Mafia Articles and News
Criminals aren’t complicated, Alfred. Just have to figure out what he’s after – Bruce Wayne, The Dark Knight Pizza Connection During the 1970s, the Sicilian mafia began smuggling drugs into the United States. The narcotics reached their destination—New York—after detouring across the Midwest. At which point, members of the American…...
Every story has an end. But in life, every ending is just a new beginning. Uptown Girls The death of Matteo Messina Denaro, who died while in prison last September, marked the end of an era. More specifically, one filled with public massacres, bombings, and the mafia’s war against the…...
The majority of Italians and Italian authorities hailed the capture of Matteo Messina Denaro, the nation’s most wanted fugitive, on January 16, 2023. The arrest took place at a private clinic in Palermo, Sicily where Denaro went to receive treatment for stomach cancer. In February 2023, Palermo magistrates enthusiastically interrogated…...
When one thinks of the mafia in Italy, three familiar names come to mind: the camorra of Naples, Calabria’s ‘ndrangheta, and Sicilian cosa nostra. Needless to say, there is a rising concern of a fourth mafia rearing its head. Puglia Italy’s Southernmost region, Apulia (Puglia) is well-known for its whitewashed…...
