Mafia
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Two dogs belonging to Pino Maniaci, head of Sicilian TV station Telejato, are found hanging from a metal post in a yard
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Inquiry into suspected bribery, extortion and corrupt contracts is latest in series of criminal cases involving top Italian politicians
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Footage from hidden police's cameras shows suspected gangsters participating in a swearing-in ceremony for the mafia in Italy
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Arrests of 40 suspected gangsters, on charges of criminal association, illegal arms sales and extortion, followed a two-year investigation using wire-taps and hidden cameras
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Actor reveals he ‘didn’t want’ the part of Michael Corleone and thought Francis Ford Coppola ‘a bit mad’ for offering it to him
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Court examines claims of secret talks between mafia bosses and government officials in early 1990s
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Italian authorities are trying to extradite Domenico Rancadore from the UK to serve a seven-year sentence
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When a judge sent Riccardo Cordi to a home for troubled teens it marked the start of a surprise two-year transformation
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Gulnara Karimova's antics have long been an embarrassment, now the Twitter-loving businesswoman faces corruption charges
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Controversy as Giuseppe Grassonelli's Malerba wins Sciascia-Racalmare prize, named after writer who challenged Cosa Nostra
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Alleged mafia links to former Moreland city council deputy mayor highlight Victoria’s weak corruption-fighting powers
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Men linked to Gallo-Pisielli clan of Camorra held over 'payments on the side' for filming TV series about mafia in mobster's villa
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Clergy and mayor defy pope's attack on mafia by reportedly diverting church parade past mobster under house arrest
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Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini wants to stem way mob bosses use padrino system to spread influence and authority
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Police arrest 91 in raids on suspected Cosa Nostra after alleged mobster claims great-uncle murdered NY officer Joe Petrosino
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One of four bosses of Casalesi clan within Camorra mafia is collaborating with investigators in Naples, Italian media says
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Police baffled by shooting of Hélène Pastor, wealthy landowner in the tax haven, whose chauffeur was also killed in the attack
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Cosa Nostra boss Matteo Messina Denaro has evaded arrest for 20 years. But for how much longer? Tom Kington reports on dramatic moves against Italy's most wanted
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Marcello Dell'Utri, suspected of escaping justice, awaits ruling over appeal against sentence for colluding with Sicilian mafia
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Marcello Dell'Utri, said to have acted as a mediator between the Cosa Nostra and Silvio Berlusconi, has been declared a fugitive
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Not surprisingly, the well-known US activist doesn't like to talk about accusations that he informed on the mafia to the FBI, but now the Smoking Gun has dredged it all up again
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Sharpton, a prominent civil rights campaigner, characterised his role as 'co-operating with an investigation'
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New European arrest warrant issued for convicted mob leader a month after he won legal fight against extradition to Italy
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Study finds crime network made billions of euros from drug trafficking, illegal rubbish disposal and other activities
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Francis's stance on organised crime in contrast with church's perceived former reluctance to criticise mafia bosses
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Interior minister sends extra police to Taranto where convicted murderer, his partner and her son were killed
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Former 'man of honour' in Cosa Nostra avoids jail in Italy for 1999 conviction but must pay £20,000 security and obey curfew
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'The prostitute in the chair broke the mafia's code of honour. Her body was now at everyone's mercy'
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Four reputed mobsters, with an average age of 65, came to a hearing in their case in shackles and chains
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Police swoop on alleged members of New York's Cosa Nostra Gambino family and the 'Ndrangheta mafia in Italy
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Anti-Mafia prosecutor targets Rome and Naples, sequestering accounts, land, pizzerias and petrol stations linked to Continis
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Businesses understood to have done work at various high-profile locations in Tuscany – including the home of singer Sting
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François Hollande's partner was said to have suffered a 'very strong emotional shock' after hearing claims of affair
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Alan Connor looks at how two puzzle-loving Italian cops made a breakthrough in the fight against 'Ndrangheta
Italy’s mafia and state are under the spotlight, and not before time