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 Mafia hunters warns that the pressure on Italian businesses will only increase as the economic fall-out from Covid-19 and a national lockdown bites. https://www.thelocal.it/20201023/italy-covid-businesses-struggle-to-resist-mafia Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:57:33 +0200 italy-covid-businesses-struggle-to-resist-mafia Italy has picked the real-life story of a mafia informant to represent it at the 2020 Oscars. https://www.thelocal.it/20190924/the-traitor-sicilian-mafia-movie-italy-entry-for-the-oscars Tue, 24 Sep 2019 17:26:32 +0200 the-traitor-sicilian-mafia-movie-italy-entry-for-the-oscars On May 23rd 1992, Sicilian judge and anti-mafia campaigner Giovanni Falcone was assassinated in broad daylight, a crime that marked a turning point in Sicily's history. https://www.thelocal.it/20190523/italy-remembers-anti-mafia-judge-giovanni-falcone-on-the-anniversary-of-the-capaci-massacre Thu, 23 May 2019 13:46:56 +0200 italy-remembers-anti-mafia-judge-giovanni-falcone-on-the-anniversary-of-the-capaci-massacre International anti-mafia stings may have increased in recent months, but Italian organized crime groups constitute a social and economic "cancer" that the world seems to underestimate, experts say. https://www.thelocal.it/20190411/europe-underestimates-cancer-of-italian-mafia-experts Thu, 11 Apr 2019 11:34:30 +0200 europe-underestimates-cancer-of-italian-mafia-experts Anti-mafia police said today they had dealt a fresh blow to Italy's Cosa Nostra, arresting seven suspected “rising star” mobsters after two of the organised crime group turned witnesses. https://www.thelocal.it/20190122/new-generation-of-young-mafia-heirs Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:41:29 +0100 new-generation-of-young-mafia-heirs After arresting its new head, police said the Cosa Nostra are "having a hard time" in Sicily at the moment. https://www.thelocal.it/20181210/godfather-arrest-a-crucial-blow-to-italys-mafia-say-police Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:10:00 +0100 godfather-arrest-a-crucial-blow-to-italys-mafia-say-police Italy's anti-mafia chief warned Tuesday that the mafia is not just an Italian problem but a "globalizing" phenomenon whose influence is seeping into several European countries. https://www.thelocal.it/20180606/italian-mafia-is-spreading-abroad-investigator-warns Wed, 06 Jun 2018 12:22:25 +0200 italian-mafia-is-spreading-abroad-investigator-warns Infamous godfather Salvatore “Totò” Riina was buried in his Sicilian hometown on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20171122/toto-riina-buried-in-corleone-sicily Wed, 22 Nov 2017 11:05:25 +0100 toto-riina-buried-in-corleone-sicily With mafia king Totò Riina dead, and heir Matteo Messina Denaro on the run, is it game over for Sicily's once all-powerful Cosa Nostra? https://www.thelocal.it/20171117/toto-riina-death-sicilian-mafia-cosa-nostra Fri, 17 Nov 2017 14:15:14 +0100 toto-riina-death-sicilian-mafia-cosa-nostra 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 Salvatore "Toto" Riina, Sicily's most notorious gangster, has "the right to die with dignity," an Italian appeal court said on Monday, opening the door to Riina's eventual release. https://www.thelocal.it/20170606/italian-court-opens-door-to-jailed-mafia-boss-possible-release Tue, 06 Jun 2017 12:10:23 +0200 italian-court-opens-door-to-jailed-mafia-boss-possible-release Italian police said on Tuesday they had seized control of three companies linked to Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro and arrested 11 suspected associates of the fugitive mobster. https://www.thelocal.it/20161220/italy-nabs-suspected-allies-of-fugitive-mafia-boss Tue, 20 Dec 2016 16:56:25 +0100 italy-nabs-suspected-allies-of-fugitive-mafia-boss Billboards advertising the baptism of a baby by using the name of Sicily’s notorious mafia, Cosa Nostra, have sparked anger and police intervention on the Italian island. https://www.thelocal.it/20150921/mafia-baptism-ad-sparks-anger-in-sicily Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:17:36 +0200 mafia-baptism-ad-sparks-anger-in-sicily Four members of the Sicilian mafia were sentenced to between 12 years and life in prison on Wednesday for their role in the notorious 1992 assassination of anti-mob judge Giovanni Falcone. https://www.thelocal.it/20141119/mafia-sentenced-for-murder-of-hero-judge-falcone Wed, 19 Nov 2014 17:21:00 +0100 mafia-sentenced-for-murder-of-hero-judge-falcone 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 The Italian mafia in the 1980s plotted to murder Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York mayor, an informant in Sicily revealed this week. https://www.thelocal.it/20140228/mafia-plot-to-kill-new-york-mayor-revealed Fri, 28 Feb 2014 12:30:00 +0100 mafia-plot-to-kill-new-york-mayor-revealed A chain of mafia-themed restaurants is winning plenty of fans in Spain but some Italians are less than thrilled about the crime-inspired eateries. https://www.thelocal.it/20140220/spains-mafia-eateries-spark-italian-outrage Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:11:00 +0100 spains-mafia-eateries-spark-italian-outrage Italian and US officers arrested dozens of people on Tuesday in a joint operation that exposed alleged drug trafficking links between New York's Cosa Nostra Gambino family and the 'Ndrangheta mafia in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20140211/new-york-mafia-smuggle-drugs-to-italy-as-fruit Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:32:00 +0100 new-york-mafia-smuggle-drugs-to-italy-as-fruit The Sicilian mafia discussed bombing one of Italy's most famous landmarks, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, an informant has claimed in court. https://www.thelocal.it/20140124/mafia-pondered-bombing-pisa-leaning-tower Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:18:00 +0100 mafia-pondered-bombing-pisa-leaning-tower A businessman convicted of laundering money for the Sicilian mafia will be extradited to Italy from Thailand where he was arrested in 2012 after many years on the run, an Italian prosecutor said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20131216/pizza-connection-mafia-boss-to-be-extradited Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:30:00 +0100 pizza-connection-mafia-boss-to-be-extradited