(ANSA) - Palermo, January 22 - Police in Sicily on Tuesday acted to execute warrants issued by anti-mafia prosecutors for the detention of seven people accused of being members of the reformed 'cupola' of Cosa Nostra bosses.
The attempt to reform the Sicilian Mafia's commission of leading mobsters was discovered in December when 47 people were held in a previous operation. Among the suspects detained on Tuesday were Leandro Greco, the grandson of Cosa Nostra's 'papa' Michele Greco, and Calogero Lo Piccolo, the son of Salvatore Lo Piccolo, a boss who is serving a life sentence in jail.
The new operation was launched thanks in part to the testimony of two new State witnesses.
Operation targets new Cosa Nostra 'Cupola'
Relatives of bosses Greco and Lo Piccolo among seven detained