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Messina Denaro, "Last Godfather" Of Sicilian Mafia, Dies Months After Arrest
Italian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who was convicted of multiple murders and was arrested in January after spending 30 years on the run, has died of cancer, officials said on Monday.
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Italy's Most-Wanted Mafia Boss Matteo Messina Denaro Dies After Cancer Battle
Denaro died at the San Salvatore hospital in LAquila, central Italy, where he had been treated for colon cancer.
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Luxury clothes, Viagra Found In Safehouse Of Italian Mafia Boss
Italian police on Tuesday searched the Sicilian apartment where fugitive Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro lived before his arrest ended 30 years on the run, finding Prada shoes, condoms and Viagra -- but no weapons, media reports said.
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Daughter Of Italian Mafia Boss Denies Cashing In With Paris Restaurant
The daughter of a notorious Sicilian mafia boss has denied cashing in on her father's notoriety with a new Paris restaurant and has promised to change its name.
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In Italy, Pope Hails "Martyr" Priest Who Defied "Blasphemous" Mafia
Pope Francis denounced the mafia's "blasphemous" existence on Saturday during a brief trip to Sicily to honour a priest murdered by the mob 25 years ago while trying to save youngsters in poor neighbourhoods from falling into their hands.
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Mafia Boss Ordered Hit On His Daughter Over Policeman Lover
A Sicilian mafia boss who ordered the assassination of his daughter from behind bars because she was in love with a policeman has been arrested, after his son refused to carry out the hit.
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Pope Francis Asks Naples Mobsters to Repent and Stop 'Mothers' Tears'
Pope Francis urged members of organised crime to turn away from violence and exploitation and stop the 'tears of the mothers of Naples' after visiting one of the city's most violent and drug-infested neighbourhoods on Saturday.
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Bosses Put Italy's Corruption Bill at 300 Billion Euros
Italy would be 300 billion euros better off if it had acted decisively against corruption at the time of a major scandal two decades ago, according to an eye-opening new report from the country's business bosses.
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Berlusconi paid mafia protection money, Italian court says
Silvio Berlusconi paid the Sicilian mafia "conspicuous sums" of protection money in the 1970s, Italy's highest appeal court said in a ruling, published in part by Italian media today.
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Berlusconi paid Mafia for protection: Top Italy court
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi paid large sums of money to the Sicilian Mafia to protect himself and his family from kidnapping in the mid-1970s, Italy's highest appeals court said on Tuesday.
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Messina Denaro, "Last Godfather" Of Sicilian Mafia, Dies Months After Arrest
Italian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who was convicted of multiple murders and was arrested in January after spending 30 years on the run, has died of cancer, officials said on Monday.
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Italy's Most-Wanted Mafia Boss Matteo Messina Denaro Dies After Cancer Battle
Denaro died at the San Salvatore hospital in LAquila, central Italy, where he had been treated for colon cancer.
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Luxury clothes, Viagra Found In Safehouse Of Italian Mafia Boss
Italian police on Tuesday searched the Sicilian apartment where fugitive Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro lived before his arrest ended 30 years on the run, finding Prada shoes, condoms and Viagra -- but no weapons, media reports said.
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Daughter Of Italian Mafia Boss Denies Cashing In With Paris Restaurant
The daughter of a notorious Sicilian mafia boss has denied cashing in on her father's notoriety with a new Paris restaurant and has promised to change its name.
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In Italy, Pope Hails "Martyr" Priest Who Defied "Blasphemous" Mafia
Pope Francis denounced the mafia's "blasphemous" existence on Saturday during a brief trip to Sicily to honour a priest murdered by the mob 25 years ago while trying to save youngsters in poor neighbourhoods from falling into their hands.
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Mafia Boss Ordered Hit On His Daughter Over Policeman Lover
A Sicilian mafia boss who ordered the assassination of his daughter from behind bars because she was in love with a policeman has been arrested, after his son refused to carry out the hit.
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Pope Francis Asks Naples Mobsters to Repent and Stop 'Mothers' Tears'
Pope Francis urged members of organised crime to turn away from violence and exploitation and stop the 'tears of the mothers of Naples' after visiting one of the city's most violent and drug-infested neighbourhoods on Saturday.
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Bosses Put Italy's Corruption Bill at 300 Billion Euros
Italy would be 300 billion euros better off if it had acted decisively against corruption at the time of a major scandal two decades ago, according to an eye-opening new report from the country's business bosses.
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Berlusconi paid mafia protection money, Italian court says
Silvio Berlusconi paid the Sicilian mafia "conspicuous sums" of protection money in the 1970s, Italy's highest appeal court said in a ruling, published in part by Italian media today.
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Berlusconi paid Mafia for protection: Top Italy court
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi paid large sums of money to the Sicilian Mafia to protect himself and his family from kidnapping in the mid-1970s, Italy's highest appeals court said on Tuesday.
