Mafia boss caught while watching mobster TV show

ITALIAN police burst into the room of a suspected Mafia mobster in Sicily and arrested him as he watched a television show about the arrest of a Mafia boss.

Mafia boss caught while watching mobster TV show
Sat, 01 Dec, 2007 - 00:00

Police said Michele Catalano was watching the concluding chapter of the TV mini-series The Boss of Bosses, recounting the arrest in 1993 of real-life Cosa Nostra leader Salvatore “Toto” Riina, when he was detained.

Catalano, 48, was suspected of being a senior commander serving under “boss of bosses” Salvatore Lo Piccolo, who was arrested this month after 25 years on the run.

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