro On January 16, 2023, following a 30-year manhunt, Italian law enforcement apprehended Matteo Messina Denaro. His capture took place at the La Maddalena clinic in Palermo, Sicily, where he was undergoing chemotherapy treatment. Most considered Denaro the last link between the death-dealing cosa nostra of the past…...
Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Extreme Cyclist Italian extreme cyclist Vittorio Brumotti holds ten entries in the Guinness Book of World Records. Riding is his passion and he refers to his bike as his gun, guitar,…...
Approach the enemy with the attitude of defeating him without delay Miyamato Musashi Maxi-Trial Following a three-year legal process that saw 416 members and associates of the ‘ndrangheta arrested in December 2019, over two hundred defendants were found guilty and given a combined sentence of 2,100 years. For Italian magistrates…...
