Thirty people were arrested in total, the other 16 were also arrested on the peninsula, accused of mafia-style criminal association, drug trafficking, prostitution and money laundering.

"The blitz against the Nigerian mafia", declare the lawyers Gabriele Satta and Giovanna Maria Zappareddu, representatives of the city coordination of the League Sassari, "conducted by the Sassari ...

The former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has alleged widespread corruption in the Nigerian judiciary, saying many judges and lawyers are corrupt. Speaking on Monday at the Law Week of the ...

After decades of being written off for its cheap and cheerful crowd-pleasers, Nollywood -- the frenetic film industry based in Lagos which churns out up to five films a day -- is basking in the ...

Finnish prosecutors on Friday said they had charged a man with inciting terrorism online who a media report identified as Nigerian separatist leader Simon Ekpa. The prosecution authority did not ...

Italy's southern Puglia region is the territory of the Sacra Corona Unita, also known as the "fourth mafia". Less well known than Cosa Nostra, the Camorra or the 'Ndrangheta, the criminal group is ...

UK energy developer Konexa, investment manager Climate Fund Managers (CFM), and Norwegian development finance institution Norfund have signed a development funding agreement in Nigeria.

Former Mafia “street boss” Ralph DeLeo was arrested Thursday for allegedly violating the conditions of his probation a year after he finished serving 15 years in federal prison on racketeering ...

Brazil’s Petrobras plans to return to Nigeria’s oil industry, to focus on deepwater exploration, Nigeria media have reported, citing a senior government official. “We have not maximally ...

European law enforcement in January arrested 17 suspects of a “mafia crypto bank” who are said to have laundered over 21 million euros ($23.5 million) in crypto for criminal entities in China ...

Nigeria has officially cleared its $3.4 billion emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) joining a select group of nations free from IMF debt. The repayment, completed ahead of ...

MACON, Ga. — A member of the so-called criminal street gang Macon Mafia was sent back to prison after authorities caught him on camera possessing a firearm as a convicted felon during a fatal ...