Advertisement
YOU ARE HERE: LAT HomeCollectionsMafia

World In Brief

Italy

Mafia War Feared as Weapons Pour In

July 17, 1993|From Times Staff and Wire Services

Weapons for the Mafia are pouring into Italy from the former Yugoslav federation and eastern Germany, raising fears that clans are arming for a war of succession to their captured godfather, Italy's top anti-Mafia investigator said. Chief prosecutor Bruno Siclari acknowledged that the traffic is virtually impossible to stop. Italy has struck several blows against organized crime this year, crowned by the arrest in January of Salvatore (Toto) Riina, alleged "boss of bosses" of the Sicilian Mafia.


Advertisement

Los Angeles Times Articles
|