Police strike hard against the Mafia
TIMES WIRE REPORTS
Italian police staged raids to arrest about 90 suspected mobsters and prevent the hobbled Sicilian Mafia from forming a new command structure and strategy, authorities said.
The blitz, ordered by prosecutors in Palermo, was one of the largest in recent years and was billed as striking at the heart of the nascent hierarchy.
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