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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.

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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

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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

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 Conversation

‘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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Reuters

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…

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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.

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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

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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.

Daily Mirror

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

France 24

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.

Reuters

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.

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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.

The Independent UK

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

Zenger

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.

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