Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A screengrab from a video showing Matteo Messina Denaro being escorted by police after he was arrested in Palermo, ...

When mobster Santino Di Matteo turned police informant, he could never have imagined that the Cosa Nostra would target his son, Giuseppe, in a chilling act of Mafia vengeance ...

La Cosa Nostra, commonly known as the Mafia, is a long-running organized crime network that originated in Sicily and took root in major U.S. cities. The group, structured around “families,” has been ...

The arrest of Cosa Nostra mob boss Matteo Messina Denaro at a private health clinic in Palermo on Monday stunned many around the world due to the extraordinary length of time he’d been on the run – ...

The city of Palermo has long suffered under the rule of a criminal empire: the Sicilian Mafia, better known as the Cosa Nostra. Anti-mob group Addiopizzo reported in 2008 that the Mafia extorts more ...

Matteo Messina Denaro, 60, was captured in Sicily's capital, Palermo, on Monday Italy's most notorious mafia 'godfather' has reportedly been captured in Sicily after 30 years on the run. Matteo ...

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 ...

The Big League is now in potential danger due to the gambling scandal, and it has unveiled some of its core secrets within the vicinity of the league. The gambling case just took an unexpected turn ...

The discovery of a severed horse head, and a cow quartered with its bloodied dead calf on top, have rattled a Sicilian town, with authorities treating the incident as a mafia threat. The dead animals ...

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 ...