The Irish Times

Anger in Sicily as notorious mafioso ‘people-slayer’ freed

Giovanni Brusca was arrested in 1996 and sentenced to life for more than 100 murders

Tue Jun 01 2021 - 15:29

Italy’s largest mafia trial in three decades begins in Calabria

Politicians, officials among hundreds charged with being members of the ’Ndrangheta

Wed Jan 13 2021 - 12:49

Dirty money: How the Mafia plundered Italy’s public health system

Profits gained from misery of patients in Calabrian hospitals washed into financial centres of London and Milan

Mon Jul 13 2020 - 11:30

How the Mafia got to our food

The Italian Mafia has turned its attention to the food industry – to the tune of around €22bn a year – affecting the path of food to dinner tables around the world

Wed Nov 14 2018 - 06:00

How ‘Sicilian Ghost Story’ revolutionises the Mafia film

Film-makers Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza on mixing true life crime with fantasy

Thu Aug 02 2018 - 05:00

Italy earthquake: building practices in spotlight

Authorities are looking at how funds were used since 2009 seismic disaster left 308 dead

Wed Aug 31 2016 - 18:41

Renzi quells row over funeral venue for earthquake victims

Italian PM intervenes to insist Tuesday’s service for 78 victims takes place in Amatrice

Mon Aug 29 2016 - 18:46

Italian masonic leader Licio Gelli dies aged 96

Gelli’s name turned up in numerous high-profile inquiries but he spent little time in jail

Wed Dec 16 2015 - 19:48

Messages for Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro ‘buried on farm’

Italian police arrest 11 suspected of helping the convicted Cosa Nostra boss wield power

Mon Aug 03 2015 - 20:04

Turning the tables on the Mafia – from within the family

‘I knew he was an important godfather but we didn’t talk about it much in our family’

Mon Mar 23 2015 - 05:00

Profile: Sergio Matarella, Italy’s new president

Matarella is a seasoned politician, a staunch constitutionalist and the first Sicilian to hold office

Sat Jan 31 2015 - 14:15

Italian president gives evidence on alleged Mafia deal

Giorgio Napolitano denies knowledge of alleged secret ‘truce’

Wed Oct 29 2014 - 01:00

Ex-Godfather claims Berlusconi paid protection money

Comments from Toto Riina, in jail since 1993, reportedly made in tapped conversations

Tue Sept 02 2014 - 08:40

Berlusconi aide denies he is a fugitive from justice

Marcello Dell’Utri faces court decision on Tuesday over alleged collusion with Mafia

Fri Apr 11 2014 - 19:30