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 A mafia fugitive was caught in the Caribbean after appearing on YouTube cooking videos in which he hid his face but inadvertently showed his tattoos, Italian police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20210329/mafioso-on-the-run-caught-after-posting-italian-cooking-videos Mon, 29 Mar 2021 18:20:38 +0200 mafioso-on-the-run-caught-after-posting-italian-cooking-videos A tip from an Italian grandmother hoping to save her grandson from drugs helped lead police to dismantle a mafia drug ring operating in the southern Calabria region, authorities said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20210310/ndrangheta-grandma-tips-off-police-to-bring-down-calabrian-mafia Wed, 10 Mar 2021 17:03:43 +0100 ndrangheta-grandma-tips-off-police-to-bring-down-calabrian-mafia The company that runs ferries between Sicily and the Italian mainland has been placed under judicial administration due to mafia infiltration, police said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20210204/ndrangheta-coirt-takes-over-sicilian-ferry-company-over-mafia-links Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:12:24 +0100 ndrangheta-coirt-takes-over-sicilian-ferry-company-over-mafia-links Italy's largest mafia trial in more than 30 years begins on Wednesday, as prosecutors hope to strike a blow to the 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate https://www.thelocal.it/20210111/italy-prepares-for-mafia-maxi-trial-with-355-defendants Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:27:55 +0100 italy-prepares-for-mafia-maxi-trial-with-355-defendants After years of investigation and with hundreds of suspects, Italy's plucky anti-mafia prosecutor Nicola Gratteri on Wednesday begins a major court battle against the country's powerful 'Ndrangheta clan. https://www.thelocal.it/20210113/people-are-standing-with-us-anti-mafia-prosecutor-gratteri-begins-mass-trial Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:29:10 +0100 people-are-standing-with-us-anti-mafia-prosecutor-gratteri-begins-mass-trial 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 Southern Italy's infamous 'Ndrangheta mafia has stretched its tentacles all over the world, but there are common misperceptions about how the brutal criminal group actually works. Criminologist and mafia expert Anna Sergi explains. https://www.thelocal.it/20190709/meet-the-ndrangheta-its-time-to-bust-some-myths-about-the-calabrian-mafia Tue, 09 Jul 2019 12:52:11 +0200 meet-the-ndrangheta-its-time-to-bust-some-myths-about-the-calabrian-mafia Brazilian police on Monday arrested two Italian men suspected of belonging to the South American arm of the Italian mafia 'Ndrangheta, officials said. https://www.thelocal.it/20190709/two-italian-ndrangheta-suspects-arrested-in-brazil Tue, 09 Jul 2019 11:29:55 +0200 two-italian-ndrangheta-suspects-arrested-in-brazil High-profile cases of corruption, ticket touting and match fixing have led Italians to lose faith in the beautiful game, writes criminologist Anna Sergi. https://www.thelocal.it/20190626/how-mafia-and-corruption-scandals-rocked-italian-football Wed, 26 Jun 2019 14:21:05 +0200 how-mafia-and-corruption-scandals-rocked-italian-football Italian mafia boss Rocco Morabito has fled prison in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo, where he was awaiting extradition to Italy, the interior ministry announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190624/italian-mafia-boss-escapes-prison-in-uruguay Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:14:10 +0200 italian-mafia-boss-escapes-prison-in-uruguay 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 Police arrested dozens of suspected mobsters in Europe and South America on Wednesday in a huge international swoop targeting Italy's notorious 'Ndrangheta mafia clan, officials said. https://www.thelocal.it/20181205/italy-ndrangheta-mafia-suspects-bust Wed, 05 Dec 2018 12:15:22 +0100 italy-ndrangheta-mafia-suspects-bust Mafia experts said organised crime should be as high a priority as terrorism for intelligence services. https://www.thelocal.it/20181128/italys-ndrangheta-mafia-on-all-continents-and-still-growing Wed, 28 Nov 2018 10:35:48 +0100 italys-ndrangheta-mafia-on-all-continents-and-still-growing 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 Italian police have captured a fugitive boss from Italy's notorious 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate in a night raid on his isolated hideout, authorities announced on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180406/fugitive-italian-mafia-boss-arrested-in-remote-hideout Fri, 06 Apr 2018 13:29:35 +0200 fugitive-italian-mafia-boss-arrested-in-remote-hideout Slovak police on Tuesday arrested an Italian businessman wanted in Italy on drugs charges who had been named by murdered journalist Jan Kuciak in an investigative report on alleged high-level corruption linked to the mafia, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.it/20180313/antonino-vadala-jan-kuciak-murdered-journalist-slovakia-mafia Tue, 13 Mar 2018 17:55:14 +0100 antonino-vadala-jan-kuciak-murdered-journalist-slovakia-mafia Slovak police on Saturday said they had released seven Italian businessmen detained after they were named by murdered journalist Jan Kuciak in an explosive report on alleged high-level political corruption linked to the mafia. https://www.thelocal.it/20180303/slovak-police-free-italian-suspects-held-after-journalist-murder Sat, 03 Mar 2018 15:15:12 +0100 slovak-police-free-italian-suspects-held-after-journalist-murder 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 A week after the death of Cosa Nostra boss Toto Riina, key figures in Italy's judiciary and police have warned the mafia's tentacles are extending into the virtual world. https://www.thelocal.it/20171124/italian-mafia-diversifying-spreading-north-experts Fri, 24 Nov 2017 15:14:15 +0100 italian-mafia-diversifying-spreading-north-experts Fugitive Italian mafia boss Rocco Morabito had split from his wife and was searching for a new apartment when he was arrested by Uruguayan police, his lawyer said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170906/marital-row-exposes-mafia-fugitive-milans-king-of-cocaine-in-uruguay Wed, 06 Sep 2017 10:41:58 +0200 marital-row-exposes-mafia-fugitive-milans-king-of-cocaine-in-uruguay