46 defendants in Rome's mafia trial.
The first hearing in the so-called Mafia Capitale trial, the result of the biggest investigation into organised crime in Rome's modern history, opened at the criminal courts in t...
Over half of stolen cars never recovered.
Over 300 cars are stolen a day in Italy, according to a report from the ministry of the interior.
But it is not the luxury cars that are disappearing. It is the smaller one...
Former chief of Rome's AMA rubbish agency faces corruption charges.
The first part of the Mafia Capitale trial into alleged criminal infiltration of Rome's city hall opens on 20 October when the former chief of the ci...
Capital stands up to organised crime following lavish Mafia funeral.
Politicians, trade unions and civil society associations are staging an anti-mafia protest at Piazza Don Bosco in Rome's Cinecittà district at 18.00...
Sit-in set for 3 September.
A demonstration to protest the ostentatious funeral of the mafia boss, Vittorio Casamonica, is being called for 3 September.
The heads of Rome's 15 municipal districts have said that th...
Assets of €400 million seized at port in Ostia
Rome's provincial finance police have impounded assets at Ostia's Porto Turistico di Roma marina, including yachts, car parks, offices and shops worth a total of around €...
Latest act of vandalism by tourists at Rome monument.
A Lebanese tourist was caught defacing a pillar at Rome's Colosseum on the afternoon of 11 July, according to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
The 22-...
Rome mayor refuses to resign.
Police arrested five people on 9 June as part of an ever-widening investigation into a mafia syndicate allegedly operating within Rome's city administration.
The five, most of whom are...
Junior government minister under investigation over alleged Mafia links.
Italian premier Matteo Renzi has intervened following an investigation into a junior government minister as part of the burgeoning case involvin...
Second wave of arrests in so-called Mafia Capitale investigation.
Italian police have made 44 arrests in Lazio, Abruzzo and Sicily, in the second part of the ongoing case involving an alleged mafia syndicate operating...
ATAC increases security at Spagna, Colosseo and Termini
From 25 February security personnel at three of Rome's busiest metro stations will be accompanied by guard dogs, as part of increased security measures by the ca...
Rioting Feyenoord fans vandalise 17th-century fountain
Fans of Dutch football team Feyenoord rioted in Rome's Piazza di Spagna during the late afternoon on 19 February, ahead of a Europa League match against AS Roma whi...
Former captain guilty of multiple manslaughter
The former captain of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been found guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to 16 years in prison by a court in Grosseto on 11 F...
Controversial plan will see prostitution tolerated in non-residential area of EUR
Rome's mayor Ignazio Marino and his administration have approved plans for a red light zone in a non-residential area of the capital's...
Italian police display recovered stolen treasures
Italian art police unveiled their largest-ever single seizure of looted antiquities, comprising more than 5,000 archaeological items, during a press conference at Rome...
Six-month training and trial period begins January
Italy's interior ministry has issued Rome police with pepper spray as part of a six-month trial, with 650 officers in the capital beginning training courses in its u...
Racket earned Rome mafia "more money than drug trafficking"
Judicial documents have revealed that funding destined for immigrants and members of the Roma community was the main source of income for the alleged mafia...
Some victims being assaulted with knuckle dusters
Police in Rome are reporting growing cases of the violent phenomenon known as "knockout", whereby unsuspecting passers-by are punched in the face with the aim of knock...
Measures to protect tourists from pickpockets and fake porters
Rome's Termini station is to install barriers at the beginning of platforms to allow access only to passengers with tickets. The measures are designed as...
Rome's mayor expresses solidarity with city's Jewish community
Police in Rome are investigating a spate of anti-semitic graffiti that has appeared on shopfronts and walls around the capital in recent days.
The lat...
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