When Zhang Dayong lay in a pool of blood on a sidewalk in Rome after being shot six times, few suspected a link to Italy's storied textile hub of Prato. But a "hanger war" is raging in the city near ...

NUORO, Italy, Feb 7 (Reuters) - In Nuoro, a remote city on the Italian island of Sardinia, a high stone wall rings the local prison, a fortress-like complex once renowned for holding high-profile ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Singer Daniele De Martino, from Sicily, has condemned ‘pentiti’ or turncoats in his lyrics - mafia gangsters who decide to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of headquarters of the anti-mafia authority (DIA). Investigators have uncovered shell companies in Italy, France and ...

ROME — Italy’s No. 1 fugitive, a Mafia boss convicted of helping to mastermind some of the nation’s most heinous slayings, was arrested Monday when he sought treatment at a private clinic in Sicily ...

Italian police arrested a nun known for her prison work and 24 other people on Thursday as part of an investigation into the ‘Ndrangheta Mafia in the northern city of Brescia, three sources with ...

ROME — Italian police arrested 19 people, accused of criminal ties with the powerful ‘Ndrangheta mafia group, in a move that decimated the fan clubs backing Serie A teams Inter Milan and AC Milan.

ROME, March 11 (Reuters) - Legalising gambling in Italy was supposed to help curb the mafia. Unfortunately, prosecutors say, it has only created new opportunities for the mob. Cash-strapped Italian ...

The veteran anti-mafia prosecutor said the "phenomenon has been underestimated", allowing the mafia to expand its reach. With one of Europe's largest Chinese communities, the city of nearly 200,000 ...