Matteo Messina Denaro aka Diabolik Arrested after 30 Years On The Run

Matteo Messina Denaro aka Diabolik arrested in Palermo

Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted man, was arrested while receiving cancer treatment in a private clinic in Palermo, prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia said Monday. He was Italy’s Most Wanted Man and also high up on the list of Europol’s Most Wanted Men in Europe. Italy’s Chief of Police, Lamberto Giannini, congratulated the Carabinieri, the … Read more

Matteo Messina Denaro – Extract from The Battle for Sicily’s Soul

The Battle for Sicily's Soul

The attacks were the brainchild of Matteo Messina Denaro, the son of Francesco Messina Denaro, also known as Don Ciccio, who started his career as a campiere and ended it as the boss of the Castelvetrano cosca and the head of the Mafia Commission of Trapani.

Crackdown on Organized Crime in Liverpool following the killing of Olivia Pratt-Korbel

Crackdown on Organized Crime in Liverpool following the killing of Olivia Pratt-Korbel

The death of Olivia Pratt-Korbel was tragic, but it was not the only killing linked to organized crime activity in Liverpool that week. Another three people were killed in Merseyside in the space of a few days.

Istanbul Police Capture the Killers of Jovan Vukoti, the leader of the Kaljari mafia in Montenegro

Istanbul Police Capture the Killers of Jovan Vukoti, the leader of the Kaljari mafia in Montenegro

Istanbul Police Capture the Killers of Jovan Vukoti, the leader of the Kaljari mafia in Montenegro

International police sting reveals lucrative partnership between Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta and Colombia’s Urabeños cartel

International police sting reveals lucrative partnership between Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta and Colombia’s Urabeños cartel

Italian undercover agents were sent to infiltrate the international drug deal after it was discovered by a combined Italian-Colombian operation. However, in an unexpected, although welcome, turn of events, the drug dealers recruited the agents to smuggle the cocaine from Colombia into Italy.