The sentencing marks the end of a three-year landmark trial in the southern Calabria region where the 'Ndrangheta mafia group had quietly amassed power.

Over 200 mafia members given 2,200 years in jail in Italian trial

Matteo Messina Denaro had been arrested this year and was facing a life in prison after being convicted of dozens of murders, bomb attempts and torture. 

Italy's most prolific mafia boss dies after 30 years on the run

Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested on Monday at a private clinic in Palermo, Sicily, after 30 years on the run.

Italy's most wanted mafia boss arrested in Sicily, police say

Gioacchino Gammino, one of Italy's most wanted gangsters, escaped prison in Rome in 2002 and was sentenced to life for murder the following year.

How Google Street view helped police arrest an Italian mafia fugitive

One of Italy's most wanted Mafia bosses has been arrested after five-years on the run when police found him hiding in a bunker in his home.

Italian Mafia boss found hiding in home bunker

Bernardo Provenzano was the undisputed head of the Cosa Nostra Mafia from 1993 until his arrest in 2006 ended 43 years on the run.


Notorious mafia boss nicknamed 'the tractor' dies

The pope said the Mafia's blood-stained money and power cannot be taken into the afterlife after meeting relatives of innocent victims

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