Spain’s National Police, in cooperation with Italian and U.S. authorities,recovered last week a rare archeological piece dating back to Roman times that was stolen 60 years ago.

Italian police detained a high-profile surgeon from Palermo and his son over their alleged links to the Sicilian Mafia and attempts to smuggle drugs from South America to Europe with the help of an Albanian man and an Alitalia flight attendant.

Police in Italy arrested on Saturday one of the country’s most wanted organized crime figures — 70-year-old Maria Licciardi, also known as “Madrina” or “The Godmother” of the Naples-based Camorra.

Italian police last week arrested 44 suspected members of what is believed to be the largest ever euro banknotes counterfeiting network, possibly linked to theCamorra criminal syndicate,Europol, which coordinated the operation, said Friday.

Italian police in Sicily arrested on Wednesday 45 people believed to be linked to theCosa Nostra mafia, while German police arrested the clan’s deputy leader in the southwestern town of Wolzburg.

Rocco Morabito, 51, was one of those ‘Ndrangheta members who were good enough in trafficking cocaine from Latin America to Europe without being caught for decades.