The Sicilian mafia is arguably one of the most famous – or infamous – institutions in the Western world. After its first appearance in Sicily in the 1870s it soon infiltrated the economic and ...

Dutch police thought he was the head of the Sicilian mafia who has been on the run for decades. Dutch police thought he was head of the Sicilian mafia who has been on the run for nearly 30 years.

When anti-mafia police swooped on the Sicilian mob on Tuesday, their main aim was to stop them regrouping and creating a new governing body or cupola. But what has emerged from their wide-ranging ...

he was considered Sicily’s Cosa Nostra top boss even as a fugitive. He was the last of three longtime top-level Mafia bosses who managed to elude capture for decades. Hundreds of police officers ...

What happened to never going against the family? Leaders within the Cosa Nostra, Sicily’s mafia, have reportedly complained ...

During this week’s Gamescom Opening Night Live showcase, Hangar 13 announced Mafia: The Old Country, a prequel that will take the franchise all the way back to 1900s Sicily. Mafia developer Hangar 13 ...

Fanara, from Sicily's notorious Cosa Nostra clan, was nine years into his sentence under Italy's tough “41-bis” prison regime usually applied to mafia members. A Sicilian mafia boss serving a ...