The fraud was a textbook case for detectives trained to sniff out dirty money, but even with three mobster classics – a suspicious bankruptcy, a frontman and a scheming “Godfather” – it ...

Matteo Messina Denaro, 61, has been described in the Italian media as "Italy's last godfather" and the "boss ... of Castelvetrano in southwestern Sicily. He would openly eat in restaurants and ...

The dawn raid in Palermo netted 80-year-old jeweller Settimo Mineo. He was reportedly elected Cosa Nostra godfather at a Mafia meeting in May. Italian media describe him as the successor to Toto ...