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The Italian mob – led by Charles 'Darby' Sabini during the interwar years. [25] Bert "Battles" Rossi – also known as the "General of Clerkenwell". He acted as the representative for the American mafia in London from the 1960s to the mid-1970s. [26] The Cortesi brothers – rivals of the Sabinis. [27]
In Italy, most of the Romanian criminals are involved in theft and pimping, however, in Turin, they created an Italian-style mafia within their local community, extorting money from Romanian night-clubs that ran prostitutes, and would impose their own businesses and singers on weddings by force. [75]
The Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra (Italian: [ˈkɔːza ˈnɔstra, ˈkɔːsa-], Sicilian: [ˈkɔːsa ˈnɔʂː(ɽ)a]; "our thing" [3]), also referred to as simply Mafia, is a criminal society and criminal organization originating on the island of Sicily and dates back to the mid-19th century. It is an association of gangs which sell their ...
The mob in Italy, besides being an endemic plague, has always been grist for the film and TV mill, with gritty Naples-set show “Gomorrah,” the country’s top TV export, being one recent example.
Police have arrested 334 people in one of the largest anti-mob operations ever seen in Italy, highlighting the growing reach of the 'Ndrangheta mafia, prosecutors said on Thursday. The 'Ndrangheta ...
The webpage provides a list of Sicilian Mafia members categorized by city.
The investigation began when Spanish police found out that the clan's boss, who is wanted for money laundering, had fled to Spain from Italy. He was tracked down to a house in Marbella rigged with ...
Sacra Corona Unita (pronounced [ˈsaːkra koˈroːna uˈniːta]; Italian for 'United Sacred Crown'; acronym: SCU), also known as the Fourth Mafia, [3] [4] [5] is a Mafia-type criminal organization from the Apulia region in Southern Italy, and it is especially active in the areas of Brindisi, Lecce, and Taranto.