Mafia godfathers in Sicily have been caught on wiretaps lamenting the “miserable” calibre of new recruits as nearly 150 ...

Warrants were issued against a total of 183 people, 36 of whom were already in custody, for crimes including attempted murder, extortion and drug trafficking, police said.

The grim discovery was reminiscent of the scene in 1972's The Godfather, in which director ... body parts is a common intimidation move by Sicily's Mafia, "long ... known for its brutality ...

Italian police arrested almost 150 people Tuesday in a major operation against the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo, areas of which ...

The investigation has revealed the extent of the clans' drug dealing, and also how bosses transmit orders from inside prison using encrypted mobile phones, according to the Corriere della Sera daily.

The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to ...