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 UPDATED: Police have seized 800 shotguns destined for Belgium from Turkey at the northeastern port of Trieste. https://www.thelocal.it/20151127/italy-police-find-800-belgium-bound-shotguns Fri, 27 Nov 2015 09:47:30 +0100 italy-police-find-800-belgium-bound-shotguns Gunmen seized a retired Italian priest in the strife-torn southern Philippines, authorities said Thursday, the latest abduction blamed on an infamous Islamic militant group that specializes in kidnappings-for-ransom. https://www.thelocal.it/20151008/gunmen-seize-italian-pizzeria-owne-in-philippines Thu, 08 Oct 2015 10:14:01 +0200 gunmen-seize-italian-pizzeria-owne-in-philippines Italian anti-mafia police said on Wednesday they had seized assets belonging to an organized crime syndicate in Reggio Calabria worth €2 billion. https://www.thelocal.it/20150722/italy-seizes-mafia-assets-worth-2-billion Wed, 22 Jul 2015 15:18:16 +0200 italy-seizes-mafia-assets-worth-2-billion Italy's battle against the mafia has provoked an unusual problem for the government - the headache of managing a staggering portfolio of assets and cash seized from mobsters. https://www.thelocal.it/20150709/italy-struggles-with-mountain-of-seized-mafia-assets Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:49:20 +0200 italy-struggles-with-mountain-of-seized-mafia-assets Italian police announced on Wednesday they had seized 185 kilograms of cocaine at the port of Genes. https://www.thelocal.it/20150618/cocaine-worth-85-million-seized-in-northern-italy Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:34:57 +0200 cocaine-worth-85-million-seized-in-northern-italy The Italian navy said it has taken control of a Sicilian fishing boat that was seized by armed men off Libya in the early hours of Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150417/navy-takes-control-of-boat-seized-off-libya Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:55:36 +0200 navy-takes-control-of-boat-seized-off-libya An Italian fishing boat was seized off Libya's coast in what is believed to have been an act of piracy, according to news reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20150417/italian-fishing-boat-seized-off-libyas-coast Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:40:25 +0200 italian-fishing-boat-seized-off-libyas-coast The Italian government on Wednesday said police had seized more than 5,000 ancient artefacts in a record €45 million haul after dismantling a Swiss-Italian trafficking ring. https://www.thelocal.it/20150122/italy-seizes-more-than-5000-looted-artefacts Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:52:00 +0100 italy-seizes-more-than-5000-looted-artefacts Italian police have seized more than 60 tonnes of seasonal pastries and sweets in a nationwide campaign targeting fraudulent food producers ahead of Christmas. https://www.thelocal.it/20141223/christmas-pastries-seized-by-italy-health-police Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:04:00 +0100 christmas-pastries-seized-by-italy-health-police Shoppers looking to step out in the perfect Gucci shoes but save on the price tag were thwarted on Thursday by Italian police, who seized over a thousand counterfeit pairs. https://www.thelocal.it/20141211/thousands-of-perfect-fake-gucci-shoes-seized-in-italy Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:11:00 +0100 thousands-of-perfect-fake-gucci-shoes-seized-in-italy More than two million carnival masks and costumes which put people’s health at risk have been seized in Rome, the city’s financial police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140224/carnival-costumes-a-health-threat-in-rome Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:41:00 +0100 carnival-costumes-a-health-threat-in-rome Italian police last year seized 130 million fake goods, ranging from car parts to cosmetics, up by 25 percent compared to 2012. https://www.thelocal.it/20140128/spike-in-fake-goods-seized-by-italian-police Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:01:00 +0100 spike-in-fake-goods-seized-by-italian-police A luxury Rome hotel, which was a monastery before being converted ahead of the Catholic Church’s Jubilee in 2000, was among the assets seized from businessmen linked to the mafia on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20131113/swanky-rome-hotel-seized-in-mafia-sweep Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:24:00 +0100 swanky-rome-hotel-seized-in-mafia-sweep