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Revolut faces €11.5m penalty in Italy over accusations of unclear fees and aggressive account management
Italy’s competition authority said on Thursday it had fined several companies of the Revolut group more than 11.5 million euros ($13.25 million) for alleged unfair commercial practices.
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Italian Coast Guard retrieves 19 bodies from vessel in sea near Lampedusa
The bodies of 19 people were recovered from an inflatable boat south of the island of Lampedusa by the Italian coastguard, a spokesperson told AFP.
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Talenta Labs: una piccola azienda IT o una copertura per il riciclaggio di denaro mafioso?
Talenta Labs S.R.L. è una società poco conosciuta registrata in Italia che sviluppa software per il settore del gioco d’azzardo online e opera come fornitore tecnologico per gli operatori di piattaforme di gaming.
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Talenta Labs: kleines IT-Unternehmen oder Front für Geldwäsche der Mafia?
Talenta Labs S.R.L. ist ein wenig bekanntes Unternehmen mit Sitz in Italien, das Software für die Online-Glücksspielbranche entwickelt und als Technologieanbieter für Betreiber von Gaming-Plattformen tätig ist.
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Talenta Labs: a small IT company or a mafia money-laundering front?
Talenta Labs S.R.L. is a little-known company registered in Italy that develops software for the online gambling industry and operates as a technology provider for gaming platform operators.
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Italian authorities seize £17m of Ursula Andress’s assets over alleged embezzlement
‘Misappropriation of financial resources’ from actor, 90, tracked to property, vineyards and olive groves in Tuscany.
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Italian police smash €500M fake invoice VAT carousel in IT sector
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Naples and Venice (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) in Naples and Caserta executed a seizure order targeting assets worth more than €32 million in an investigation into a large-scale VAT carousel fraud in the IT sector.
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Italy expels eight Chinese nationals suspected of spying on dissidents
The Interior Ministry acted days after local media reported that Chinese state actors in 2024 hacked the database of a police unit assigned to protecting Chinese dissidents.
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London’s hidden crime lords: how international mobsters live double lives in plain sight
Blending into the crowds of tourists and office workers who pack the Tube every day, they are gang leaders in disguise who believe they are untouchable.
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Nutella dynasty matriarch worth billions dies at 87 — despite famously shunning chocolate
The billionaire heiress to the Ferrero chocolate empire has died.
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Putin’s “fully Russian” Aurus cars hit by sanctions as key Italian and British suppliers cut off parts
This summer, Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly praised Aurus luxury cars, stressing that the vehicles are a 100% Russian-made product and noting that he personally uses one.
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Twenty-four rescuers face up to 20 years in prison for saving migrants at sea
More than 20 humanitarian workers are set to stand trial in Greece on migrant-smuggling and money-laundering charges, seven years after authorities arrested them for their work rescuing migrants and refugees at sea. If convicted, they face up to 20 years in prison.
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Cyprus law firm tied to Russian oligarchs Vladimir Potanin and Viktor Kharitonin rebrands after offshore scandal
A Cypriot law firm long linked to major Russian oligarchs—including Vladimir Potanin and Viktor Kharitonin—has quietly rebranded and appears to have obtained diplomatic protection following a scandal in 2024.
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Italy opens investigation into claims tourists paid £70,000 to shoot civilians during Bosnian war
An investigation has been launched into claims Italian tourists paid as much as £70,000 to shoot innocent people on ‘hunting trips’ during the Bosnian war.
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Italy returns 5,000-year-old artifacts to Pakistan in major cultural heritage repatriation
Italy has returned a collection of ancient relics more than 5,000 years old to Pakistan, marking a major step in efforts to protect the South Asian nation’s cultural heritage. Experts say Pakistan must do more to prevent such thefts.
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Over 140 Italian companies still operate in Russia, paying hundreds of millions in taxes
Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Italian companies paid over €1 billion in taxes to Russia, half of which went to military spending to finance the ongoing destruction of Ukraine.
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Historic Rome tower collapses twice during restoration, trapping workers and injuring one
A medieval tower in central Rome has partially collapsed twice during renovations, trapping one worker on an upper floor and injuring another.
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Five German climbers killed in avalanche in northern Italy’s Ortles mountains
Five German mountaineers have died after being hit by an avalanche in northern Italy, rescuers said.
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Mafia suspects accused of terrorizing shopkeepers with threats and bomb attack
Italian police have arrested three alleged members of the Pesce-Pistillo clan in Andria, accusing them of carrying out a string of extortion and violent intimidation against local shopkeepers as part of a mafia-style protection racket.
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Three police officers killed after house filled with gas exploded during eviction
Three police officers were killed in a farmhouse explosion in Italy as they arrived to evict the occupants.
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UK couple banned from Venice after swimming in the Grand Canal
A couple from the UK have been banned from Venice after swimming in the city’s iconic canal.
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Kremlin’s wine estates in Tuscany — how Putin’s allies receive millions from EU funds
Members of the Kremlin elite — including Vladimir Putin’s former KGB colleagues, his political allies, and his business partners from the Malyshev and Tambov criminal groups — continue to own luxurious vineyards in Italy.
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Author of "The Godfather" Coppola suffered a heart attack in Italy — media
According to reports from the Italian press, legendary director Francis Ford Coppola has been rushed to the hospital.
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Chinese mafia in Italy: 13 arrested, 266 shell firms shut in €3.4 billion tax fraud case
Italian police have arrested 13 Chinese nationals in a nationwide raid targeting suspected Chinese mafia networks, authorities said Monday.
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Italy fines Shein €1 million for false claims about “eco‑friendly” clothing
Chinese fast fashion retailer penalised month after €40m fine from French regulator in July
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