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    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      News in-depthItaly
      Messina Denaro’s arrest saps strength of the Sicilian mafia

      Capture of the last fugitive Cosa Nostra ‘godfather’ highlights the state’s progress against organised crime, experts say

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      Italy’s most-wanted mafia boss Messina Denaro arrested in Sicily

      Gangster convicted of multiple murders caught at Palermo medical clinic after 30-year hunt

    • Friday, 27 August, 2021
      News in-depthItaly
      Arrest of ‘Van Gogh boss’ signals net is tightening around Italy’s Mafia fugitives

      Cross-border co-operation and tech advances have made life on the run more challenging for country’s most wanted criminals

    • Friday, 16 April, 2021
      ReviewTelevision
      The Hunter on Channel 4 — sharply paced and ultra-stylised thrills

      This hugely watchable mafia drama is set in ’90s Sicily and based on real events

    • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
      Italy
      Italian mafia tightens grip on small businesses during lockdown

      Crime groups adjust operations to compensate for a fall in other criminal opportunities

    • Saturday, 2 January, 2021
      Italy
      The mafia turns social media influencer to reinforce its brand

      Southern Italy’s mob bosses embrace digital platforms as a way to spread their message

    • Friday, 12 June, 2020
      Italy
      Italians turn to illegal gambling during lockdown

      Betting activity thrives despite hopes that prolonged closure of sector will help tackle addiction

    • Friday, 15 May, 2020
      John Paul Rathbone
      How to exit lockdown? Elementary, my dear Watson

      Crime and disease share a common language. They both need other bodies to thrive

    • Friday, 4 October, 2019
      Catholic Church
      Vatican hires anti-Mafia prosecutor to head criminal tribunal

      Giuseppe Pignatone appointed after claims of financial misconduct at heart of church

    • Tuesday, 8 January, 2019
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      Police target vast mafia profits from food fraud and mislabelling

      Combating criminal creativity requires ‘traceability, standardisation and co-operation’

    • Thursday, 8 November, 2018
      FT Magazine
      How the mafia got to our food

      Italy’s organised crime families have infiltrated the country’s food chain, from field to fork

    • Friday, 17 November, 2017
      World
      Sicilian Mafia ‘boss of bosses’ Salvatore Riina dies at 87

      Unrepentant leader committed some of the most gruesome crimes in postwar Italian history

    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2016
      ObituaryWorld
      Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano dies in prison aged 83

      Cosa Nostra leader spent 43 years as a fugitive until 2006 arrest

    • Thursday, 8 October, 2015
      European companies
      UniCredit executive denies organised-crime links

      Palenzona’s offices raided by police after prosecutors put him under investigation

    • Friday, 24 July, 2015
      World
      Italy’s Mafia learns to profit from the migration crisis

      Criminal groups claimed to have rigged contracts for the management of refugee centres

    • Saturday, 31 January, 2015
      World
      Sergio Mattarella: enemy of the Mafia and champion of the law

      At the age of 73, judge is Italy’s first Sicilian head of state

    • Thursday, 15 January, 2015
      Commodities
      Mafia harvests cash from Italian farms

      Organised crime milks €15bn thanks to deteriorating economy, says report

    • Friday, 13 June, 2014
      World
      Berlusconi ally extradited to Italy from Lebanon
    • Friday, 11 April, 2014
      World
      Mystery around ex-senator Marcello Dell’Utri deepens
    • Monday, 17 March, 2014
      World
      Fugitive suspected of Mafia links wins battle against extradition
    • Wednesday, 26 February, 2014
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Letizia Battaglia: Breaking the Code of Silence, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool – review

      A triumphant show of anti-Mafia photographs and images of Italian life

    • Friday, 7 February, 2014
      FT Magazine
      How a southern Italian restaurateur stood up to the mafia
    • Friday, 10 January, 2014
      InterviewLunch with the FT
      Lunch with the FT: Elisabetta Tripodi

      Over cicci ricci and chocolate cake, the Calabrian mayor tells John Lloyd about sexism in Italian politics and her mission to fight organised crime

    • Monday, 12 August, 2013
      World
      Mob boss ‘Whitey’ Bulger guilty of murder
    • Friday, 31 May, 2013
      The FT ViewEuropean companies
      God’s new banker

      Vatican bank’s reputation will depend on transparency

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