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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Mafia - What They Never Told You

The secretive $6 billion Vatican Bank was beset by scandals, disastrous investments—and even ties to the Mafia. How Pope Francis tried to fix it

The Vatican Bank has been plagued for years by financial scandals.

Fortune

This Week in History: Iran goes nuclear, Princess Diana’s historic handshake and the fall of Sicily’s godfather

Explore how major events between 6 and 12 April were captured on The Independent’s front pages

The Independent UK

Portobello: how can this TV show about the mafia and a mind-controlled parrot be so wildly dull?

This HBO series about Italy’s top TV host (and his feathered friend) getting embroiled with the mob sounds genius … and yet it’s troublingly tedious

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Food for thought: The Mafia sits at the table, but who is paying the bill?

The well-known Italian restaurant, founded by an Aragonese family, has been controversially ordered by a court to change its name, but can a commercial claim clash with memory or common sense?

Euronews

Secret manuscripts written by mobster Whitey Bulger before his arrest are revealed

Lawyers for former FBI agent John Connolly say that the crime boss’s handwritten statements show that he was framed

The Independent UK

NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, March 9 (game #1002)

Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

TechRadar

Netflix just added 21 new shows and movies — here are the 5 I'm streaming first

Netflix just added 21 new shows and movies today. Here are the five I'd recommend watching right now.

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Al Pacino says it was an ‘honour’ to act alongside Robert Duvall

Duvall, known for portraying Mafia consigliere Tom Hagen in 1972’s The Godfather, has died aged 95.

Evening Standard

Paramount Plus just added 117 new movies — here's the 5 I'm streaming first

Paramount Plus just added 117 movies on Feb. 1, 2026. Here are the five I'd recommend streaming right now.

Tom’s Guide

3 new to Paramount+ movies you need to stream this weekend (Jan. 30-Feb. 1)

Paramount+ just added a ton of must-watch movies worth watching this weekend. Here's my top 3 picks.

Tom’s Guide

Stranded review – this Italian crime show is like Agatha Christie, Lost and The White Lotus all at once

A hotel’s worth of rich guests cut off by snow, a dead body, the mafia and some supernatural antics … there’s a banquet of melodrama to feast on in this soapy foreign-language series

The Guardian - UK

NBA chief gives Miami Heat update amid ongoing Terry Rozier gambling case

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says the league could give relief to the Miami Heat over the status of Terry Rozier

The Independent UK

Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier to be arraigned over sports betting scheme

Miami Heat player Terry Rozier is set to appear in a federal court in New York City on charges he helped gamblers placing bets on his performance in NBA games

The Independent UK

Famed photographer’s widow says Marilyn Monroe’s last-ever pics were ‘stolen by Mafia,’ wants auction halted

Exclusive: Shannah Laumeister Stern’s allegations have ‘no legal or factual basis,’ according to the attorney representing the anonymous seller who consigned some 2,500 negatives set for bids on Monday

The Independent UK

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International Business Times UK

NBA Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups Posts $5 Million Bail and Pleads Not Guilty in Mafia-Linked Rigged Poker Scheme

Basketball Hall of Famer and Portland Trailblazers head coach Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty to charges of profiting from a rigged poker scheme.

The Independent UK

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups pleads not guilty in rigged poker games case

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups has pleaded not guilty to charges he profited from rigged poker games involving several Mafia figures and another former NBA player

PC Gamer

Mafia: The Old Country's Free Ride update is out now, replacing its empty open world with an extremely basic one

Also adds photo mode and first-person driving.

Metal Hammer

"My area was full of Mafia people and drugs. Half my friends were addicts and the other were dealers." From gangsters and Satanic murders to hanging with Lemmy, the remarkable life of Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia

She's a modern metal icon with a hell of a life story. We delve into the career of Cristina Scabbia

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The Independent UK

Poker's NBA-and-Mafia betting scandal echoes movie games, and cheats, from 'Ocean's' to 'Rounders'

A big-money poker ring involving NBA figures indicted this week for allegedly cheating unsuspecting rich players echoes decades of films and TV shows, with supposed Mafia involvement adding to the drama

International Business Times UK

From X-Ray Tables to Contact Lenses: The Mafia's Secret Tech Behind Illegal Poker with US Athletes

Prosecutors uncover a Mafia-run poker scheme using X-ray tables, spy cameras, and contact lenses to cheat high rollers — with NBA stars and coaches caught in the mix.

The Independent UK

Mafia returns to center stage in NBA betting scandal that included rigged poker games

Decades after a crackdown by prosecutors decimated the ranks of the New York Mafia, the indictment of an NBA coach, a player and nearly three dozen others in a betting scandal highlights the mob’s persistence and adaptability

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | What to Know About the NBA Gambling Cases

The indictments have the potential to be the beginning of one of the biggest scandals in American sports.

The Conversation

You’ve just stolen a priceless artifact – what happens next?

The high-profile heist at the Louvre in Paris on Oct 19, 2025, played out like a scene from a Hollywood movie: a gang of thieves steal an assortment of dazzling royal jewels on display at one of the world’s most famous museums.

The Independent UK

Shaq weighs in on NBA betting scandal after 34 arrests: ‘You’re making $9m - how much more do you need?’

Basketball legend expresses dismay over criminal allegations and reminds his fellow pros: ‘There’s an old saying in the ‘hood: All money ain’t good money’

Reason

NBA Betting Scandal Shows How Legalized Gambling Actually Helps Root Out Corruption

FBI Director Kash Patel called it “the insider trading saga for the NBA,” with Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier among those charged.

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