Sources: Rai News
Italy's Guardia di Finanza arrests five people and seizes €17 million (US$20 million) while dismantling a Syrian-led network that laundered drug-trafficking proceeds in France and Italy by converting cash into gold, in an investigation coordinated with the National Gendarmerie, Eurojust, and Europol. 2025-09-23
Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, one of the most wanted men in Italy and Europe, is arrested in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, after 30 years on the run. 2023-01-16
Fifty-three migrants die when a boat carrying them sinks off the coast of Tunisia on its way to Italy. 2020-06-9
Italy says all schools and universities will close from March 5 through March 15 to stop the spread of the virus, as the country confirms a total of 3,090 cases and 107 COVID-19-related deaths. 2020-03-4
More than 6,000 passengers are barred from disembarking a cruise ship docked at Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy, after authorities expressed concern that two Chinese passengers have the coronavirus. 2020-01-30
Maersk Line reveals one of their container ships yesterday responded to a distress call from a migrant boat off the Italian coast, rescuing 113 people. 2018-06-23
A tank containing ethyl acetate explodes in a port in Livorno, Italy, killing two people. 2018-03-28
Italian counter-terror police arrest Elmahdi Halili on suspicion of planning attacks with knives and lorries, attempting to recruit terrorist attackers, and creating the first piece of Islamic State propaganda in Italian. 2018-03-28
A large explosion, which triggers other explosions and a fire (which threatens a nearby forest) at a fireworks factory in southeastern Italy (Modugno, Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia Region) kills 7 people and injures several more, some seriously. Emergency vehicles were on the scene and the cause is being investigated; it is the peak season for fireworks in Italy because of the summer festivals there. 2015-07-24
Thirteen refugees drown off the Italian coast swimming to shore from their leaky vessel. 2013-09-30