Sicilian mob boss Matteo Messina Denaro, widely thought to be the last godfather of his kind, was buried Wednesday in a private funeral in Castelvetrano, Sicily. But he won’t be the last leader ...

A Mafia boss who spent nearly three decades evading law enforcement before he was arrested in January has died while receiving medical treatment, according to Italian media reports.

ROME (Reuters) -Italian anti-Mafia author Roberto Saviano wept in court on Monday as judges upheld a conviction against a notorious mob boss who was found to have threatened him.

Matteo Messina Denaro, a brutal boss of Sicily's Cosa Nostra, was arrested on Monday. He'd been a fugitive on Italy's most-wanted list since 1993.

Video footage shows the dramatic escape of an Italian mafia boss using a makeshift rope of bed sheets knotted together to descend the outer wall of a high-security prison.

Though “The Godfather” is referenced a few times in “Mafia Mamma,” a fluffy comedy starring Toni Collette as a reluctant mob boss, the lack of direct quotes seems like a missed opportunity ...

Mafia bosses have been secretly moaning about the "miserable" quality of recruits leaving them "on our knees" -- while dreaming it could be more like "The Godfather." ...

Italy's most wanted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro is set for a high-end biopic following his recent arrest after 30 years on the run.

Italy’s most infamous mafia boss — Matteo Messina Denaro, 61 — died after a battle with colon cancer.

Italian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who was arrested in January after spending 30 years on the run, has died, ANSA news agency reported on Monday.

A man deemed as a mafia boss who has reportedly been on the run since 2006 was captured in France Thursday morning, working as a pizza maker.

Matteo Messina Denaro, who was sentenced in absentia for the 1992 murders of two prosecutors and other crimes, was apprehended at a Sicilian hospital.