Crime
Rome is in shock after the recent shooting in the central Prati district of the city where a 33-year old Roman, Flavio Simmi, was riddled with ten bullets in front of his partner. The victim leaves two small children. Th...
An Englishman ended up in hospital on Saturday night after another night of weekend violence and drunkness in Campo de' Fiori, in which a small drinking fountain (or nasone) in front of Giordano Bruno
An examining judge in Milan has served notice on the Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, to appear before the fourth section of the criminal court to answer charges of abuse of power and involvement in prostitutio...
For the second consecutive year, the leading travel booking and information website TripAdvisor.com has ranked Rome as the second worst city in the world for incidents involving pickpockets. Tripadvisor arrived at this r...
A new centre for 24-hour video surveillance of Rome has been opened in Piazza Giovanni da Verrazzano. The Sala Sistema Roma, housed in a former cigarette factory, was opened by the mayor, Gianni Alemanno, who described t...
An Italian court of appeal has upheld a sentence convicting British tax lawyer David Mills of taking a $600,000 bribe to perjure himself in trials involving prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and his holding company Fininv...
An audit by the state court of accounts estimates that bureaucratic corruption in 2008 cost Italian taxpayers between
Rome is the Italian city which spends most on security - over
Tough new anti-stalking measures were passed by parliament in mid-April as part of a package of measures to combat sex crimes.
The new law makes stalking a felony punishable by up to four years in prison. It also takes...
Plain clothes policemen on buses, armed traffic wardens and yet more soldiers patrolling the streets are among the measures soon to come into effect to reduce crime in Rome.
A new squad of plain clothes police officers...
Plain clothes policemen on buses, armed traffic wardens and yet more soldiers patrolling the streets are among the measures the city has announced to reduce crime in Rome.
A new squad of plain clothes police officers ar...
Suicides and murders committed by family members shoot up by 10-20 per cent in hot weather, the head of La Sapienza University
The mayor of Venice has decided to take what it hopes will be effective action against the hundreds of illegal peddlers, for the most part illegal foreigners, who crowd the narrow streets and bridges of the lagoon city s...
A judge in Florence has ordered the expulsion of three United States citizens, leaving a fourth awaiting trial, for assaulting a pair of off-duty carabinieri early Thanksgiving morning (22 November). The incident occurre...
The ten commandments for members of the Sicilian mafia have been found among the possessions of senior boss Salvatore Lo Piccolo, who was arrested by police in Palermo on 5 November. Lo Piccolo is thought to have stepped...
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