Italian police have arrested 63 people in raids in the southern Calabria region aimed at the ’ndrangheta organised crime gang.

The leader of a mob that killed six people in Duisburg, Germany, in 2007, that shed international light on the ’ndrangheta organised crime syndicate, has been jailed for life today.

In a real-life twist on The Sopranos, some Italian mobsters are turning to therapy for help. Frances D’Emilio reports from Reggio Calabria, Italy.

The mafia boss was having a dreadful time dealing with loss. But he was not struggling with the loss of lives, or even the loss of his freedom.

A MAFIA informant who disappeared nearly a year ago was tortured and her body dissolved in acid by her former partner and other family members angry that she had cooperated with authorities, Italian police said last night.

THOUSANDS of Italian police took part in a huge operation against a powerful crime syndicate yesterday, arresting 300 people including top bosses and seizing millions in property.

Thousands of Italian police took part in a huge operation against a powerful crime syndicate today, arresting 300 people including top bosses and seizing millions in property.

A VETERAN mobster was arrested after 17 years on the run, but a sympathetic crowd cheered him yesterday as he was escorted out of a police barracks and taken to jail.

The CABINET of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi proposed legislation yesterday to keep politicians out of parliament if convicted of embezzlement, bribery or other forms of corruption, after scandals hit a top aide and politicians in his party.

Hundreds of immigrant workers rioted through a southern Italian town after two of them were shot in what they claim was a racist attack.

THE Italian cafe made legendary in the film La Dolce Vita was seized as a Mafia asset along with £174 million (€200m) in property and businesses by police yesterday.

ITALIAN authorities said yesterday they had crushed a bid to revive the Sicilian mafia after making around 100 arrests in a series of raids, nearly three years on from the capture of the cosa nostra’s supremo.

Italian police today arrested a wanted gang leader believed to be part of an organised crime clan involved in the massacre of six people in Germany last summer.

Italian police have captured the top boss of the powerful 'ndrangheta organised crime syndicate whose clan feuds have bloodied the southern region for years.

Arrest warrants for more than 50 people were issued today in a Mafia sweep across Italy targeting drug trafficking and extortion rackets, news reports said.

POLICE arrested 32 suspected mafiosi yesterday and were hunting for eight others linked to a mob feud blamed for the execution-style killings of six Italians in Germany.

Italian police have captured a mob boss who had been on the run for about a decade and was on the country’s list of 30 most wanted fugitives.

Police today captured one of Italy’s most dangerous mob fugitives as the state pressed its war on the ’ndrangheta, the Calabrian crime syndicate believed to be overtaking the Sicilian Mafia in dominance.