Anti-Mafia swoop in Corleone

(ANSA) - Palermo, September 23 - 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.