Swiss prosecutors on Friday said that they had uncovered a mafia organisation that has been involved in drug and arms trafficking as well as money laundering dating as far back as 1994.

110 mln euros seized from property broker

Until six people were shot dead at an Italian eatery in Duisburg in 2007, no one considered Germany mafia heartland. An Italian court has sentenced eight men, including the mastermind of that shooting, to life in prison

The Italian Mafia is becoming more and more active in Switzerland, according to an annual police report published Thursday. The country is mainly being used for money-laundering operations, the report says

Convicted of murder, Cosimo Scaglione still remains in Romania. Arrested last week in Oradea, he was saved from extradition thanks to his new name, acquired after he got married in Romania

More than 30 businessmen have been expelled from the Sicilian chapter of Confindustria - Italy's main private employers' association - for failing to report mafia extortionists, according to chapter president, Ivan Lo Bello

Switzerland has always been a key destination for Italy's mafia bosses to launder their assets or hide their cash, but recent probes show that Italian organised crime is broadening its activities there

Runaway drug lord Darko Šarić was in charge of logistics and organization in drug trafficking operations behind which was the Russian mafia

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The bloodiest arm of the Italian mafia, the ‘Ndrangheta, has moved beyond just laundering money in Switzerland to other criminal activities on Swiss soil.