Carabinieri police on Monday
executed arrest warrants for 56 alleged bosses and members of
Mafia clans in the Sicilian province of Agrigento, sources said.
The operation targeted the Santa Elisabetta and Sciacca clans
and hit 16 Mafia 'families', the sources said.
Alleged mobsters in the provinces of Caltanissetta, Palermo,
Enna, Ragusa and Catania were targeted too.
The mayor of the small town of San Biagio Platani was also
arrested.
Santino Sabella is accused of agreeing candidates for the
2014 local elections with the Mafia as well as exerting pressure
on the allocation of council contracts.
The probe has also uncovered protection rackets against two
associations running migrant reception centres in Sicily,
judicial sources said.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA