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‘It’s not even good for money laundering’: ‘Black Swan’ author Nassim Taleb lashes out at Bitcoin and says it’s ‘transformed into a cult’

Nassim Taleb said crypto was less trustworthy than the Mafia.

Fortune

CBS’s Jim Nantz Reveals Heartwarming Gesture by Bills Mafia After Death of His Mom

The famous announcer expressed his gratitude for how the Buffalo fan base showed compassion to him last season.

Sports Illustrated

Meet the brave wives and daughters who spoke out to bring down ruthless Italian mafia

Nothing could stop what was one of most powerful criminal organisations in the world, no one would dare touch them - or so they believed

Daily Mirror

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Renowned actor Forest Whitaker sets up his Peace and Development Initiative in poor Paris suburb

Renowned actor Forest Whitaker, who has portrayed a dictator, a Mafia hitman, a butler, has taken on what for some may be his most inspirational role

The Independent UK

Wife of 'Grim Reaper' mafia boss seduced teen with wine and M&Ms - then he became hitman

Larry Mazza, who is a former mafia hitman, opened up this week about how he first came to meet Gregory Scarpa, also known as the Grim Reaper, whose wife he seduced

Daily Mirror

Frank Annunzio, who represented Chicago in Congress, was linked to the mob, his FBI file shows

Newly obtained records say sources told the FBI that the Machine Democrat, who died in 2001, “frequently associated with” top La Cosa Nostra figures and “is possibly an LCN member himself.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Movie review: 'Mafia Mamma' a daring, charming take on woman's midlife crisis

“Eat, Pray, Love” is so over — ladies, we’ve officially entered the “Threaten, Extort, Kill” era. This unusual new ethos of empowerment is the guiding theory behind Catherine Hardwicke’s crime comedy/feminist manifesto “Mafia Mamma,” starring Toni Collette as Kristin, a harried American mom and marketing exec who discovers her own…

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Italy again tries to build a bridge to Sicily, seeks support

Italy’s infrastructure minister is seeking to rally international interest in Italy’s latest attempt to build a bridge linking Sicily to the Italian mainland

The Independent UK

April movie guide: Nike’s Air, Toni Collette in Mafia Mamma, Crowe’s chilling exorcist biopic

How Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have endured a 40-year bromance as film about Michael Jordan and Nike set to premiere on April 5

The New Daily

The Good Mothers: release date, interviews, cast, plot, trailer and all we know about the crime drama

The Good Mothers reveals the shocking true story of a group of brave women who took down the Calabrian Mafia from the inside.

WhatToWatch

Italy police seize drug haul decorated with Mafia mugshots

Italian police have discovered a haul of illegal drugs in packaging decorated with pictures of the faces of fearsome bosses from the Sicilian Mafia.

Reuters

Mafia boss escapes high-security jail by climbing down knotted bed sheets from cell

Marco Raduano was said to be a model prisoner in jail and was given a job in the library on an upper floor - likely giving him the chance to look out of the window and study the schedules of guards

Daily Mirror

Health ombudsman issues unprecedented warning over safety and culture at scandal-hit NHS trust

Exclusive: Health service ombudsman has never before taken action of this kind against a trust

The Independent UK

Former girlfriend of Mafia boss quizzed by police 'for helping him' as love letters found

Maria Mesi was jailed in the 1990s for sheltering Matteo Messina Denaro at her flat in Bagheria, Sicily. Letters found by police showed her love for the Mafia boss. She is now under investigation

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The Conversation

Modern mafia: Italy's organised crime machine has changed beyond recognition in 30 years

The arrest of Matteo Messina Denaro, one of Sicily’s most infamous mafia bosses, has reminded many Italians of the extreme violence he was associated with when operating as a leading figure of Cosa Nostra.

Reuters

Strong clan loyalty, locals, helped mafia boss Messina Denaro stay hidden

When Salvatore Catalano discovered that mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro had lived just a short walk from his house in the western Sicilian town of Campobello di Mazara, he felt sick.

Evening Standard

Mafia power vacuum: Matteo Messina Denaro and the ‘broken’ Cosa Nostra

The arrest of Denaro in Sicily has made headlines around the world — but how big a blow is it to the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian mafia organisation? The experts say it is already well past its glory days...

The Independent UK

Italian police arrest man whose ID helped fugitive mobster

Italian police in Sicily say they have arrested the man whose identity was allegedly used by a convicted Mafia boss who was Italy's No. 1 fugitive for 30 years

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Evening Standard

Matteo Messina Denaro: Mafia boss bunker found ‘at back of wardrobe’ by Italian police in Sicily

‘The last godfather’ was arrested this week following 30 years on the run, after being found guilty of a series of murders

Reuters

Factbox-Matteo Messina Denaro: what's next for the Italian mafia after boss's arrest?

Matteo Messina Denaro, a brutal Sicilian Mafia boss who was Italy's most wanted criminal before his capture last week, had been on the run for 30 years. Here are some key facts about his arrest and what it means:

The Guardian - UK

Italian police find suspected ‘secret bunker’ of captured mafia boss

‘Last godfather’ of Sicilian mafia Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested after 30 years on run

Reuters

Mafia boss Messina Denaro held in top security Italian prison

Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro was being held on Wednesday in a high-security jail in central Italy, subject to special restrictions applied to the country's most dangerous prisoners.

The Independent UK

Fugitive's arrest like a 'quake,' but Mafia very resilient

Prosecutors are likening the arrest of a Mafia boss who was Italy's No. 1 fugitive to an “earthquake” rocking the Sicily-based crime syndicate

The Conversation

Matteo Messina Denaro: arrest of mafia boss after 30 years on the run is the end of an era – but not the end of the Cosa Nostra

Matteo Messina Denaro, one of the leaders of the Sicilian mafia, the Cosa Nostra, has finally been detained after 30 years on the run. His arrest came as around 100 police officers surrounded the private Maddalena clinic in Palermo where they had discovered he was receiving treatment.

Daily Mirror

Brother of boy, 12, dissolved in acid by Mafia boss speaks out after his capture

Nicola Di Matteo's brother Giuseppe, 12, was kidnapped and killed in 1993 under the orders of Matteo Messina Denaro in an attempt to blackmail his father into not giving evidence against the mafia

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