https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Police in Germany have captured a fugitive member of the notorious ‘Ndrangheta mafia organization. https://www.thelocal.it/20171227/ndrangheta-fugitive-arrested-in-germany Wed, 27 Dec 2017 15:45:25 +0100 ndrangheta-fugitive-arrested-in-germany The captain of a fishing vessel was arrested in Italy on Tuesday after allegedly throwing one of his crew overboard in a bid to stop police finding the undocumented worker, who could not swim. https://www.thelocal.it/20171205/italian-fisherman-throws-migrant-worker-overboard-to-evade-police Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:09:37 +0100 italian-fisherman-throws-migrant-worker-overboard-to-evade-police A woman who allegedly led a mafia clan was among 25 people arrested in Palermo early on Tuesday as part of an anti-mafia sweep. https://www.thelocal.it/20171205/mafia-godmother-arrested-in-palermo Tue, 05 Dec 2017 13:37:51 +0100 mafia-godmother-arrested-in-palermo A Sicilian mafia boss ordered his son to kill his sister because she had a relationship with a policeman, investigators said. https://www.thelocal.it/20171030/mafia-boss-ordered-hit-job-on-daughter-over-relationship-with-policeman Mon, 30 Oct 2017 18:30:43 +0100 mafia-boss-ordered-hit-job-on-daughter-over-relationship-with-policeman The brother of Ahmed Hanachi, the Tunisian man who killed two women at a train station in the southern French city of Marseilles, had fought with jihadists in Syria. https://www.thelocal.it/20171009/brother-of-marseilles-attacker-was-foreign-fighter-in-syria Mon, 09 Oct 2017 18:13:57 +0200 brother-of-marseilles-attacker-was-foreign-fighter-in-syria A nurse working in the northern Italian city of Verona was arrested on Thursday for allegedly giving morphine to a baby, who overdosed and suffered a respiratory arrest. https://www.thelocal.it/20170803/nurse-arrested-for-allegedly-giving-baby-morphine-to-calm-it-down Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:11:10 +0200 nurse-arrested-for-allegedly-giving-baby-morphine-to-calm-it-down A fugitive Italian mobster who had been living in Mexico under a false identity was behind bars Saturday after being tracked down on Facebook, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20170311/facebook-search-traps-italian-mobster-in-mexico Sat, 11 Mar 2017 12:54:34 +0100 facebook-search-traps-italian-mobster-in-mexico A man has been arrested by Italian police for allegedly smuggling migrants into France. https://www.thelocal.it/20160817/italian-police-arrest-man-for-smuggling-migrants-into-france Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:21:10 +0200 italian-police-arrest-man-for-smuggling-migrants-into-france A 23-year-old was arrested in Genoa on Wednesday on terrorism charges. https://www.thelocal.it/20160803/man-who-planned-to-join-syrian-jihadists-arrested-in-italy Wed, 03 Aug 2016 12:59:31 +0200 man-who-planned-to-join-syrian-jihadists-arrested-in-italy In Italy's southern city of Naples, if you want to buy or sell bread, there's only one supplier to go to -- and you'd better not refuse. https://www.thelocal.it/20160628/naples-mobsters-bring-home-dough-from-bread-sales Tue, 28 Jun 2016 10:57:23 +0200 naples-mobsters-bring-home-dough-from-bread-sales A senior Portuguese intelligence officer has been arrested in Rome along with a Russian at the request of Lisbon which suspects them of spying, the Lusa news agency reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160524/suspected-portuguese-russian-spies-arrested-in-rome Tue, 24 May 2016 10:32:47 +0200 suspected-portuguese-russian-spies-arrested-in-rome Dutch police have arrested a fugitive Italian mafia boss known in the Netherlands more for his lip-smacking pizzas than his links to organised crime, local media and prosecutors said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160520/star-pizza-makerand-mafia-boss-arrested-in-dutch-town Fri, 20 May 2016 10:00:08 +0200 star-pizza-makerand-mafia-boss-arrested-in-dutch-town UPDATED: One of the four people arrested in Italy on Thursday was allegedly given an order from Isis extremists to launch attacks in Rome during the Catholic Holy Year, including on the Israeli embassy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160428/alleged-jihadist-couple-arrested-in-italy-planned-to-take-kids-to-syria Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:17:41 +0200 alleged-jihadist-couple-arrested-in-italy-planned-to-take-kids-to-syria An Italian nurse has been arrested on suspicion of killing 13 patients by administering fatal doses of a blood-thinning drug while they were in intensive care, authorities announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160331/nurse-arrested-over-murder-of-13-patients-in-italian-hospital Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:25:24 +0200 nurse-arrested-over-murder-of-13-patients-in-italian-hospital An Iraqi man identified by French and Belgian authorities as having terrorist links to the Isis extremist group was arrested in Sorrento hours after the attacks in Brussels on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160323/italy-arrests-iraqi-identified-as-having-terrorist-links Wed, 23 Mar 2016 10:01:14 +0100 italy-arrests-iraqi-identified-as-having-terrorist-links Six suspected members of a trafficking network were arrested in Greece as they prepared to fly seven Iraqi migrants to Italy in a light aircraft, Greek police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160318/italy-bound-migrant-smuggling-flight-grounded-in-greece Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:20:37 +0100 italy-bound-migrant-smuggling-flight-grounded-in-greece Swiss authorities have arrested 15 people suspected of belonging to the powerful Italian 'Ndrangheta crime organisation, and are holding them pending extradition, the government said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160308/fifteen-suspected-italian-mobsters-arrested-in-switzerland Tue, 08 Mar 2016 11:03:29 +0100 fifteen-suspected-italian-mobsters-arrested-in-switzerland A Macedonian man suspected of recruiting jihadists for the Isis group was arrested on Friday in north-east Italy, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160226/macedonian-alleged-is-recruiter-arrested-in-italy Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:29:17 +0100 macedonian-alleged-is-recruiter-arrested-in-italy His job was to come down hard on tax evaders, instead an Italian tax judge was arrested in December on suspicion of corruption in judicial acts. https://www.thelocal.it/20160129/italy-police-find-300k-stashed-by-arrested-tax-judge Fri, 29 Jan 2016 10:14:09 +0100 italy-police-find-300k-stashed-by-arrested-tax-judge A 25-year-old man has been arrested in the Calabrian city of Cosenza as part of Italy’s anti-terrorism sweep. https://www.thelocal.it/20160125/italian-police-arrest-suspected-jihadist Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:21:55 +0100 italian-police-arrest-suspected-jihadist