Ed Vulliamy
12 June 2023
Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s dark knight
Silvio Berlusconi was a tax evader, a sleazebag, an enabler of tyrants and mafiosi – and he was adored by half a country
Read the full article02 March 2023
Once upon a time in Sicily
A notorious mafia killer is now behind bars – but why did it take so long to catch him?
Read the full article28 July 2022
How Draghi was floored by coalition of chaos
The plot to depose Italy’s PM is good news for Silvio Berlusconi, the country’s far right – and Vladimir Putin
Read the full article02 December 2021
21st Century Mafia: How the ’Ndrangheta became the scourge of Italy… and beyond
Italy’s Mafia is older than the country itself and, despite the cyclical efforts to stamp out its influence, the rise of the Calabrian ’Ndrangheta clan to displace the Sicilian Cosa Nostra underscores its intrinsic place in Italian society.
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