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Mediterranean Migrants: At Least 40 Drown After Boat Sinks South of Sicily

According to Save the Children aid group, dozens of migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean after a boat carrying an…

10 years ago

Italy: Forty arrested in anti-mafia raid

Forty suspects were arrested in northern Italy as the authorities targeted mafia cells. Meanwhile anti-mafia police have released unprecedented footage…

10 years ago

Italy: Mafia gangsters arrested over Christmas poinsettias extortion scam

Four alleged mafia gangsters have been arrested in Italy over a Christmas extortion scam. The men have been forcing shop…

11 years ago

Sicily declares state of emergency amid Lampedusa migrant crisis

A state of emergency has been declared in Sicily because of the large numbers of African migrants it has to…

11 years ago

Lampedusa boat sinking: At least 130 African migrants die and many more missing

At least 130 migrants have died and many more are missing after a boat carrying them to Europe sank off…

11 years ago

Italian cargo ship Gelso M ran aground off Sicily

The Italian coast guards have rescued the crew of a cargo ship after it ran aground on a reef off…

13 years ago