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Italy president tells trial Mafia tried to blackmail state Italian President told a trial in which state officials are accused of making a secret deal with the Mafia that mobsters carried out bombings in the 1990s.

01 November 2014

Fugitive Italian mafia boss re-arrested in Britain Domenico Rancadore, the convicted Italian mafia boss who last week was told he was free to remain in Britain, has been arrested on a fresh international warrant, police said Saturday.

05 April 2014

Women rebel in Italian mafia heartland As the police patrol outside and pace the corridors of her office, anti-mafia prosecutor Alessandra Cerreti speaks to AFP about her specialty -- breaking the power of the clans by turning their women.

03 March 2014

Italian court rules against presidential wire-tap: reports Italy's highest court has accepted a complaint over the wire-tapping of the president as part of an inquiry into negotiations between state officials and the Mafia.

06 December 2012