Fugitive mafia boss found hiding in secret room in his own house

umbertino · October 6, 2016

Antonio Pelle, who escaped from hospital in 2011, found at home in hideout built between bathroom and son’s bedroom

Associated Press in Rome

Thursday 6 October 2016 01.32 BST Last modified on Thursday 6 October 2016 10.48 BST

umbertino · October 6, 2016

Mafia at a crossroads as Nigerian gangsters hit Sicily's shores

An uneasy alliance exists on the streets of Palermo between the traditional Sicilian mafia and Nigerian migrants encroaching on their illegal trades

Saturday 11 June 2016 10.00 BST

The market place in Ballarò, in the Sicilian capital of Palermo, where fruit and vegetables are sold by day and drugs by night.

Photograph: Francesco Bellina

Emmanuel, a 25 year-old Nigerian living in Palermo, claims his face was scarred with a machete by members of the Black Axe clan.

Photograph: Francesco Bellina