Mafia

Fakhrul, accompanied by BNP leaders and workers, paid homage to its founder and late President Ziaur Rahman by placing a wreath, marking his 43rd death anniversary on Thursday (30 May). Photo: UNB
Politics

Country now under grip of mafias, looters: Fakhrul

He said the current government’s main goal is to turn Bangladesh into a failed state by depleting its assets

The show that made the small screen huge - The Sopranos. Photograph: Allstar/HBO/Sportsphoto Ltd
Features

You are only as good as your last envelope: 25 years of The Sopranos

A Bronx Tale: Perennial pirouette of identity, loyalty and morality
Features

A Bronx Tale: Perennial pirouette of identity, loyalty and morality

Photo: AFP
Europe

Italian fugitive caught on the run for 11 years in Greece thanks to football photo

A screengrab taken from a video shows Matteo Messina Denaro the country's most wanted mafia boss being escorted out of a Carabinieri police station after he was arrested in Palermo, Italy, January 16, 2023. Carabinieri/Handout via REUTERS
Europe

How top Mafia boss Messina Denaro escaped justice for 30 years

A screengrab taken from a video shows Matteo Messina Denaro the country's most wanted mafia boss being escorted out of a Carabinieri police station after he was arrested in Palermo, Italy, January 16, 2023. Carabinieri/Handout via REUTERS
Europe

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

FILE PHOTO: The Google Maps app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration taken September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
World+Biz

Google Maps helps Italian police capture mafia fugitive

Mahiya Mahi. Photo: Collected
Glitz

Mahiya Mahi to star in web series ‘Mafia’

Picture: Collected
World+Biz

Europol: 31 mafia suspects arrested in Italy, Germany

Pope Francis speaks at a conference hosted by the Vatican on economic solidarity, at the Vatican, February 5, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Remo Casilli
World+Biz

Pope urges fight against organised crime as mafia milks the pandemic

Catanzaro's public prosecutor Nicola Gratteri addresses reporters outside the specially-built courtroom. Photo: AFP
World+Biz

Italy braces for biggest mafia trial in decades

Goodbye, government. Hello, mafia
Analysis

Goodbye, government. Hello, mafia

Shoppers queue up in the rain in Sicily. Protestors in the region have criticised the government response. Photograph: Antonio Parrinello/Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Mafia distributes food to Italy's struggling residents