Raids trap Mafia bosses in Italy and NY

DOZENS of alleged Mafia members have been arrested in co-ordinated raids in Italy and New York.

Among the 29 people sought in Italy and the more than 60 being charged in New York were important members of clans linked to Salvatore Lo Piccolo, the Sicilian Mafia boss arrested in November, and the Gambino crime family of New York.

When Lo Piccolo was arrested, investigators warned that as part of his attempt to become Cosa Nostra’s next “boss of bosses”, he had been working to mend ties with US Italian clans such as the Gambino and Inzerillo crime families.