Mafia News

A German engineer’s trial started Thursday, June 5 for his role in a global nuclear mafia which sold weapons technology to regimes in Iran, North Korea and Libya. Continue Reading »

The investigation into the Mafia shootings of six Italian men in Duisburg nine months ago netted eight arrests in Italy on Friday, according to reports in Italian media. Continue Reading »

ROME: ‘Italian and German police on Tuesday arrested four accused members of organized crime clans believed linked to the killings of six Italians in Germany earlier this year. Continue Reading »

Dusseldorf, Germany – German officials said Thursday they anticipated a revenge attack following the murder in Duisburg last month of six men linked to the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta organized crime group. Continue Reading »

Parents in Southern Italy Mourn Death of Their Children Gunned Down in Germany

Relatives react as the caskets of Marco and Francesco Pergola are carried outside the church after their funeral service in Siderno, on the eastern coast of Calabria, southern Italy, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007. Marco and his brother Francesco were killed last week in Germany in a mafia slaying that left four other Italians dead. (Pier Paolo Cito/AP Photo)

In the end, the parents had their way. They were granted permission to mourn their sons in public funerals and burials in their hometowns set in the rugged hills of Calabria in southern Italy. Continue Reading »

The refined Italian restaurant setting of elegant wooden tables decked with white tablecloths jarred with the meeting’s gruesome purpose – to condemn mafia killings in Germany. Continue Reading »