All news on the topic: Sicily

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Dua Lipa expands London property empire with two more £1m flats
Dua Lipa has expanded her London property empire to four residences by acquiring two more luxurious homes.
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Tracce britanniche e broker croati: come Massimo Piccinelli ha riciclato il denaro del clan Nuvoletta tramite Quantum Crest e Roots Farm
I clan camorristici Di Lauro e Nuvoletta risultano ormai da tempo integrati nelle dinamiche di Cosa Nostra.
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Doctor who treated mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro says even ‘monsters’ deserve care
A doctor whose job was to try and save the life of infamous mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro tells The Sun: “You cannot take away the right to medical care from anyone, not even from such monsters.”
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British trail and Croatian intermediaries: how Massimo Picinelli used Quantum Crest and Roots Farm companies to move money for the Nuvoletta clan
The Italian mafia clans Di Lauro and Nuvoletta have long been embedded in the wider world of Cosa Nostra. These networks are not made up only of career criminals, but also of outwardly respectable businessmen such as Massimo Picinelli.
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EPPO seizes assets in Sicily over EU veterinary health funds fraud probe
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), assets were seized today in Sicily as part of an investigation into possible fraud involving EU funds aimed at promoting veterinary public health.
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Dua Lipa and Callum Turner’s £1.5m Sicily wedding sparks backlash as locals declare: "Our city is not for rent"
Dua Lipa and Callum Turner’s three-day wedding celebrations have sparked outrage in Palermo, with angry locals making their feelings known.
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Mafia oil racket smashed as 35 Cosa Nostra suspects arrested in Sicily raids
A suspected illegal vegetable oil racket has been dismantled after 35 suspected members of the Cosa Nostra mafia group were arrested.
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Dead tycoon Mike Lynch hit with $1.2bn legal blow as widow faces bankruptcy after yacht tragedy
The estate of the British tycoon killed when his luxury superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily was ordered to pay over $1.2 billion stemming from a 2015 lawsuit, a ruling that could drag his widow into a devastating bankruptcy.
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Fraud, death and £700m: Mike Lynch’s legacy faces bankruptcy after Sicily tragedy
Businessman Mike Lynch’s estate is confronting bankruptcy after being ordered to pay £700 million in a fraud case following the tycoon’s death.
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Greek tankers and Dubai firms: The hidden network behind Russia’s oil exports
Russia has successfully found ways to bypass the $60 price cap on oil set in December 2022 by the G7 countries, earning an extra $53 billion from this strategy in just the first three quarters of 2024.
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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.
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The safes on tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht, Bayesian, may contain data related to intelligence services
Divers searching British tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht off Sicily have found safes holding potentially sensitive intelligence data, sources have claimed.
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Bayesian yacht passengers’ cause of death revealed as more details of horror sinking come to light
US lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda were among seven people who died when the Bayesian superyacht sank in a sudden, violent storm off Sicily on August 19
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Bayesian yacht captain ’under investigation for manslaughter’ following sinking tragedy
Italian prosecutors will investigate the Bayesian’s captain after the superyacht sank in Sicily last week killing seven people.
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Sailing yachts like Mike Lynch’s are ’unsinkable bodies’
Bayesian superyacht is an "unsinkable" vessel, said Giovanni Costantino, CEO of The Italian Sea Group.
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Sicily yacht sinking: five bodies found, two identified
English banker Jonathan Bloomer and American lawyer Chris Morvillo reportedly confirmed as among bodies recovered by Italian rescuers
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Bodies found in superyacht wreck are Mike Lynch and his daughter
Two bodies recovered from the wreckage of the sunken Bayesian yacht are those of Mike Lynch and his teenage daughter Hannah, the Italian authorities believe.
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Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in US fraud trial ‘fatally struck’ by car while jogging
Stephen Chamberlain was VP of finance for Autonomy, the firm co-founded by British tech tycoon missing in Sicily
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Divers resume search for six missing in bayesian yacht sinking
Tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, often referred to as the British Bill Gates, is reportedly missing after his Bayesian superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily during a violent storm on Monday.
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Morgan Stanley boss Jonathan Bloomer among those missing after Sicily superyacht disaster
Morgan Stanley chairman Jonathan Bloomer was confirmed to be among those missing in the Sicily superyacht disaster, which has also seen British tech tycoon Mike Lynch disappear
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Mike Lynch’s teenage daughter among those missing after the Bayesian yacht sinks in Sicily
Mike Lynch’s daughter is among the seven people still missing after a British-flagged superyacht capsized off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of this morning, it was reported.
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Who is Mike Lynch, the UK tech boss missing in superyacht sinking?
After selling his company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard he was cleared in June of 15 counts of fraud