The cases, without the movie gloss. From court papers, with sources.
How does the mafia still work in Italy? In Calabria, a dawn raid on the 'Ndrangheta ended with 41 arrests, including the mayor of an 80,000-person town. Near Milan, police say a car-rental firm was a hidden bank for three mafia groups, with thirty arrests. In Marche, eight people were arrested over earthquake rebuilding money. A Camorra boss sentenced to 30 years vanished and turned up again. And in Palermo, bosses ran things from their cells with smuggled phones. Every story below links to its sources.
A dawn raid against the 'Ndrangheta on Italy's Ionian coast ended with the mayor of an 80,000-person town under house arrest, accused of trading votes with the clans. There's also an account book, a fake-visa racket and a boss who survived an ambush days earlier.
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In 2016 an earthquake wrecked towns across central Italy. In October 2026 financial police arrested eight people over the rebuilding of the Marche region. Seized: more than €57 million. The suspicion: the 'Ndrangheta and the Camorra got a slice.
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From the street, a car-rental firm near Milan. According to investigators, a “hidden bank” washing money for three mafia groups. Thirty arrests, €21 million seized, and a twist straight out of a TV series.
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For almost twenty years, a branch of the Casalesi clan ran rackets on Italy's Adriatic coast. When the final sentence came, its boss wasn't home. Five days later, police found him by a prison gate.
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Smuggled phones, tiny SIM cards and "mafia lessons" for new recruits. What 1,200 officers found when they knocked on 181 doors in one morning.
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