Italie: vaste opération contre la Ndrangheta avec 1.000 carabiniers

Plus de 1.000 carabiniers ont participé à une vaste opération contre la Ndrangheta, la puissante mafia calabraise, dont 116 membres étaient visés par des mandats d'arrêt, ont indiqué mardi matin les médias italiens.

Italy launches criminal investigation into buildings destroyed in earthquake

 A criminal investigation has been launched to determine why buildings that were reportedly reinforced, collapsed during an earthquake that struck the country Aug. 24.

Italy’s president denies deals with mafia

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has testified in a high-profile trial and denied any links between the state and the mafia in the country.

Napolitano told prosecutors Tuesday that a bombing campaign in the 90s, which was blamed on the mafia had sought to improve prison conditions of a crime don.