In Sicily, the special organized crime unit of the national police scored a huge win this week, capturing Corleone family head Gaetano Riina after three years of investigation. The Carabinieri -- ...

CORLEONE, Italy — In the dark heart of Sicily near the town that for decades was the Mafia’s capital and killing ground, a dozen strangers cultivate a vineyard. They are the new muscle on land that ...

The Mayor of Corleone, Sicily -- the birthplace of the fictional mafia boss Vito Corleone from the legendary film “The Godfather” – has apologized for the town’s long association with La Cosa Nostra ...

As they traveled around Sicily for nine days in March, 16 Bowdoin students didn’t just visit ancient sites and majestic ruins. They spoke to shop owners about fending off the tyranny of the Mafia.

ROME -- Italy's reputed No. 1 Mafia boss was arrested Tuesday at a farmhouse in the Sicilian countryside after frustrating investigators' efforts to catch him during more than 40 years on the run, the ...