In February, French police arrested mafia hitman Edgardo Greco, 63, who had links to the ‘ndrangheta group and spent 16 years on the run after being convicted of killing two people in the 1990s.

The G7 leaders’ summit will take place in the southern Italian region of Puglia, where mafia-style criminal groups are alleged to be behind an uptick of violence.

Five extortionists who since 1997 had collected over 800,000 Slovak crowns ($15,500) from the owner of the Bratislava Hysteria pub and night club in return for 'protection', were apprehended by police ...