Scores of Italian gang members, corrupt officials and crooked businesspeople have been convicted at the end of one of the largest graft trials Italy has seen. Dozens of defendants were... read more →
Police in Italy have seized 37 million opioid tablets they claim were destined to be shipped to Daesh militants in Libya. Officials said the jihadi group would have sold the... read more →
NGOs working to save migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean are colluding with people smugglers, an Italian prosecutor has told La Stampa. Speaking with the Italian daily, Sicily-based Carmelo Zuccaro... read more →
A notorious Italian mafia boss wanted for a range of drug trafficking offences has been arrested by authorities in Mexico after Italian police tracked him down using social media. Giulio... read more →
An international investigation into people smuggling networks has resulted in the arrest 18 men suspected of trafficking migrants from Greece to northern Europe. More than 100 migrants were rescued from... read more →
A “violent and dangerous” mafia boss has been told he will spend at least 10 years in an Australian jail and likely face deportation back to Italy after he was... read more →
Police in Albania have announced a nationwide crackdown on marijuana cultivation, which has increased to such a degree in the country that it has become known as the “outdoor cannabis... read more →
The EU’s task force in the Mediterranean is failing to fulfil its primary role of tackling people smugglers, French MPs have warned. A French parliamentary report says that while Operation... read more →
The Italian and Libyan governments have signed an agreement designed to stop migrant boats setting off from the North African country’s shoreline. As part of the deal, Italy will provide... read more →
Police in Italy have broken up an organised migrant smuggling gang that charged people €1,000 each to be trafficked into France in the back of overloaded vehicles. The operation was... read more →
