CCTV footage of this killing carried out in the street in broad daylight was posted on the Internet by Naples police in the hope that someone would step forward and help identify the murderer. Read more and watch the video...

He was 33, he was a Roma gypsy, and he played the organ in Naples's metro. He was shot dead on May 27, caught in mafia crossfire. The scene, caught on several security cameras, shocked many Italians: while one man died at their feet, onlookers continued to pass the metro turnstiles. Read more and watch the video...

Looming above a hundred grey headstones in a Russian cemetery, tacky monuments like these - with the tomb's incumbent and his faithful sports car etched onto the stone - appear on the horizon. Read more...

Four years ago, young people from Palermo launched a website called Adio Pizzo to condemn illegal taxes imposed on Sicilian traders. Today, they have convinced almost 200 shopkeepers to break the silence and refuse to pay the ‘Pizzo' mafia tax. One of the scheme's organisers, Chloe Tucciarelli, and a local businessman, Riccardo Agnello, tell us about their fight against the Cosa Nostra.Read more...

A company owner who refused to pay taxes to the mafia had his property burnt down, 19 August 2007