Italian police arrested almost 150 people Tuesday in a major operation against the Sicilian mafia in Palermo, areas of which remain in the grip of powerful Cosa Nostra clans. Warrants were issued ...

When anti-mafia police swooped on the Sicilian mob on Tuesday, their main aim was to stop them regrouping and creating a new governing body or cupola. But what has emerged from their wide-ranging ...

Dutch police thought he was the head of the Sicilian mafia who has been on the run for decades. Dutch police thought he was head of the Sicilian mafia who has been on the run for nearly 30 years.

Police investigators work near the scene of an explosion ... There is a real risk that the Sicilian anti-mafia campaigner becomes a glorified mascot for colleagues to take selfies alongside — and ...

Italian police have launched a series of raids targeting Mafia clans operating in and around the Sicilian capital Palermo. More than 1,200 officers were involved in the operation, which the ...

File photo of Italian police carrying out a 'sweep' operation against mafia clans in Palermo in 2008 ... be defeated with determination and without any compromise," she added. Sicily's Cosa Nostra ...

The Sicilian mafia is arguably one of the most famous – or infamous – institutions in the Western world. After its first appearance in Sicily in the 1870s it soon infiltrated the economic and ...

Sicily's regional capital, and in cities across the country. According to Italy's Carabinieri military police, those arrested face a range of serious charges, including mafia association ...

Around 150 people were arrested on Tuesday in a huge sting operation against the mafia in Sicily's capital of Palermo, according to local police. More than 1,200 officers took part in the dawn raids ...