Italian police said Thursday they have dismantled a 'Ndrangheta mafia ring dominating a large area of southern Calabria and seized assets exceeding 250 million euros. The early-hour blitz by over 300 ...

Get a taste of real Italy by bunking down in mafia land, the ad said. But Easyjet's bid to pitch Calabria backfired, and the company was forced to apologise Tuesday. The Barron's news department was ...

It may not look like "The Godfather" or "Goodfellas," but Southern Italy is in the grips of a crime syndicate much bigger than the Cosa Nostra, the inspiration for those movies. It's called the ...

In many parts of Calabria, the memory of the majistre, traditional textile mentors, is still alive. Historically, only women knew how to prepare the weaving looms. They were also the only ones who ...

In southern Italy, the Mafia wars are heating up. On Monday, Italy will deploy an expected 80 soldiers into the city of Reggio Calabria, on the toe of Italy’s boot, to provide security for anti-Mafia ...

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's mafia rarely dirties its hands with blood these days. Extortion rackets have gone out of fashion and murders are largely frowned upon by the godfathers. Just 17 people were ...

MILAN, June 27 (Reuters) - Dozens of people have been arrested in a new police raid against the 'Ndrangheta mafia that has revealed how its multiple illegal activities have spread as far as Austria ...

Cosa Nostra boss Matteo Messina Denaro is led away by police after being arrested earlier this year - Copyright ITALIAN CARABINIERI PRESS OFFICE/AFP/File Handout Cosa ...

PALMI, Italy (Reuters) - Most southern Italian businessmen do not cross the 'Ndrangheta mafia. Gaetano Saffioti did, and paid a high price. The owner of a successful cement business near the small ...