The Italian secret service allegedly met with the Camorra's Casalesi clan to try to negotiate an end to mafia violence several years ago, Italian media outlets reported Friday.
The meeting with representatives of Casalesi boss Antonio Iovine would have led to a pact giving him an advantage over rival boss Giuseppe Setola, according to Italian media reports.
Two former mafiosi turned State witnesses have said the meeting occurred between 2008 and 2009, during a time when Iovine was on the run and violence had flared, with judges possible targets.
The reports of such a meeting have triggered an investigation.
According to the media reports, negotiations fell through when government agents rejected Iovine's request to have his wife freed from prison and to have more freedom in his territory of operations.
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