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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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 23, 2023

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.

Reuters · Jan 23, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2023

Life of Mafia boss who boasted he killed so many people he 'filled cemetery by himself'

Messina Denaro was captured at a clinic in Palermo, Italy, where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed medical condition, the head of the police force's special operations squad confirmed

Daily Mirror · Jan 16, 2023

Italy's most wanted mafia boss Messina Denaro arrested after 30 years on the run

Italy's Carabinieri police have arrested Matteo Messina Denaro, the country's most wanted mafia boss, ending a 30-year manhunt for the notorious mobster, local media reported on Monday.

France 24 · Jan 16, 2023

After 30 years, Italy arrests mafia boss Messina Denaro at Sicilian hospital

Italy's most wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested by armed police at a private hospital in Sicily on Monday, where the man who has been on the run since 1993 was being treated for cancer.

Reuters · Jan 16, 2023

Have You Seen The Italian Carabinieri’s Tracer 9 Police Bikes?

Yamaha supplied 48 units of its Tracer 9 sport tourer to turn into police bikes for the Italian Carabinieri, with another 35 more on the way later this year.

RideApart · Aug 7, 2022

Italy thwarts illegal auction abroad of Gentileschi painting

Italy's art squad police say they have thwarted the potential illegal sale by a Vienna auction house of a 17th-century painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, a celebrated Baroque artist

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2022

Happy Birthday To Blues: Cops Visit Lonely 80-Year-Old On His Special Day

An old-age pensioner who was lonely called the police for a chat and they even sent round some officers with a cake to celebrate his 80th birthday with him.

Zenger · Jun 23, 2022

For decades a ruthless mafia has ruled in southern Italy. Now the state is fighting back

In the southern Italian province of Vibo Valencia, the mafia rules. Now a prosecutor the mafia wants dead is trying to free it from their grip.

ABC News · Apr 20, 2022