Carabinieri police on Thursday staged an operation to execute 27 arrest warrants related to a probe into a secret Masonic lodge in the Sicilian town of Castelvetrano, the place of birth of fugitive Cosa Nostra boss Matteo Messina Denaro. Former Forza Italia (FI) MP and former Sicilian regional assembly president Francesco Cascio is among the suspects and has been put under house arrest, sources said. Former FI regional councillor Giovanni Lo Sciuto and the former mayor of Castelvetrano, Felice Errante, were arrested too, according to the sources.
Another 10 people are under investigation in relation to the case in addition to the individuals who were arrested. The suspects are accused of crimes against the public administration and secret criminal association.
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