Five people were arrested
in the course of an anti-Mafia swoop carried out by more than
100 police agents, helicopters and canine units on Tuesday, in
areas surrounding the Sicilian towns of Corleone and Palazzo
Adriano, close to Palermo.
The operation, initiated by investigations opened in 2012,
uncovered the secretive power structure of mobsters loyal to
incarcerated boss Totò Riina as well as details of their control
over tenders and extortion tactics on local entrepreneurs.
The six men accused of running Riina's mafia district are
Antonino Di Marco, Nino Dina, Franco and Pasqualino D'Ugo,
Nicola Parrino and Pietro Paolo Masaracchia. Di Marco was
allegedly the ringleleader.
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