The blast destroyed the car, damaged another family car next to it, and damaged the front gate of Sigfrido Ranucci's home.

The "Free to Choose" project has been in place in the Calabria region — the base of the powerful 'Ndragheta crime syndicate — since 2012. Now, it will be extended to the Sicily and the Campania ...

A prominent Italian journalist threatened by the mafia had his parked car blown up by a bomb overnight, causing no injuries ...

Organized crime has existed for centuries, with certain countries experiencing particularly significant mafia influence. These groups often control illicit markets, influence politics, and perpetuate ...

A Catholic priest in Italy was handed a poisoned chalice — and narrowly avoided drinking it — while celebrating Mass after he spoke out against the Mafia in his small town. The Rev. Felice Palamara — ...

It may not look like "The Godfather" or "Goodfellas," but Southern Italy is in the grips of a crime syndicate much bigger than the Cosa Nostra, the inspiration for those movies. It's called the ...

During evening Mass on Feb. 24, Father Felice Palamara, a parish priest in Cessaniti, a village in the Vibo Valentia province of Italy, was once again apparently targeted by the ’Ndrangheta, a ...

The Italian government on Monday called upon one of the country's leading emergency healthcare experts, who usually operates in warzones, to help sort out a growing coronavirus health crisis in the ...

Police arrested suspects and raided homes early Wednesday across Germany and Italy in a massive effort to clamp down on members of the Italian ’ndrangheta organized crime syndicate. In Germany, more ...

Rome (CNN) — An Italian court has sentenced more than 200 crime gang members to a total of 2,200 years in prison, following the country’s largest mafia trial in three decades. During the trial, which ...

PALMI, Italy (Reuters) - Most southern Italian businessmen do not cross the 'Ndrangheta mafia. Gaetano Saffioti did, and paid a high price. The owner of a successful cement business near the small ...