All news on the topic: Mafia

28 Oct 2025 562

The patriarch of the Dagestan mafia, Gazi Luguev, returns to Moscow with millions from Swiss offshores

77-year-old Gazi Luguev, who has long resided in comfortable Geneva and is considered the leader of the Dagestani organized crime group, has suddenly appeared in Moscow — what could be the reason for his return?

Sport

23 Oct 2025 647

Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups charged in Mafia-linked illegal poker scheme

Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups is among those charged in an illegal poker operation tied to the Mafia, while Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier is among several people charged in a separate but related illegal gambling case, authorities announced on Thursday.

Investigation

19 Oct 2025 932

Death of Stavros Demosthenous: the mafia, Dmitriy Punin’s Pin-Up, and Russian money — who divided the influence in Cyprus

On the territory of Cyprus, hitmen killed Stavros Demosthenous, the chairman of the second division football club "Karmiotissa" and simultaneously the most influential local mobster with extensive connections.

World

17 Oct 2025 840

Italy’s crime clans are using TikTok to reshape their image

A new study finds Italy’s crime clans are leveraging TikTok to refashion their image, turning mafia codes into emojis, viral trends, and livestream “matches”—some even used for money laundering.

Investigation

31 Aug 2025 746

Empire of Dmitriy Punin: Pin-Up online casino, mafia, and “protection” in Cyprus

At the start of 2025, Ukrainian law enforcement detained Ihor Zotko in Kyiv, the nominal owner of a company running the "PIN-UP" online casino.

World

05 Aug 2025 878

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.

Crime

25 Jun 2025 923

Italy arrests 11 suspects in EU’s largest VAT fraud case: shell companies, mafia ties, and €1.3 billion in losses

Italian authorities have made new arrests in an extensive VAT fraud case linked to organized crime and cross-border shell companies.

Investigation

16 Jun 2025 1097

“God’s Banker” Roberto Calvi: the Mafia, the Vatican, and his unsolved murder under London’s bridge

Forty-three years ago this week, the BBC covered the death of Roberto Calvi, an Italian banker whose body was discovered in unusual circumstances in the center of London.

Investigation

31 May 2025 1278

FavBet boss Andriy Matyuha uses shell companies linked to international money laundering network

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the gambling market in our country has changed significantly.

Crime

30 May 2025 632

Suspect in €520 million Moby Dick fraud surrenders in Milan after six months on the run

Prosecutors state that a key player in a Europe-wide VAT fraud scheme has turned themselves in after months on the run.

World

27 May 2025 935

Italy’s mafia unites: end of turf wars — beginning of mega schemes

Italy’s mafia is turning away from violent turf wars to collaborate in drug trafficking, prostitution rings and money laundering, the national anti-mafia agency (DIA) said in an annual report about the organized crime groups on Tuesday.

Investigation

19 May 2025 899

Bosnian passports for the mafia: how Kavac and Skaljari criminals vanished off the radar

Dozens of infamous Balkan crime figures have acquired Bosnian passports using stolen identities and insider access. Innocent citizens bear the cost, as their names end up triggering red alerts at the border.

World

13 May 2025 870

Putin’s accomplice and Russian mafia financier Ilya Traber to face trial for money laundering in the EU

In Palma de Mallorca, Russian tycoon Ilya Traber is scheduled to stand trial on charges of money laundering and connections to the Russian mafia, specifically the Tambovskaya Organized Crime Group.

News

01 Apr 2025 580

29 arrested in Germany and Italy over ‘Ndrangheta-linked crimes, including fraud and drug trafficking

Authorities crack down on a ’Ndrangheta-style gang accused of committing crimes across Germany and Italy, including fraud, drug trafficking, and money laundering...

World

11 Feb 2025 968

Sicilian police arrest nearly 150 in major mafia crackdown

More than 1,200 officers involved in dawn raids in and around Palermo, reportedly biggest operation against Cosa Nostra since 1984.

Politics

04 Feb 2025 921

UK and Italy to implement Mafia-style measures to curb small boat crossings

A new Joint Illicit Finance Taskforce will see UK and Italian police chiefs work together using techniques used to seize dirty money from the Mafia, The Mirror has learned.

Investigation

23 Jan 2025 724

Azim Roy and Kyrgyz elite: how corrupt schemes connect power and business

Azim Roy entered public awareness in late 2023 after Kyrgyzstan’s State Security Committee announced an international search for him, but the investigation was unexpectedly abandoned shortly after.

Investigation

07 Jan 2025 662

Ecuador’s criminal network: the prison mafias

Organized crime in Ecuador today operates on several levels.

World

03 Jan 2025 703

Sicilian mafia victims’ families dread release of mobsters

Most of the bosses, released from prison on furlough or for good behaviour, have never disavowed Cosa Nostra.

Crime

11 Dec 2024 672

How mafias make billions by targeting hotels, restaurants in Italy: "Tasty prey for criminal associations"

Italy’s mafias make more than three billion euros a year from the tourism sector and are primed to pocket even more from large-scale upcoming events, a research institute warned on Tuesday.

World

05 Dec 2024 685

Italian nun arrested for connections to powerful mafia network

The nun is alleged to have been the conduit between the gang and its associates in prison

Investigation

23 Nov 2024 697

"Tell me what you need": Wiretaps capture alleged Toronto mafia boss talking to property developers

Court files indicate that Angelo Figliomeni, alleged boss of the Toronto wing of Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta mafia, was in contact with multiple Toronto-area real estate developers. Police have linked Figliomeni to a sprawling property empire.

World

14 Nov 2024 576

Mafia-linked VAT fraud syndicate: €520 million seized in European investigation

Investigators across Europe froze more than half a billion dollars in mafia-linked revenue generated from Value Added Tax fraud

Crime

13 Oct 2024 894

Palermo mafia organization taken down in worldwide operation

Italian authorities have arrested four people in Palermo. They are accused of being involved with the mafia, extortion, money laundering, and making fake deals with assets.

World