The Sicilian mafia has declined in recent years, being overtaken by the Calabrian mafia, the ‘Ndrangheta, in terms of influence. The ‘Ndrangheta controls a vast portion of the European drug ...

Law enforcement agencies now fear the country could become a hub for the Mafia. Last November, the Italian police struck in several regions, arresting over a hundred suspects from the Calabrian ...

Likewise a two-page internal intelligence report from last year indicating that the notorious boss of the Calabria mafia Ndrangueta was offering a “floor” of US$ 80.000 to anyone willing to ...

A derelict farm on the outskirts of Beša, near Michalovce, holds more than just crumbling buildings – it harbours a shadowy past linked to organised crime. Among the ruins, one modern-looking ...

The ’ndrangheta, the Calabrian mafia, plays a significant role in the global cocaine trade and is deeply entrenched in Australia, influencing the cocaine trade and engaging in a variety of illicit ...

Fast forward 100 years and you find an organisation well established in the small villages and cities of southern Calabria, a region suffering from the perception that southern Italy is different.

Anti-mafia Prosecutor Nicola Gratteri told reporters ... whispering,” said Gratteri, who was born in Calabria and who has recalled how he played and attended school with boys who later grew ...

Elena Cosentino, producer and director of The Mafia's Secret Bunkers, on the making of the film. The filming in Calabria began in the middle of the night in a convoy, three cars packed with men in ...

More than a dozen hardcore fans of AC Milan and Inter Milan go on trial on Tuesday facing a raft of charges relating to organised crime following a probe into the alleged illegal activities of the ...

"Cosa Nostra", the mafia syndicate based in and around Palermo, terrorised Italy in the 1980s and 1990s, but has since been overtaken as Europe's most powerful mob by the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta. The ...

a killing which was shocking due to Bellocco's status as a scion of an 'Ndrangheta mafia family in the southern Italian region of Calabria which bears his surname. Bellocco was stabbed to death by ...