Mafia

Italian intelligence suggest link between Palestinian terrorists, Sicilian mafia

The investigation draws on intelligence reports, judicial records, and historical documents describing networks extending from Lebanon and Syria to Sicily and Rome.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Clouds hang over Cagliari, Italy, January 31, 2026
Yanis Yushayev

Killing of mafia head Yushayev leaves Hadera vulnerable to further organized criminal violence

Yushayev was shot dead at a restaurant in Caesarea on August 23. His murder continues to occupy both police investigators and figures in the region's criminal underworld.

|ByALON HACHMON
Yanis Yushayev

Police claim to solve murder of Yanis Yushayev, prosecutor's declaration filed against Hazon man

The investigation was opened on August 23 after police received a report of a man being shot at the gas station. Medical teams that arrived at the scene pronounced Yushayev dead.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
Yanis Yushayev

Caucasian mafia head Yanis Yushayev killed in shooting at Caesarea gas station

Video footage of the incident showed Yushayev leaving a restaurant at the gas station before the suspected killer approached him from behind and shot him at close range in the head.

|ByALON HACHMON

Coronavirus: Mafia delivers food, essentials to Italy's worst-affected

Italy has the second most reported deaths at 19,468, behind the United States, with Spain in third with 16,353.

APRIL 12, 2020ByZACHARY KEYSER
People are seen on their balconies as a priest leads an Easter Sunday Mass on the roof of the Santissima Trinita a Villa Chigi parish church during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Rome