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 The pair denied knowingly dealing with the mafia, insisting they had thought they were working with "vegetable traders". https://www.thelocal.it/20191015/austrian-father-and-son-jailed-after-supplying-guns-to-italian-mafia Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:13:24 +0200 austrian-father-and-son-jailed-after-supplying-guns-to-italian-mafia Italian prosecutors have launched an investigation into a Naples mafia boss suspected of having given €10,000 to one of his men to buy a newborn baby, a paper reported on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20191007/italian-mafia-boss-suspected-of-buying-baby Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:54:03 +0200 italian-mafia-boss-suspected-of-buying-baby Suggestions that the Camorra has been usurped are exaggerated, explains Neapolitan mafia expert Felia Allum, who says the clan continues to infiltrate all aspects of life in Naples. https://www.thelocal.it/20190805/how-the-italian-mafia-camorra-poisons-everyday-life-naples Mon, 05 Aug 2019 18:48:03 +0200 how-the-italian-mafia-camorra-poisons-everyday-life-naples Italy and Austria have broken up an international arms trafficking ring that supplied the Camorra organised crime group with 800 guns including "weapons of war." https://www.thelocal.it/20190327/italy-austria-smash-mafia-arms-trafficking-ring Wed, 27 Mar 2019 11:23:41 +0100 italy-austria-smash-mafia-arms-trafficking-ring Italian police on Saturday arrested top mafia fugitive Marco Di Lauro, the fourth son of ex-Camorra boss Paolo Di Lauro, after over 14 years on the run. https://www.thelocal.it/20190303/italy-arrests-camorra-superboss-after-14-years-on-run Sun, 03 Mar 2019 10:39:33 +0100 italy-arrests-camorra-superboss-after-14-years-on-run Italy’s interior ministry has removed the police escort given to veteran mafia journalist Sandro Ruotolo, it was announced on Saturday, causing an outcry among his supporters and professional peers. https://www.thelocal.it/20190204/anger-as-italys-interior-ministry-pulls-police-escort-from-mafia-journalist Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:00:00 +0100 anger-as-italys-interior-ministry-pulls-police-escort-from-mafia-journalist Italian police on Tuesday captured a mafia boss who had been on the country's list of most dangerous fugitives, after discovering his luxury hide-out in the Naples hinterland. https://www.thelocal.it/20181127/italy-nabs-fugitive-mobster-on-most-dangerous-list Tue, 27 Nov 2018 17:30:00 +0100 italy-nabs-fugitive-mobster-on-most-dangerous-list A mafia gang played football with the head of a decapitated rival, according to revelations from a former member of the organized crime group reported in the Italian media. https://www.thelocal.it/20171004/a-mafia-boss-is-accused-of-using-the-decapitated-head-of-a-rival-as-a-football Wed, 04 Oct 2017 12:17:48 +0200 a-mafia-boss-is-accused-of-using-the-decapitated-head-of-a-rival-as-a-football British newspaper The Sun labelled Naples as one of the world's ten most dangerous cities, alongside Isis-occupied Raqqa in Syria. https://www.thelocal.it/20170719/british-newspaper-the-sun-says-naples-italy-worlds-ten-most-dangerous-cities-alongside-raqqa-fake-news Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:36:43 +0200 british-newspaper-the-sun-says-naples-italy-worlds-ten-most-dangerous-cities-alongside-raqqa-fake-news Crackdowns on Italy's mafia clans and the arrests of notorious bosses have had unintended consequences - including the rise of an inexperienced but reckless generation of aspiring leaders. Felia Allum, Senior Lecturer in Italian and Politics at the UK's University of Bath explains what this has meant for Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170328/young-guns-take-charge-of-mafia-clans-with-deadly-results Tue, 28 Mar 2017 13:31:45 +0200 young-guns-take-charge-of-mafia-clans-with-deadly-results Italian police detained dozens of politicians and businessmen around Naples on Wednesday in a swoop that revealed the local mafia has got its tentacles into archaeology and the crematorium business. https://www.thelocal.it/20170315/police-swoop-reveals-mafia-involvement-in-naples-archaeology-and-crematoria-businesses Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:38:00 +0100 police-swoop-reveals-mafia-involvement-in-naples-archaeology-and-crematoria-businesses Italian police said on Thursday they had arrested 31 suspected mobsters, including the daughters of a jailed mafia boss, accusing them of executing orders delivered from behind bars and snapping up key clan roles. https://www.thelocal.it/20170202/naples-police-arrest-31-suspected-mobsters-including-mafia-daughters Thu, 02 Feb 2017 17:48:42 +0100 naples-police-arrest-31-suspected-mobsters-including-mafia-daughters 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 Italian police swooped on Wednesday on a Mafia clan in Sicily, arresting dozens in an international operation to dismember a powerful crime group run by women. https://www.thelocal.it/20160211/italy-arrests-dozens-of-mobsters-from-women-run-mafia-clan Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:05:01 +0100 italy-arrests-dozens-of-mobsters-from-women-run-mafia-clan Spanish police said on Thursday they have arrested a suspected member of Italy's Camorra mafia who was on the run since 2007 in the Mediterranean port of Valencia where he worked as waiter in a pizzeria. https://www.thelocal.it/20151217/suspected-italian-mafia-fugitive-arrested-in-spain Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:51:15 +0100 suspected-italian-mafia-fugitive-arrested-in-spain The Italian mafia is on the march, infiltrating whole new sectors of Italy's economy, a new official report has warned. But while corruption is spreading, old-school mafia violence is becoming less common. https://www.thelocal.it/20140806/corruption-denial-and-bureaucracy-fuel-mafia Wed, 06 Aug 2014 16:11:00 +0200 corruption-denial-and-bureaucracy-fuel-mafia An MP for Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party is being investigated for collusion with the mafia, Italian media reported on Wednesday, just a day after a high-profile politician from the party was arrested on corruption charges. https://www.thelocal.it/20140723/accusations-of-mafia-ties-hit-berlusconi-mp Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:36:00 +0200 accusations-of-mafia-ties-hit-berlusconi-mp Spanish police Tuesday arrested 26 suspected members of the Italian Camorra mob accused of laundering mafia money through companies in Spain, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.it/20140709/suspected-italian-mafiosi-arrested-in-spain Wed, 09 Jul 2014 10:54:00 +0200 suspected-italian-mafiosi-arrested-in-spain A high-profile mafia boss allegedly paid a judge and a lawyer €250,000 to "fix" the outcome of a double murder trial, which he has claimed was part of a system of bribes at the Naples court of appeal. https://www.thelocal.it/20140619/mafia-paid-judge-250k-bribe-to-fix-murder-case Thu, 19 Jun 2014 09:55:00 +0200 mafia-paid-judge-250k-bribe-to-fix-murder-case The Camorra mafia was only partially responsible for its crimes and was helped by a corrupt system, involving politicians from all political stripes, a mafia boss turned state witness has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20140528/corrupt-politics-helped-criminals-thrive-mafia-boss Wed, 28 May 2014 20:11:00 +0200 corrupt-politics-helped-criminals-thrive-mafia-boss