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 An Italian man shot dead his father on Sunday during a hunting expedition in southern Italy after mistaking him for a wild boar, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20190923/italian-hunter-shoots-father-dead-after-mistaking-him-for-boar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:26:37 +0200 italian-hunter-shoots-father-dead-after-mistaking-him-for-boar The Italian senate on Thursday signed into law a widened definition of legitimate self-defence, in line with a manifesto promise by Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. https://www.thelocal.it/20190328/italy-self-defence-law Thu, 28 Mar 2019 19:18:01 +0100 italy-self-defence-law 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 Police in Italy fired a Taser on a member of the public for the first time ever this week, as a trial of the electric stun guns began in 12 different cities. https://www.thelocal.it/20180913/italian-police-fire-tasers-for-the-first-time-on-naked-homeless-man-in-florence Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:01:31 +0200 italian-police-fire-tasers-for-the-first-time-on-naked-homeless-man-in-florence Police in 11 cities across Italy are to be given Tasers for the first time to test whether the electrical stun guns can help protect officers. https://www.thelocal.it/20180705/italy-police-taser-guns Thu, 05 Jul 2018 14:59:26 +0200 italy-police-taser-guns Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party has put forward a man under investigation for culpable homicide to vie in Milan's council elections next year. https://www.thelocal.it/20151127/italian-party-candiates-burglar-shooting-man Fri, 27 Nov 2015 17:00:21 +0100 italian-party-candiates-burglar-shooting-man A mayor in northern Italy has announced plans to set up a fund to help his town's citizens buy guns. https://www.thelocal.it/20151021/italian-mayor-offers-bonus-to-gun-buying-citizens Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:14:12 +0200 italian-mayor-offers-bonus-to-gun-buying-citizens Italian police may soon be able to use controversial Taser guns to diffuse violence after a parliamentary committee gave its initial backing to a trial-run on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141001/italian-police-get-backing-for-taser-gun-trial-run Wed, 01 Oct 2014 10:19:00 +0200 italian-police-get-backing-for-taser-gun-trial-run