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British tourist who carved name into Colosseum begs for forgiveness

The man’s actions could see him facing serious punishments in Italy

The Independent UK

Brit who etched name into Rome's Colosseum begs Italy for forgiveness

Ivan Dimitrov was on holiday in Europe when he decided to deface the ancient wall.

Daily Record

Brit vandal who scrawled on walls of 2,000-year-old Colosseum begs for forgiveness

The British tourist Ivan Dimitrov, 27, went viral when he was caught on camera scratching his name and that of his girlfriend into the 2,000-year-old Colosseum in Rome

Daily Mirror

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Italian police say the man filmed carving his name on the Colosseum lives in Britain

The identification was made using photographic comparisons, Italian Carabinieri said in a press release. The statement did not provide the name of the suspect nor his whereabouts.

WEKU

Outrage in Italy after tourist filmed carving his and girlfriend’s names into Rome’s Colosseum

‘I hope that whoever did this will be identified and sanctioned according to our laws’

The Independent UK

Germany and Italy clamp down on Italian mob with raids and arrests

The police operation, coordinated by European Union judicial cooperation agency Eurojust, aimed to dismantle a network that includes the 'ndrangheta, Colombian drug producers and paramilitary groups.

WEKU

Italy Returns Ancient Stele, Illegally Exported, to Türkiye

Italy on Friday returned to Turkish authorities a funerary stele, dating from the second century and carrying a loving inscription to the dead woman's spouse, after investigation determined that it was illegally excavated from southeastern Türkiye. Italy’s specialized Carabinieri paramilitary police art squad said it had determined after extensive investigation…

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Italy returns ancient stele, illegally exported, to Turkey

Italy has returned to Turkish authorities a funerary stele dating from ancient Roman times because investigation determined that the artifact was illegally excavated from southeastern Turkey

The Independent UK

Italy's top court upholds acquittals in case alleging pact between mafia and state officials

Italy's highest court on Thursday upheld acquittal verdicts in a major mafia trial based on allegations that the state had colluded with Sicilian mobsters after a deadly wave of bombings in the 1990s.

Reuters

Texas-born princess facing imminent eviction from Rome villa

A Texas-born princess is facing a court-ordered eviction from a Rome villa containing the only known ceiling painted by Caravaggio

The Independent UK

Italian drugs cartels conceal payments via Chinese shadow banks

Drugs cartels operating in Italy are increasingly using shadow networks of unlicensed Chinese money brokers to conceal cross-border payments, according to Italian judicial and law enforcement authorities.

Reuters

French court refuses to extradite Italian former militants

France’s top court has ruled against extraditing 10 former far-left Italian militants who were convicted of attacks carried out in the 1970s and 1980s

The Independent UK

Russian suspect facing extradition from Italy to U.S. evades house arrest

A Russian businessman facing extradition from Italy to the United States has escaped from house arrest, Italian police said on Thursday.

Reuters

US tourists jailed in Italy for killing police officer to get new trial

The Court of Cassation ruled there is not enough evidence to prove the Americans were aware the slain officer was a member of the Carabinieri

The Independent UK

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The Conversation

Machine learning is helping police work out what people on the run now look like

The Italian police recently arrested Matteo Messina Denaro, the alleged leader of the Sicilian Mafia who has been on the run since 1993. To aid in the search, the Carabinieri issued an artificially aged image to show what he might look like now.

The Guardian - UK

‘Like being on a rollercoaster’: the man who caught Sicily’s last mafia boss

Lt Lucio Arcidiacono, who tracked Matteo Messina Denaro for eight years, speaks to the Guardian

Reuters

Godfather, Joker posters found in mafia boss Messina Denaro's home

Posters of Al Pacino as the Godfather and Joaquin Phoenix as Joker were found in an apartment in western Sicily where mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro is believed to have lived in the months prior to his arrest, police footage showed on Friday.

Reuters

Strong clan loyalty, locals, helped mafia boss Messina Denaro stay hidden

When Salvatore Catalano discovered that mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro had lived just a short walk from his house in the western Sicilian town of Campobello di Mazara, he felt sick.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Italy Welcomes Home Looted Ancient Artworks from the US

Italy on Monday celebrated the return of 60 looted archaeological artifacts worth more than $20 million, many of which had been on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art before their illicit origin was discovered. The items, which US authorities handed over to Italian counterparts in September, include "The…

Reuters

Italy welcomes home looted ancient artworks from the U.S

Italy on Monday celebrated the return of 60 looted archaeological artefacts worth more than $20 million, many of which had been on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art before their illicit origin was discovered.

The Guardian - UK

Hiding in plain sight: how Sicily’s mafia godfather eluded capture for 30 years

Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested this week after three decades on the run. During that time he went out for pizza, watched football, and even took selfies with a doctor

Reuters

Factbox-Matteo Messina Denaro: what's next for the Italian mafia after boss's arrest?

Matteo Messina Denaro, a brutal Sicilian Mafia boss who was Italy's most wanted criminal before his capture last week, had been on the run for 30 years. Here are some key facts about his arrest and what it means:

Reuters

Mafia boss Messina Denaro held in top security Italian prison

Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro was being held on Wednesday in a high-security jail in central Italy, subject to special restrictions applied to the country's most dangerous prisoners.

The Guardian - UK

Captured mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro was living in modest apartment

Italian investigators discover designer clothes and expensive shoes inside ‘normal’ two-storey building

Reuters

Illness is what ultimately snared Italy's top Mafia fugitive

Failing health, more than anything else, is what brought to an end 30 years of life as a fugitive for Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy's most wanted man until his arrest on Monday.

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