At Least 45 Seized in Anti-Mafia Raid

World | June 20, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00

Italian police arrested at least 45 people in a major anti-Mafia crackdown in Palermo, Sicily, BBC reported. A senior prosecutor, Piero Grasso, said all the suspects had been charged with Mafia association and extortion. The operation, involving around 500 police officers, included the arrests of 13 alleged Mafia family leaders. Investigators say the arrests follow leads uncovered after the arrest in April of former Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano, after 40 years on the run.

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