Reputed number-one Mafia boss arrested

Italy’s reputed number-one Mafia boss, Bernardo Provenzano, has been arrested in Sicily, the ANSA news agency reported today, quoting prosecutors.

Provenzano, Italy’s most wanted man, went on the run more than four decades ago.

He is believed to have taken over the Sicilian Mafia after the 1993 arrest of former boss Salvatore “Toto” Riina in Palermo.