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 Italian and German police have rounded up more than 160 suspects in a vast anti-mafia operation in the two countries, cracking open a crime empire that grew rich on bread, wine and funeral services. https://www.thelocal.it/20180109/over-160-suspects-arrested-in-german-italian-anti-mafia-sweep Tue, 09 Jan 2018 15:29:52 +0100 over-160-suspects-arrested-in-german-italian-anti-mafia-sweep An Italian, a Swiss and a Venezuelan journalist have been arrested as they prepared a report on a prison in northern Venezuela, human rights and press freedom groups said. https://www.thelocal.it/20171008/journalists-including-italian-swiss-arrested-over-venezuela-prison-report Sun, 08 Oct 2017 19:15:06 +0200 journalists-including-italian-swiss-arrested-over-venezuela-prison-report Three men from Kosovo and an unidentified minor have been arrested in Venice on suspicion of plotting to blow up the city's celebrated Rialto Bridge, Italian police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170330/italian-police-arrest-three-in-venice-terror-cell-bust Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:41:33 +0200 italian-police-arrest-three-in-venice-terror-cell-bust Police in Salerno, southwestern Italy, have made a series of arrests for criminal conspiracy related to migrant-trafficking, according to a statement on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20161123/italy-arrests-suspected-migrant-traffickers-for-inhumane-treatment Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:58:37 +0100 italy-arrests-suspected-migrant-traffickers-for-inhumane-treatment Italy's Interior Minister Angelino Alfano on Thursday told Parliament that 35 Islamists had been expelled from the country so far in 2016. https://www.thelocal.it/20160729/italy-has-expelled-35-of-terror-charges-in-2016-alfano Fri, 29 Jul 2016 12:36:38 +0200 italy-has-expelled-35-of-terror-charges-in-2016-alfano UPDATED: Italian police on Tuesday arrested an Afghan suspected of plotting attacks in Italy, Britain and France after finding incriminating evidence on his mobile phone. https://www.thelocal.it/20160510/two-afghans-held-in-bari-suspected-of-planning-terror-attacks-in-italy-and-uk-britain-france-paris-london-rome-terrorism Tue, 10 May 2016 13:07:49 +0200 two-afghans-held-in-bari-suspected-of-planning-terror-attacks-in-italy-and-uk-britain-france-paris-london-rome-terrorism A 26-year-old man was arrested on Sunday, charged with allegedly radicalizing and recruiting terrorists in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160509/italy-arrests-man-suspected-of-recruiting-terrorists Mon, 09 May 2016 11:30:55 +0200 italy-arrests-man-suspected-of-recruiting-terrorists Italian authorities said on Wednesday they have pinned last year's theft of Rubens and Tintoretto masterpieces in Verona on a Moldovan gang they believe was helped by a museum security guard. https://www.thelocal.it/20160316/museum-insider-moldovans-arrested-over-italy-art-heist Wed, 16 Mar 2016 15:08:32 +0100 museum-insider-moldovans-arrested-over-italy-art-heist An anti-mafia prosecutor has called on Italians to denounce mobsters after police arrested 26 people Thursday in a drug sting that revealed the grip southern crime groups have on the country's rich north. https://www.thelocal.it/20160219/italians-urged-to-snitch-on-mobsters Fri, 19 Feb 2016 09:39:03 +0100 italians-urged-to-snitch-on-mobsters A 45-year-old man suspected of smuggling jihadists into Italy has been arrested in the Puglia city of Bari as part of Italy’s anti-terror sweep. https://www.thelocal.it/20151207/suspected-terrorist-planned-europe-attacks Mon, 07 Dec 2015 13:36:49 +0100 suspected-terrorist-planned-europe-attacks Italy on Tuesday announced the arrest of eight suspected people smugglers blamed for the death of 49 migrants asphyxiated in the hold of a sinking ship at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20150818/italy-arrests-eight-over-asphyxiated-migrants Tue, 18 Aug 2015 15:59:31 +0200 italy-arrests-eight-over-asphyxiated-migrants Italian police on Tuesday arrested six people, including a senior culture official, in a probe running parallel to a major investigation into a mafia network suspected of operating out of Rome city hall. https://www.thelocal.it/20150610/new-arrests-as-italy-probes-mafia-links-to-rome-officials Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:19:54 +0200 new-arrests-as-italy-probes-mafia-links-to-rome-officials Italian police said on Friday they had dismantled an Islamist network they have linked to Osama bin Laden, one of Pakistan's deadliest attacks and, more loosely, a possible plot to bomb the Vatican. https://www.thelocal.it/20150424/bin-laden-allies-suspected-of-vatican-plot Fri, 24 Apr 2015 17:29:18 +0200 bin-laden-allies-suspected-of-vatican-plot Two men who allegedly acted as aides to terrorist leader Osama bin Laden have been arrested in Italy, as part of a "vast anti-terrorism operation" carried out on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150424/italy-uncovers-al-qaeda-base-in-sardinia Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:27:12 +0200 italy-uncovers-al-qaeda-base-in-sardinia Italian police have arrested 24 alleged people smugglers, who are said to be part of an international network that operates across Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150420/people-smugglers-earn-up-to-k-each Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:21:09 +0200 people-smugglers-earn-up-to-k-each Italian authorities have arrested two people suspected of being involved in the recruitment of fighters for the Isis extremist group, and a third who was the alleged author of the Italian version of an Isis propaganda document. https://www.thelocal.it/20150325/italy-arrests-suspected-isis-recruiters Wed, 25 Mar 2015 11:26:08 +0100 italy-arrests-suspected-isis-recruiters Italy's financial police on Wednesday arrested 18 people suspected of making illicit cash transfers totalling more than a billion euros, most of them to China through a British company. https://www.thelocal.it/20141217/italy-arrest-18-over-china-bank-transfers-via-british-firm Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:34:00 +0100 italy-arrest-18-over-china-bank-transfers-via-british-firm A number of Italian taxi drivers have been arrested in Germany for allegedly running hundreds of refugees across the country's border, although one organization claims they have done nothing wrong. https://www.thelocal.it/20140902/italian-cab-drivers-smuggled-refugees-to-germany Tue, 02 Sep 2014 16:57:00 +0200 italian-cab-drivers-smuggled-refugees-to-germany Italian police on Wednesday arrested two suspected traffickers among the 206 survivors of a shipwreck earlier this week in which 17 people perished. https://www.thelocal.it/20140514/two-suspected-traffickers-arrested-for-shipwreck Wed, 14 May 2014 17:01:00 +0200 two-suspected-traffickers-arrested-for-shipwreck A 55-year-old man in Salerno, along with two of his friends, are alleged to have sexually assaulted his three sons over a number of years, with the attacks being filmed and sold online, according to Italian press reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20130618/man-arrested-for-sex-attacks-on-his-three-sons Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:24:00 +0200 man-arrested-for-sex-attacks-on-his-three-sons