Mafia ‘hatched plot to kill Giuliani’

FORMER New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who won worldwide respect for his handling of the aftermath of September 11, was once the target of a Mafia assassination plot, it was reported yesterday.

A team of hitmen was assembled to kill Mr Giuliani nearly two decades ago, when he was a top federal prosecutor bringing mobsters to justice.

The final straw for Mafia bosses was when, as Manhattan US Attorney, Mr Giuliani prosecuted top don Carmine “The Snake” Persico, who was jailed for life in 1986.