Mafia operation in Sicily, 56 arrested (2)

(ANSA) - Palermo, January 22 - 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.