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Caserta—The Court of Cassation will decide on Nicola Cosentino's future on September 9th. The Supreme Court is called to rule on the appeal filed by the Naples Prosecutor General's Office challenging the sentence reduction granted to the former Undersecretary of Economy in the Berlusconi government, currently being held in the prison of...

Pollena Trocchia - He has chosen to maintain a formal silence, but this has been interrupted by new, chilling admissions. Mario Landolfi, the 48-year-old arrested for the brutal murder of two women in Pollena Trocchia, exercised his right to remain silent during preliminary hearings before the investigating judge of the Court of...

Prison wasn't a limitation, but merely a remote office. As soon as the handcuffs clicked on their wrists, the leaders of the Nobile clan of Afragola—known in criminal circles as the "Panzaruttari"—already knew how to regain control of the territory. The solution was within reach...

Siena - Apology for fascism, racial hatred: thirteen minors are under investigation by the Florence Juvenile Prosecutor's Office. The thirteen suspects have been charged with various crimes: illegal possession of weapons, possession and distribution of child pornography, and propaganda of ideas based on racial, ethnic, and...

Afragola awoke this morning to the dull sound of sirens, but the latest precautionary order reveals a silent and merciless war. It's chilling. The investigations, coordinated with extraordinary rigor by the Carabinieri Group of Castello di Cisterna, lift the veil on a military restructuring...

Naples – A heated atmosphere awaits at the New Palace of Justice in Naples. The start of the trial for the murder of Martina Carbonaro, the fourteen-year-old killed by her ex-boyfriend on May 25, 2025, in Afragola, was marked by moments of extreme tension that forced the Court of Assizes to make a drastic...

Naples – A climate of intense tension marked the opening of the trial for the murder of Martina Carbonaro, the fourteen-year-old found dead in an abandoned farmhouse in Afragola on May 26 of last year. The first hearing against the accused was held before the Naples Assize Court (Courtroom 115).

There's a nickname in Afragola that, all by itself, evokes a slice of the area's criminal history: the Panzaruttari. A nickname with an ancient ring, inherited from the humble street vendor of its founder, Antonio Nobile, but now etched in the documents of the latest precautionary warrant...

Alfredo Erra received a second life sentence. The Salerno Court of Assizes of Appeal (presided by Anita Mele, with Marilena Albarano acting as judge) upheld the first-instance verdict, sentencing him to the maximum penalty for the femicide of his ex-girlfriend, thirty-year-old Anna Borsa, and for the attempted murder of Alessandro Caccavale. The judges...

Naples - There's a successful entrepreneur and a businessman. There are two bank clerks, a pizza chef, a colleague's wife, and even a nurse working in the intensive care unit of a renowned Neapolitan hospital. This isn't the guest list for an exclusive event, but...

Naples - A blow from nearly four centuries of prison. The judiciary has dealt a severe blow to the new recruits of the Amato-Pagano clan. Preliminary hearing judge Federico Villano, at the conclusion of the massive trial conducted under a fast-track procedure in the bunker courtroom of the Naples Courthouse, handed down sentences totaling...

Almost exactly a year after that dramatic afternoon, the courthouse opens for the trial that will seek justice for the death of Martina Carbonaro, the 14-year-old student brutally murdered on May 26, 2025, in an abandoned farmhouse in Afragola. The trial is scheduled for...

A little over a year after the dramatic accident that devastated the area, Castellammare di Stabia is preparing to experience a crucial moment for the safety and future of the Monte Faito cable car. The delicate operations will begin tomorrow morning, Tuesday, May 19th...

Pollena Trocchia - The killer's license plate was captured on a young couple's cell phone. Now Mario Landolfi, 49, of Sant'Anastasia, has confessed. But if it hadn't been for that couple who became suspicious of his behavior at the abandoned construction site in Pollena Trocchia, the man likely wouldn't have been discovered...

While mafia doctrine dictates fairness, the internal reality of the 167 prison reveals a hidden war of jealousies, petty frictions, and suspicions, even within the Monfregolo family itself. The emblematic case emerges from the complaints of the partner of inmate Mariano Monfregolo, known as "Nasone." In an environmental wiretap, contained in the latest precautionary warrant signed by...

A large-scale operation conducted by the Carabinieri and coordinated by the Potenza District Anti-Mafia Directorate (DDA) dismantled a structured organization active in gangmastering and human trafficking with strong transnational ramifications. In the early hours of the morning, officers from the Investigative Unit of the Potenza Provincial Command and...

Investigations continue into the death of Giovanni Sparago, a 25-year-old Carabinieri marshal originally from Curti, in the Caserta province, who served at the Carabinieri station in Borghetto Vara, a small town in the province of La Spezia. The young soldier was found dead on April 18th.

An autopsy will definitively clarify the causes of the tragic and sudden death of Adriano D'Orsi, the sixteen-year-old from Casoria who tragically disappeared after eating ice cream. The Naples North Prosecutor's Office, promptly informed by the local Carabinieri unit led by Captain Valentina Bianchin, immediately opened...

Just days after the investigation into the death of little Domenico Caliendo concludes, the family's lawyer breaks his silence and announces legal action against those who defamed him on social media.

For months, Salvatore Romano, known as "Sasi," was the local strongman, the free agent of the Arzano 167 clan, an offshoot of the powerful Amato-Pagano cartel. But in the world of the Camorra, power is a breath away. In November 2025, a peremptory order arrives from a prison cell: Giuseppe...