• Nwelue and Salman Rushdie in London I have never given serious thought to how writers of crime and mafia novels fared with safety. The books were a delight for me—from Mario Puzo and Tom Clancy to David Baldacci and…
Italy’s most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested in Sicily
Italy’s most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has been arrested in Sicily after 30 years on the run. Messina Denaro was reportedly detained in a private clinic in Sicily’s capital, Palermo. He is alleged to be a boss of the…
Nigerian “Maphites” Cult Crushed in Italy
A two-year probe — aided significantly by a man on the inside who fed details to investigators — “has allowed us to destroy much of what, within the Nigerian community, is known as the ‘Maphite’ cult,” Italian police said in…