‘Cocaine king of Milan’ escapes from prison in Uruguay through hole in roof

Rocco Morabito and three other prisoners let themselves down by rope to an adjacent farm, where they robbed the owner

An Italian mafia boss known as the “cocaine king of Milan” has escaped from prison in Uruguay where he was awaiting extradition to Italy, the South American country’s interior ministry has announced.

Rocco Morabito, 53, leader of Italy’s most powerful organised crime group – the Calabrian ’Ndrangheta – fled the prison in Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo, through a hole in the roof of the building.

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Woman hired Sicilian mafia hitmen to kill ex-lover, say police

Alleged killers and woman, 64, arrested after discovery of man’s body in cement wall

A 64-year-old woman allegedly hired four Sicilian mafia henchmen to murder her ex-lover who had stolen her jewels, according to police. The killers, all Sicilians, carried out their order by walling the man in cement while he was still alive.

Related: Is this the end for the Sicilian mafia?

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Daughter of Italian mafia boss names Paris restaurant Corleone

Lucia Riina, youngest child of Salvatore ‘Totò’ Riina, names establishment after crime family’s home town

The daughter of a notorious Sicilian mafia boss has opened a restaurant near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris called Corleone.

Lucia Riina, a painter and the youngest child of the late “boss of bosses” Salvatore “Totò” Riina, named the establishment after her father’s home town and the crime family in Francis Ford Coppola’s award-winning Godfather trilogy of films.

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Investigative reporter Craig Unger: “Trump has had contacts with the Russian mafia for 35 years”

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Judge lifts order for Los Angeles Times to change story

A U.S. judge lifted an order Tuesday that required the Los Angeles Times to remove information from an article about a court document that was meant to be kept from the public, reversing a decision that had raised concerns about freedom of the press. Judge John Walter said he initially wasn't sure if the newspaper had legally gained access to a sealed plea agreement and feared for the defendant's safety, the Times reported .

This 1995 file photo taken in West Palm Beach, Fla., and released by the FBI shows Francis P.

This 1995 file photo taken in West Palm Beach, Fla., and released by the FBI shows Francis P. "Cadillac Frank" Salemme. The former New England Mafia boss and and his co-defendant, Paul Weadick, were found guilty, Friday, June 22, 2018, in the 1993 killing nightclub owner Steven DiSarro.

5 Insights From Comey’s Memoir: Ex-FBI Chief Blasts Trump As Mob-Like

James Comey's much-anticipated memoir A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership doesn't pull any punches when it comes to condemning the roughly 15-month tenure of President Trump. The former FBI director, whom Trump unceremoniously fired, paints a picture of a chief executive only concerned about his own image in the press instead of the safety of the nation.

Spain’s Mueller sends a message to the Russians

Dawn's first rays were streaming through the palm trees in Spain's laid-back jet-setter paradise Marbella when the crashing of waves was drowned out by the whomp-whomp of hovering police helicopters and the wail of sirens. Roadblocks went up and streets were shut down all morning as more than 100 officers of the Guardia Civil, the Spanish military police, raced across the port city - storming villas, ritzy eateries, yachts, a golf course, the soccer stadium, a bank, even raiding a water-bottling plant deep in the dusty hills.

Explosive Fusion GPS testimony details Trump’s alleged ties to…

Sen. Dianne Feinstein released the full transcript of testimony that Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson gave to the Senate Intelligence Committee - and it contains explosive allegations that President Donald Trump has direct ties to international money laundering operations. During his testimony, Simpson detailed ways that money had been stolen from a bank in Kazakhstan, then laundered throughout multiple countries - before being funneled in part to the Trump Soho hotel project.

Unsealed court docs: Luthmann’s alleged death threats, ‘La Cosa Nostra’ connections

Flamboyant lawyer Richard Luthmann may fancy himself a champion of the little guy, but federal prosecutors say he is little more than a "violent criminal and fraudster" who, along with accomplices, bilked customers in a scrap-metal business they had formed, had a victim threatened at gunpoint, and took advantage of a blind client in a bid to hide their scheme. Luthmann, 38, who two years ago famously sought to resolve a civil lawsuit through "trial by combat," was arrested Friday morning by the FBI on a slew of charges, including kidnapping, kidnapping conspiracy, money laundering, brandishing a firearm to commit a crime, aggravated identity theft and extortion conspiracy.

‘Chicken Head Mafia’ Meth Dealer Gets Nearly 22 Years In Prison

Ricky Dale Munsey, 48, of Del Rio, was sentenced Thursday by Senior U.S. District Court Judge R. Leon Jordan to serve nearly 22 years in federal prison following a conviction for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Tennessee. According to the plea agreement on file with the U.S. District Court, Munsey admitted that he was responsible for the distribution of at least 4.5 kilograms of methamphetamine, a Department of Justice news release states.

Donald Trump Says He Wants To Shake Down Our Allies For ‘Protection Money’

Donald Trump sounded an awful lot like the mafia types he's been linked to in the past when he told CBS' Face The Nation , that he wants foreign countries to pay "protection money," to the U.S. In responding to host John Dickerson's question about Hillary's criticisms of Trump's policies, Dickerson asked, "what policy of yours did she mischaracterize?" Trump responded by saying she only gave a "Trump policy" speech and said, "She talked about I wanted to nuke all of these countries, that's ridiculous. No, I want these countries to pay for protection."