The families of those brutally slaughtered by the Sicilian mafia fear that more than 20 mob bosses released over the last three months may now unleash a new wave of violence in their neighbourhoods.

A former Mafia boss who made millions of dollars at the height of his power before risking death by walking away from the mob ...

Instead, they said they had combined old-school investigative methods with modern technology to narrow ... led the Carabinieri to assume the Mafia boss was seeking treatment.

Italy on Monday marked the 45th anniversary of the Cosa Nostra murder of Christian Democrat Sicily Governor Piersanti ...

Notorious Sicilian Mafia "boss of all bosses" Salvatore "Toto" Riina has died from cancer in jail, aged 87. Riina was serving 26 life sentences and is believed to have ordered more than 150 murders.

At its peak, the mafia wielded immense power, controlling gambling, loansharking, and extortion rackets across New England. Federal prosecutors and agents pursued high-profile cases against its bosses ...