Police said the Sicilian mafia still had a strong grip on the region, having set aside differences, enlisted new recruits and focused on new criminal ventures.

Italian police carried out a large-scale sting operation against the Sicilian mafia in Palermo, arresting around 130 people.

Warrants were issued against a total of 183 people, 36 of whom were already in custody, for crimes including attempted murder ...

Mafia godfathers in Sicily have been caught on wiretaps lamenting the “miserable” calibre of new recruits as nearly 150 ...

Italian police arrested almost 150 people Tuesday in a major operation against the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo, areas of which ...

Though mobsters terrorised Sicily for decades, harsh crackdowns in the 1990s and early 2000s seriously weakened the Cosa ...

Italian police arrest 150 in major Sicilian Mafia crackdown, revealing ongoing grip on Palermo despite decline in power.

Italian police on Tuesday arrested 183 suspected mafia members in a major clampdown on Cosa Nostra clans based in Palermo.

The investigation has revealed the extent of the clans' drug dealing, and also how bosses transmit orders from inside prison using encrypted mobile phones, according to the Corriere della Sera daily.