News International sues 'News of the World Online' website News International is taking action against controversial Italian lawyer Giovanni Di Stefano, who has advised Ronnie Biggs and Saddam Hussein. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA News International has launched legal action against the company behind a website that apparently aims to cash in on the defunct News of the World. Subsidiary News Group Newspapers, the publisher of The Sun and former publisher of the News of the World, has launched legal action against a company called News of the World Online and Giovanni Di Stefano. The Italian lawyer, who has advised clients including Saddam Hussein, Ronnie Biggs and disgraced pop mogul Jonathan King, is listed in Companies House documents as a director of the company. Di Stefano, who has been referred to as the devil's advocate, registered the company on the 20 July 2011. Rupert Murdoch announced that he was shutting the News of the World on 7 July as the phone hacking scandal engulfed News International. The last issue was published on 10 July. News Group Newspapers has filed a claim against the company and Di Stefano in the high court in London. The official website of the Sunday tabloid - www.newsoftheworld.co.uk - carries the masthead of the newspaper and the line "The world's greatest newspaper 1843-2011. Thank you & goodbye. The website is registered to NI Group Ltd.