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Paolo Borsellino: the murder of an anti-mafia prosecutor and the enduring mystery of his missing red notebook

It has been 33 years since anti-mafia prosecutor Paolo Borsellino was blown up by Cosa Nostra in front of his mother’s home in Palermo, Sicily. His death on July 19 1992 came 57 days after the murder of his colleague, Giovanni Falcone. This was the peak of Cosa Nostra’s attack…

The Conversation · Jul 16, 2025

Hollywood and the mafia myth: how Italian organised crime went global

The Cosa Nostra in Sicily, the Camorra in Naples and the 'Ndrangheta in Calabria – by far the most powerful, but also the least known – are Italy’s three main mafia groups. In an interview with RFI, French criminologist, economist and mafia specialist Clotilde Champeyrache paints a picture of misunderstood…

Radio France Internationale · May 17, 2025

A raid and a secret tape exposed a Sicilian mafia that is shrunken, whiny and clinging on for survival

A historic number of arrests were made, but the days of targeted murder or massive political influence are long gone, says John Dickie, a professor at UCL

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2025

On the run for decades, convicted Mafia boss Messina Denaro dies in hospital months after capture

Italian state radio says that Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia’s most heinous slayings, has died in a hospital prison ward, months after being captured

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2023

Thousands applaud Berlusconi at send-off as day of mourning divides Italy

Supporters wave flags outside Milan Cathedral but critics says ex-prime minister should not be ‘beatified’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2023

Italy's top court upholds acquittals in case alleging pact between mafia and state officials

Italy's highest court on Thursday upheld acquittal verdicts in a major mafia trial based on allegations that the state had colluded with Sicilian mobsters after a deadly wave of bombings in the 1990s.

Reuters · Apr 27, 2023

Hiding in plain sight: how Sicily’s mafia godfather eluded capture for 30 years

Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested this week after three decades on the run. During that time he went out for pizza, watched football, and even took selfies with a doctor

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2023

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 Independent UK · Jan 17, 2023

Looking back at when Sicilian mafia Cosa Nostra assassinated Italian judges

Created on the island of Sicily in the mid-19th century, Cosa Nostra soon became one of the most powerful branches of the Italian mafia. In 1986, the Italian justice system launched a counter-offensive, with the Palermo prosecutor's office leading the charge. Judge Giovanni Falcone became a symbol of the fight…

France 24 · May 27, 2022

Italy marks 30th anniversary of murder of anti-mafia judge Falcone

ROME: Thirty years ago, the Sicilian mafia killed judge Giovanni Falcone with a bomb so powerful it was registered by experts monitoring volcanic tremors from Etna on the other side of the island.

Bangkok Post · May 18, 2022