Maldera was one of the so-called godfathers of the Franco-Italian mafia that terrorized the southeastern city in the 1980s, along with his brother Robert, a source close to the case told AFP.

Her latest book Chasing the Mafia is an idiosyncratic travelogue that combines memoir, sociological analysis and investigative journalism. Through anecdotes, personal memories and records of criminal ...

Italian police have launched a series of raids targeting Mafia clans operating in and around the Sicilian capital Palermo. More than 1,2000 officers were involved in the operation, which the ...

Law enforcement agencies now fear the country could become a hub for the Mafia. Last November, the Italian police struck in several regions, arresting over a hundred suspects from the Calabrian ...