Palermo

three cars are parked in front of a wall with graffiti

Shopkeepers sue Sicilian Mafia in first-ever migrant-led case

August 8, 2019Immigration

Nayeem’s is the first case of its kind in Sicily where migrant shop-owners decided to confront the Mafia and inform the authorities

A group of 300 sub-Saharan Africans sit on board an Italian police vessel as their boat is left adrift off the coast of Sicily, May 14, 2015.

On Facebook, Nigerian victims of sex trafficking often present their life as far more glamorous than it is

May 17, 2017Conflict

Portrait of a woman from Nigeria trafficked into Sicily

Nigerian women are being trafficked into Sicily at a rapidly increasing rate

May 16, 2017Economics

New York police detective Joseph Petrosino. He was gunned down while in Sicily investigating a mafia connection to New York.

A casual boast solves a century-old mafia murder in Sicily

June 24, 2014Conflict & Justice

Young Sicilians say goodbye to mafia bribes

August 15, 2013Business, Economics and Jobs