An Italian court on Wednesday sentenced Camorra boss Maria Licciardi, one of the few women to lead a mafia clan, to almost 13 years in prison, media reports said. Licciardi, 71, known as "the ...

A Mafia boss who spent nearly three decades evading law enforcement before he was arrested in January has died while receiving medical treatment, according to Italian media reports. Matteo Messina ...

Licciardi was the inspiration for the chain-smoking female mob boss in the TV series "Gomorrah", according to journalist Roberto Saviano, who wrote the book about the Naples mafia on which it was ...

Journalist and author Roberto Saviano, who has been living under police protection since his book "Gomorrah" was published in 2006, told CNN that it is common for Mafia bosses to crave attention.

Reputed by investigators to be one of the Mafia's most powerful bosses, Messina Denaro, 61, had been living while a fugitive in western Sicily, his stronghold, during at least much of his 30 years ...

the 40-year-old boss of the Gargano Mafia in the southern Italian region of Puglia, was caught Thursday outside a luxury restaurant in Bastia, Corsica, where he was dining with a female companion.

Licciardi was the inspiration for the chain-smoking female mob boss in the TV series "Gomorrah," according to journalist Roberto Saviano, who wrote the book about the Naples mafia on which it was ...