A notorious Sicilian mafia boss who was behind several murders has died in an Italian prison.

What happened to never going against the family? Leaders within the Cosa Nostra, Sicily’s mafia, have reportedly complained that mob recruits aren’t what they used to be, as nearly 150 people ...

Peter Robb’s superb book Midnight in Sicily is a sensuous tour of Sicilian food, art, and urban life. Organized crime, its ...

Sicilian Mafia hitman Giovanni Brusca kidnapped 12-year-old Giuseppe Di Matteo in and held him for 779 days before ordering ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Italian police arrested almost 150 people Tuesday in a major operation against the Sicilian mafia in Palermo, areas of which ...

In 1986, Italian authorities built a fortified bunker inside a Palermo prison to hold the largest mafia trial in history. Among the 471 defendants rattling their cages was the entire leadership of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Carabinieri had been bugging senior godfathers in the criminal network - many of whom had just been released from prison - X ...

Cosa Nostra leader, who controlled most of eastern Sicily, dies while serving multiple life sentences for murder ...

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 ...